Day 53 - Just Goofing Off

Today is a semi resting day. Raining early. Off to the Egg & I for breakfast. Great food. When is the last time you ate in a restaurant where they brought you a pot of coffee?

 

A few pictures from days past. 

Corn fields in Nebraska. 

 

 

Completely restored 1962 VW Beetle convertible. Really nice ride. 

 

Mormon Pioneer Odometer. Who knew?

 

 

Stopped here a couple of days ago. Or did we?

 

Finally, we get our own bed. Thanks tour guide. 

 

TTFN:

Gwyn, this Magazine is for you. Pumpkin Mac & Cheese please. 

 

Mormon Odometer. 

The odometer was attached to a wagon wheel as the wagon traveled. It was developed by William Clayton and Orson Pratt, and built by carpenter Appleton Milo Harmon. The odometer was used on the morning of May 8, 1847, near the site of present-day North Platte, Nebraska.  Clayton then measured the left rear wheel of one of the wagons. It was 4 feet 8 inches in diameter, hence 14 feet 8 inches in circumference. Three hundred and sixty rotations of this wheel equaled exactly one mile, “not varying one fraction”. Clayton tied a marker on the spoke and walked beside it all day, counting each rotation. At the end of the day, he had tallied 4,070 rotations. For the first time, he knew the exact distance they had traveled: eleven and a quarter miles, plus 20 revolutions.