Scotts Bluff Nebraska!

Today we drove a few miles down the road to Scotts Bluff National Monument.  It is an interesting area, full of history, with unusual landforms and prairie habitat.  There are Five Rocks left in the Monument.  Originally the rock tops were the high plains and after millions of years, have eroded and only the Five Rocks are left.   The landscape is made of sandstone and siltstone and has disappeared, and continues to disappear, due to wind, water and occasional volcanic eruptions.   In the 1800's wagon trains started in Missouri and came this way headed for Oregon. The Oregon Trail went through Scotts Bluff at Mitchell Pass.

After the park we went in the town of Gering and then in Scott's Bluff and had lunch.  We got some groceries and headed home.  When I took Max out for his walk we came upon a neighboring camper and his pet South American Raccoon!  I couldn't find the actual name and couldn't remember what the man told me it was called.  He looks similar to our raccoons except a longer nose and tail.  He's had "Wooly Bully" since he was 7 days old and he's now 11 years old!  He was on a leash looking for grubs in the ground.  He has no claws and so he and Max kind of went nose to nose.  Max's tail wiggled the whole time even when Wooly Bully smacked at him.  He just needed to show Max who was boss!  The people were very nice and let me take a picture.  When Dad asked for a kiss, Wooly Bully happily complied!  This was probably the oddest pet I've seen in a campground!

Seeing something new every day..."Ain't Life Grand!"