@Deja Vu, what happened exactly we're unsure of. We had already seen some bad accidents along with way. Just prior to noticing this black smoke on the highway, we saw a car completely flipped over on the side of the road. The police had arrived only minutes earlier. So the smoke kind of freaked us out. What more could happen? I wasn't prepared for what my video and photos would show me.
I felt like our Colorado Quest was something of a trial by fire. In the next episode we encounter another trial...
Anyway, more notes from the THC trail:
Stopping for gas. You can get everything you need at the American truckstop
Where we are.
Patrick, the Nebraska Tourism rep, gave his permission to share his picture. He shuffled rapidly through his own collection of photos and then said he wanted to show everyone his pride and joy. He also said that people don't know how beautiful Nebraska is. "You can lay down at night and it's so peaceful and dark. You hear the sounds of the crickets and look up at a sky that is just filled with stars [there is no ambient light]".