Chimney Rock, Nebraska

Featured prominently on the state sign and state quarter of Nebraska, Chimney Rock was one of those places I learnt about as a kid because of a video game.  If your school also had the floppy disk version of the Oregon Trail than I'm not alone in this discovery - Chimney Rock was one of the first stops in the game and was known as a marker for the rougher trails ahead.

In 2007 on our Mount Rushmore road trip, my friend Andrea and I headed further south to try and reach the Colorado border.  The day was really just about exploring and wanting to be able to say we'd actually seen and drove across Nebraska - there were lots of cornfields just like they say.

The stop at the Chimney Rock interpretive center was short and sweet, and along with being an attraction in its own right, there were also markers for the famous Oregon Trail and Pony Express close by.  I shot some random footage of this leg of the journey which you can check out below.