Vespa Parade Day...

 

It's a thing.  If you live in an area where there are other Vespa riders, or even better: a scooter club, today is an officially designated day to ride your Vespa in a parade.  Not gonna happen with my classy blue Vespa... alas, it is still strapped down in the cargo trailer.

 

Will be another couple days before it gets to see the light of day, other than when the trailer door gets opened. 

An easy driving day today: point the coach west when we left the RV park, and drive 'till we get to the next RV park.  ;-)  We drove under the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument over I-80...

It tells the story of the Platte River Valley in the development of America.  It is an impressive piece of architecture.  A pretty driving day today - very light wind, temperatures between 69º and 80º, and blue sky...

Well, for most of the day.  In western Nebraska (about where the time change occurs), Mother Nature give us some light rain...

It was Joan's fault: she washed the windshield while I fueled up the coach at our previous stop.  Traffic was surprisingly heavy on I-80; besides the never-ending flow of 18 wheelers (including one that was driving on a bare rim, since the tire had disintegrated), there were scads of passenger cars and RVs today.  We saw more RVs on the move today than all the rest of this trip to date.  With next week being the 4th of July, there will be a lot of people out and about, and kicking it off this weekend.

Rufus was his usual good-traveler self...

"That's enough pictures, Pops!"

He shared the love today, but spent more time on Joan's lap than on mine.  I would, too, if given the opportunity.

We gained an hour as we rolled into the Mountain Time Zone, which put us into the RV park early for tonight's stay.  We could have gone further, but tomorrow is our arrival date at Hart Ranch... this RV park is a good stop (stayed here many times over the years)...

Time to relax.