Day 235

Wednesday  06/20/12  Day 235  42 miles  7,975  Total

Good bye to the great little town of Hemingford.  After 4 hours of trying to get a ride I was only 10 minutes from walking toward Ft. Robinson when Aaron from the newspaper pulled up and told me I would have a better chance of getting to Ft. Rob. if he took me to an intersection about 12 miles out of town.  After he dropped me off I only had to wait about an hour before Tony and Ernesto pick me up.  Tony is a rancher, farmer, trucking company owner, hay contractor and he took the time to pick me up.  We end up going to his ranch to work on a semi that is down.  After a couple hours he realizes that he is going to have to replace the engine at a cost of over $20,000.  Tony is a very interesting man with a calmness under pressure that is very rare.  Got to know Ernesto pretty good, but it broke my heart when I found he was up to his eye balls in a cult.  Got to Ft. Robinson about 7:30 and set up my tent only about 500 yards from a herd of bison.  First picture is of Jeannie and Larry, the people who let me stay in their very nice guest house for a few days.  Second is of some horses that I chatted with while waiting for a ride from Tony.