I don’t know that Denver, CO and Oshkosh, NE belong in the same title but that’s where I went this weekend! I flew into Denver on Friday and I immediately drove to Coors Field for a tour. I just barely made the 2 PM tour (by about 10 seconds, literally) so I was really happy I made it. I then killed a little time at a Panera before driving up to Oshkosh, NE (about a 3.5 hour drive) around maybe 6 PM. So, why was I going to Oshkosh? And where is Oshkosh? First, I was going there because my friend Nick Van Newkirk (aka ahh_snap) and his bride/wife were having a wedding reception at his family ranch. Second, it’s a tiny town (1000 people or so) in southwestern Nebraska. There’s nothing around Oshkosh — not even fast food, movies, starbucks, etc. I was surprised to find that they have a golf course around the corner. I put up a map in the gallery below to show where Oshkosh is in case you don’t want to google it.
Anyway, I’m really too tired right now to write up a full blog entry. I uploaded a bunch of pictures and I wrote out a bunch of captions. I might write up a bit more tomorrow but for now, just pictures. Enjoy!
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- Coors Field
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- Coors Field
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- Coors Field visitor clubhouse
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- Coors Field visitor dugout
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- Me at Coors Field
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- View from home plate
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- Coors Field Rockies Dugout
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- Interstate 76 in Colorado
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- Sunset off of Interstate 76 in Colorado
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- Including the rearview, view from Interstate 76
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- Cows near the Colorado-Nebraska border
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- Taken off of the middle section of Nebraska Highway 27
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- The accommodations in Oshkosh, NE
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- I had a moose saw in my room
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- Van Newkirk barn where they auction bulls
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- This is where I was. It is pretty isolated.
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- Sign for the Van Newkirk Ranch
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- Hanging the flags, with the brand
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- Union Pacific traintracks which carry coal from Wyoming
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- Union Pacific train, which came by like every 15-20 minutes
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- Out on the ranch looking for cows
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- Van Newkirk Hereford cows
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- Me with cows
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- Van Newkirk Hereford up close
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- Feeding horses (the light colored one is Peanut)
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- Me petting Peanut the horse
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- Schaefer ordering 12 shots at a local bar
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- Just hanging out at the bar
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- The barn all set up for the party
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- The crowd starting to form in the barn
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- Video about Nick and Leah
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- Leah giving a short speech
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- The barn/party
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- Getting ready to start playing Survivor
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- Typical Oshkosh, NE street
Not only do I know where Oshkosh is, you were maybe 30 minutes from my uncle’s ranch near North Platte, and maybe 2 hours from my hometown near McCook. Good times, west Nebraska! Oh, and the cow in your picture is a Hereford (yeah, farm geek here).
Awesome! I remember hearing about North Platte. I think the coal train goes to somewhere around there…