The house in front is fancy to the gills, with ruffles, and trinkets, so I imagined that this was Cody’s ’man cave’, and looking at what was inside, it looks like he may have enjoyed it.

The house had a root cellar, ice box, bee and bat houses, and lots of space for horse riding.

The exterior construction is legit and will stand for many years to come.

The stable for his horses. \240It was filled with yokes, bridles, saddles, wagons and lassos.

On the grounds of the Scouts Rest Ranch.

It is one room, and about 20x15.

A boys ’selfie’.

Ozzie and Dash watch the activity below them. \240On the ground level of the tower are flags for all the states served by Union Pacific.

Jim in front of the yards.

Our tickets to climb the tower.

The Sandhill Plains are stabilize sand dunes, covered with prairie grass. \240The ground is very soft, and so you can’t really use it for anything other than grazing/range land.

This is the documented location of wagon and cart ruts from the early pioneers. \240Because the ground is soft, moving heavy wagons would have been difficult.

The trees along the river are a mix of cottonwoods, red cedars, and russian olive. \240They are very striking to see, and it is easy for me to imagine pioneers or Sioux Indians amongst them. \240We saw wild turkeys, deer and owls.

Some company on our search. \240They were adorable and very cautious of us travelers.

We crossed the most narrow bridge we’ve seen in a long time.

A great-looking longhorn. \240He was kind enough to pose for me...

Pickled eggs, candy cigarettes and pipes, choke cherry jams, chaps, blades, buffalo rifles, hats, moccasins and all manner of trinkets are at the fort.

The Sherrif getting the ’bad’ guy.

Card players .

We study up later and learn that the 'light' in fireflies is cold. \240This is the reason why they are difficult to photograph. Of well - it was a fantastic show!!!

A gateway toward the buffalo fields. \240Birds were abound.

The Park has acres of waist-high grass prairie. \240The pathway showed evidence of creature movement. \240It was soft and damp ( in some places, just outright wet) beneath our feet.

Underneath a wooley mammoth, in front of the life sciences building. \240They say they have found hundreds of mammoth bones in Nebraska.

The university campus is centered in downtown Lincoln, and adjacent to their state capital building.