The Turner Family

The original purpose of the road trip was to go to Reno, NV for the Women's National Bowling Tournament. But over 5000 miles, we managed to take in a few other sights. You'll probably see this recapped in the annual holiday newsletter, but we thought we'd post the highlights here. GOLDEN SPIKE TOWER, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA www.VisitNorthPlatte.com North Platte, Nebraska is one of the largest classification yards for trains in the country. Union Pacific uses this yard to separate and reconstitute trains going across the country. For example, a train coming from the west coast with a load of Toyotas for several destinations east of the Mississippi might need to pick up some Wyoming coal cars also going to points east. It is here that the cars are separated from the original train and put together for their new destinations. They do this by driving the train up a "hump", separating the cars and letting gravity roll them down to their new train. There are hun

Straight up from the dually truck behind the small car facing you is Karen's van facing away. Doesn't look good! Now they say we won't get to see or remove it until Friday instead of Wednesday. Picture is from the Lansing State Journal Monday. Wood TV 8 says there are 1,000 cars stranded.

Someplace in this mess is Karen's van. This was supposed to be a country music concert that spanned two days. They made announcements later in the day about the rising water, but it was too late for the kids and many others. Josh moved the van several times trying to get it as high as possible. He looked at this picture and says the van is in the center of the "pond" on what appears to be some visible green. Hopefully the water never reached much higher than the tires. Can't even get near it until 24 June. For more pictures: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/central_mich/Officials_on_B_93_Birthday_Bash_flood