Days #669-675 of Our Epic Trip

9-1-2025
H: 66ºF L: 57ºF
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

We drove through more rain and landed in Nebraska. Daniel’s mother was born in Lincoln, NE so he’s excited to explore the town. We are staying in the small parking lot of a wildlife area out in the middle of corn, soybean, and cow fields. Apparently today is the first day of some hunting season so the parking lot was full and there was some grumbling from the locals about us camping there. DNR warden, Mike Luben, was very nice and told several people that we are allowed to camp in the parking lot.

We took the boys for a walk on the dirt road near our camper. Peter miscalculated while jumping over a ditch and landed in the deep water of the ditch. The shocked look on his face was priceless.

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9-2-2025
H: 76°F L: 53°F
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

Daniel took the Cybertruck in to have a piece of trim replaced under warranty and have the car evaluated due to uneven wearing of the front tires. I stayed at the camper and made a new recipe – lentil crackers. The crackers were great!

After dinner, we took the boys for a walk and watched the sun set.

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9-3-2025
H: 71ºF L: 55ºF
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

We explored Omaha, NE today. We stopped at Boys Town and learned about this home for children that was started in 1917 and still operates today. We talked to a really nice lady at the visitor center who told us the history of Boys Town. They have about 450-500 kids on average. The kids are wards of the state or mandated to be there by the court. Average length of stay is 18 months. They live in homes on campus consisting of a married couple and 8 kids. The campus is huge and offers many services like a school and vocational training.

Boys Town also has the World’s Largest Ball of Stamps. It weighs 600 pounds, is 32 inches in diameter, and contains 4,655,000 stamps.

Next we went to a castle. Joslyn Castle was built in 1903 by Omaha’s first millionaires, George and Sarah Joslyn. Both George and Sarah grew up on farms and only had 8th grade educations but George worked for a printing firm and managed to accumulate enough of the firm’s stock to eventually own the company. Sarah was on the executive boards of Child Saving Institute and the Humane Society. They left lasting legacies in Omaha, NE. Tours are $20 for general admission or $17 for seniors, students, and military.

We had dinner at Veg.Edible in Omaha, NE. All the food was delicious!

We also found some funny names for businesses as we drove around.

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9-4-2025
H: 73ºF L: 46ºF
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

We saw a residential area on Google Maps a few miles down the road from where we are camping. It’s obviously man-made. It reminds me of the large man-made islands near Dubai, UAE. We tried to check out this neighborhood and others like it near Morse Bluff, NE and North Bend, NE but most of the developed communities were gated. An internet search revealed this area has two big sand and gravel mining companies so maybe developing these sandy peninsula neighborhoods is a side hustle.

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9-5-2025
H: 65ºF L: 49ºF
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

We stayed at the camper all day and just relaxed. I made the lentil crackers again using a slightly different process and they turned out fantastic. The recipe is definitely going to be one of our favorites.

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9-6-2025
H: 69°F L: 45°F
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

We took the boys for a walk and stopped to say hello to cows in a field. The cows decided to follow us as far as they could go and then bellowed as we walked beyond their pasture.

We went in to Fremont, NE to charge the cars and go to a laundromat. We saw a beautiful full moon as the sun set.

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9-7-2025
H: 75ºF L: 44ºF
Boondocking, Bramble State Wildlife Management Area, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

I am really enjoying the trees of Nebraska. They remind me of trees in Michigan which I missed while we were on the west coast.

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Stats

Expenses:

• Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $29.55
• Tesla Model X fuel: $0
• Campsite: $0
• Camping memberships: $38.26
• Food: $287.88

Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 352.2 (233.3 kWh)

Tesla Model X miles driven: 450.5 (126.3 kWh)

Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 0

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