Pipestone to Greenwood, Nebraska

We decided to hit the Interstate today instead of the red roads mostly to get better resting places. It is sometimes hard to find places to park for lunch and rest stops on the red roads and when there is a rest area often it won't accommodate our coach. So we headed west from Pipestone to catch I-29 south in South Dakota. We took that route south and planned to hit the I-680 north of Omaha, NE but wouldn't you know the road was closed ten miles north of our turn-off and we had to detour to I-680 east and take that to I-80 and then head back west through Omaha to Greenwood. The route was a little longer but we didn't get wet so that was a good thing. I-29 is closed in several locations due to the flooding from the Missouri River. This is apparently all of the water from the winter snow pack that has melted and flooded places in Canada and North Dakota. Ot seems they didn't start to release water from the dams on the river soon enough so now they have to release so much it is flooding low areas. Boy I wish they would send some of that water to Texas, we could sure use it! We have a nice site here in Greenwood and I was able to play golf today at the Quarry Oaks Golf Club in Ashland, NE, about 10 minutes from here. The course had been in the top 100 public courses in the country but has fallen out of that group the last few years. It is currently ranked 5th in Nebraska but I found it to be pretty rough around the edges and had to rate it quite low in several categories. The design is great and the scenery quite spectacular in places and even includes views of the Platte River that runs by several holes on the back nine. Tippy is off to Mass this afternoon as we will be traveling tomorrow to St. Joseph, Mo tomorrow and then off to Columbia, MO on Monday. I will play a course, The Club at Old Hawthorne, while in Columbia and we will catch up on some shopping since this is the biggest town we will have visited in several days. More from Columbia, be safe and enjoy the pics.