all right all stocked up just packed the fridge and the cupboard with food and I
got gas across the street here for 243 gallon again cheapest yet because it may
be a while till we see civilization type stuff but I've got to get it done it's
going to Nebraska today
and before long I would have to start using the - AC here days of war day
warm day back on the Lincoln Highway though icy quirky all over the place are
you kidding me let me talk to this gentleman over here make sure it's okay
if I look around and film before we get started I am just sitting down to at the
video and I cannot believe it of the first four clips that I shot three of
them have no audio at all the fourth one is an eight-minute clip where even
though the microphone was plugged into the GoPro it recorded the onboard
microphone instead and has wind noise and clicking sound and everything
there's too much happening in that eight minutes to just delete the entire thing
so the first part of this video is gonna be with really crummy audio I'm sorry
it is literally time to drop GoPro it is so it's killing me is killing me on the
road and ruining everything but anyway sorry about the audio in this video guys
just got done talking with the property owner here the self-proclaimed packrat
and tinkerer Melvin Gould he didn't want to be on camera but he wanted to tell me
a little bit of a history of all the stuff that he's put together so we're
gonna look at some of his quirky yard art here then get back through the UFO
there and mr. elephant here he just makes whatever he feels like making with
whatever he has available looks like somebody's grandma
get that swarthy in there Wow there's Melvin there on his rig and this
looks like a horse yep I love people that tinker with stuff they come up with
the funniest stuff cowboy on a bike here I mean look at this gentleman's yard the
wild thing this pole is dedicated to those in the military who have served
our country who are serving now and will serve in the future yeehaw buckaroo
and mr. Springs
this giraffe made out of a 55-gallon oil drum the Goodyear blimp okay wait what
is all this ah that's crazy mr. cranky is he's cranky lately Bob Lee
yeah there's even a person and a dog in that plane he's chillin in there that's
a vehicle I have never seen before had a tow truck
yeah goes six person bicycle just awesome collection of junk
in fact he's used these old culverts as tops to make custom sheds out here it's
not but they get a lot of snow here in the winter anyway really friendly guy
here like this doesn't like to be on camera but he will talk your head off
may I go that way let's get back on the highway
alright and now off we go blue skies ahead it is time to hit a new state I
don't know if there will be an opportunity to stop at the state welcome
sign if there is one that no no yet we shall
just see what we find
yeaaah
pretty good feeling guys guess what a new state for the nomadic fanatic I have
never been in Nebraska in my life pretty excited Nebraska the good life home of
Arbor Day and just like Michigan last year I know yeah last year I don't know
what to expect I know I want to go find a campground make sure because if
Nebraska doesn't have good campgrounds and there's no sense being here and I
don't know how much quirky we're gonna find in Nebraska either but we'll see
I'll show you what I find and I know this is gonna seem really anti-climatic
but I searched everywhere I cannot find the sticker for Nebraska West Virginia
Hawaii and Alaska I cannot find them anywhere it has been so long I really
did look but I don't have a sticker to put up there right now but in my mind we
have filled in that gap at least I'll keep looking we'll see then we're off
the highway now and back on the original Lincoln Highway here in Nebraska
kind of bullying two train tracks over here as well but otherwise it looks like
just a bunch of farmland let's cows horses sheep buy chickens do
there is a campground just right up here about eight minutes east of here
first free campground in Nebraska that's where I'm heading to
and sorry about the windshield of all these bugs happen just inside Nebraska
is just on this back road here that night
as for tornadoes just want to point that out I am aware that this is not the best
time to be in Nebraska because 75% of Nebraska tornadoes happen between May
and July
just understand that I'm aware of that but I'm also in an army it's turnkey and
go so my phone's weather app is probably
not going to be able to tell me anything if I don't have service anyway I'll be
safe guys if there's a threat I can turn the key to drive away or drive to where
it's safe and will not put myself or Jax the RV in
danger don't worry about that as from we're gonna fight in the state
no clue I think this is us Oliver reservoir
brakes are still doing great that's awesome let's see this sign says all
campers must register donations accepted otherwise let me go make sure
it looks like there is like nobody here at all camping is free for 14 days they
do accept donations to be mailed in and you feel like the registration I have to
get parked pets are allowed no alcohol on the property so I don't know how long
I'll stay here but let's go try to find a nice spot by the water so these are
the campsites starting off to the left spot 38
looks like lots of trees and grass wait a minute what's down here
oh my gosh look at this little corner spot right by the water and there's
geese and ducks Jax Jax man whoa parked here at site 42 so this is Nebraska huh
I pretty much feel this pretty much the same welcome I got when I finally got to
Michigan's Upper Peninsula I really do huge huge campsites here
70 degrees sunshine Solar camping right here on the Oliver Lake not a whole lot
of people here thank you for being open thank you and thank you for the warm
warm welcome Nebraska I filled out my registration card already put it in the
slot for five days don't know for sure if I'm gonna actually stay here five
days but I wanted to wanted to reserve it for five and I wrote or sooner
departure day but I got Wi-Fi here and this is probably the last day in
Nebraska all have Wi-Fi until I get all the way to Omaha some 460 miles away so
do a little bit of planning and research as far as Lincoln Highway type stuff I
think while I'm here for the next few days I'll take the motorcycle off the
back and probably take that into town a few times or explore and this'll just be
home this will be home for for a few days here well I take in everything
Nebraska has to offer
nice campground nice free camping free campground right so
not paying 50 to $60 a night and being side by side with another our veer
without a view but for free get this instead how about yes please yes please
I just went on quite a little ride around here this reservoir campground at
Oliver Lake is huge this is just one entrance there's like six different
entrances along the water where you can camp all the way down there it's all
part of the same thing so quite possibly there's lots of spots like this I just
this was the only one that was close to the water in this section and it was
open because this may very well be the most amazing free campground in the
country I keep looking for a reason to not like this campground as much as oh
well he just had to say something Eric okay well apparently there's trains
nearby but train horn don't don't bother me at all I sleep right through them but
so my campsite is behind me and see this building right y'all will go walk to it
you guys know I keep my eye out for specific stuff all the time at
campgrounds and when I rode the bike through here I noticed that right there
a Nebraska Rock talked to the camp post over there he said all of the blue
handle ones around the park are tested every year for the water it is potable
drinking water so I mean I'm actually already filled up I filled up at the
rest area in Wyoming yesterday but nice to have I can top off on the way out
actually sitting in the shade just cuz it's a little warm in the Sun actually
shade feels great yeah there's a woodpecker somewhere I keep hearing him
check out my view though now you see why I just want to sit here
pretty amazing at the RV getting lots of solar here late afternoon yeah
definitely going to stay here and just enjoy the quiet peacefulness of the
campground
anyways guys just wanted to point out that ever since I started having the
problems with the GoPro randomly having no audio at all every single time I am
shot a clip in the last 30 days as soon as I'm done recording I replay that to
make sure there is audio I have been doing that I don't know why it's stored
video without in the audio I can't tell that it's from the microphone or the
on-board microphone I'm actually feeling one on my Canon right now instead but I
am going to fix the GoPro issues I promise
so lesson learned there's a hard lesson I'm really sorry about the audio and to
begin this video I will fix it soon I will make sure it doesn't happen again
guys have a good night Jackson now see on the road in a couple days okay
you