We left Scottsbluff area and headed out to the Nebraska National Forest, the only hand planted National Forest in the US. The trees were planted back in the 1930's and 40's. A tree nursery was established in this area to grow the trees for this area and also other national forests.
The campground was a little uneven in most sites as it looked like they had had some rains at sometime and it had washed out some areas of the campsites making them uneven. we found a newer site further down in the campground and had plenty of room. It was hot so we decided to go check out the swimming pool!! This is the only National forest campground in the US with its own swimming pool. It was built
back in the 1940's probably to accomodate the CCC workers that were "building" the Nebraska National Forest. The pool looked nice but was crowded so we opted to go for a "swim" in the Middle Loup River which runs thru this area.
The River is about 100 yards wide and 6 inches deep in most places, so we kinda
did a float. Shasta enjoyed walking thru the water and we gave her a quick bath by splashing water on her. It cooled her off and we also got cooled down as it had been close to 100 and humid when we got to the campground.
We stayed a few days then headed to Niobrara State Park in the NE part of Nebraska.
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