2017 Travel Adventures Across

Every year I look forward to the spring announcement of the two Nebraska travel incentive programs.

The Nebraska Great Park Pursuit sends you to find posts at twenty different Nebraska state parks and other community locations. Whenever possible, use the GPS coordinates to find the rubbing posts for the Nebraska Great Park Pursuit. Since they do want you to get out and explore, the posts are not just at the entrances. Note: prizes are randomly chosen based on the number of places visited.

The Nebraska Passport program features 80 places chosen by Nebraska Tourism. The more interactive way to participate is to pick up a free booklet. You travel around and get stamps in your passport. There is only an app available which is helpful if you are driving by a place at midnight or if a place is randomly closed. If you are within the vicinity, you can get a stamp on your app. At times, the app may not work, so you may want to travel with both. Last year, I used both booklets, and they combined my stamps without any problem.

If you visit the program websites, they organize their locations by tour or simply on a map. But I know for our family, we tend to travel to one area at a time. Organizing the places by region is very helpful to me. This way if I am going out to North Platte, I can see all of nearby places on one chart. To keep it simple for my sake, I am putting the locations from each region in alphabetical order.

Across the State: The Nebraska Mobile Museum – We had the opportunity to attend the opening night of this family museum. To read my review, please click this "Odyssey Through Nebraska" link . Nebraska Panhandle Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Crawford State Park Gordon Winship Park Lewellen Ash Hollow State Park

Nebraska Passport Locations

Alliance Carhenge Chadron Mari Sandoz Heritage Center Crawford Fort Robinson State Park Crawford Gibbons Honey Farm Gering Legacy of the Plains Gering State Re creation Area and Nature Center Harrisburg Double L Country Store and Cafe Lewellen 17 Ranch Winery Lewellen Ash Hollow State Park Sidney Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander's Home

Nebraska Sandhill Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Burwell Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park Near Merriman Bowring Ranch State Historical Park Ord Lower Loup National Resource District Arboretum

Nebraska Passport Locations

Ashton Polish Heritage Center Atkinson Something Special by Marilyn Broken Bow Arrow Hotel Halsey Nebraska National F orest Ord Golden Husk Theater Scotia Happy Jack Chalk Mine Valentine State Park

Nebraska Prairie Lakes Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Cambridge Cambridge - McKinley Park North Platte Ranch State Historical Park

Nebraska Passport Locations

McCook Citta Deli McCook Red Willow State Recreation Area North Platte Dusty Trails LLC (Outdoor Adventures) North Platte Fort Cody Trading Post North Platte Prairie Arts Center Ogallala Front Street Restaurant and Crystal Palace Saloon Paxton Ole's Big Game Steakhouse

Nebraska Frontier Trails Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Kearney Fort Kearney State Historical Park

Nebraska Passport Locations

Cozad Rustic and Red (store) Grand Island Studio K Art Gallery Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer Grand Island The Chocolate Bar Hastings Odyssey (Restaurant) Holdrege Speakeasy (Steakhouse) Kearney Chapman Swifts Coffee House Kearney G.W. Frank Swift Museum of History and Culture Kearney Trails and Rails Museum (Buffalo County Historical Society) Red Cloud National Willa Cather Center Wood River Crane Trust Nature & Visitor's Center

Nebraska Pioneer Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Fairbury State Historical Park Nebraska City Arbor Lodge State Historical Park

Nebraska Passport Locations

Aurora (1 stamp) Old Homestead Floral or Renaissance Fine Art & Photography Studio Aurora (1 stamp) Edgerton Explorit Center Brownville Flatwater Fol k Art Museum or Whiskey Run Creek Vineyard or Winery Beatrice Cedar Creek Pottery Claytonia Legends of Claytonia (Restaurant) Fairbury Mall Antiques and Tasting Room Geneva A Little Inspiration (Home décor and gifts) Goehner Chez Bubba Cafe Nebraska City Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard Nebraska City TTM Toys Pawnee City Pawnee City Historical Society and Museum Seward Junto Wine Seward Chapters Books & Gifts OR Red Path Gallery & Tasting Room (1 stamp total) Tecumseh Johnson County Museum York Clayton Museum of Ancient History at York College

Nebraska Metro Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Firth Firth Village Park Fort Calhoun Fort Calhoun State Park Lincoln Nebraska Capitol Omaha Omaha Central High School Papillion Papio -Missouri National Resources District - Chalco Hills Wahoo Lake Wanahoo

Nebraska Passport Locations

Ashland Glacial Till Tasting Room Ashland Postscript Blair Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire Elkhorn Main Street Studios and Art Gallery Elmwood Museum of Shadows Greenwood Baker's Candies Lincoln Nebraska History Museum Lincoln Nebraska Capitol Lincoln Runza (56 th & Holdrege location only) Lincoln Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed Lincoln University of Nebraska State Museum - Morrill Hall Lincoln UNL Dairy Store (ice cream) Omaha Artist's Cooperative Gallery Omaha E Creamery Ice Cream and Gelato Omaha Father Flanagan's Historic Home Omaha Infusion Brewing Company Omaha Lauritzen Ga rdens Omaha Ponderosa Cyclery + Tour Springfield Robin's Nest (Gifts and Home Décor) Wahoo Our Corner Cottage (Gifts and Home Décor)

Nebraska Lewis & Clark Places

Nebraska Great Park Pursuit Locations

Norfolk Makenthine Lake Recreation Area Royal Ashfall Beds State Historical Park South Sioux City Scenic Park

Nebraska Passport Locations

Central City Positively You Boutique Crofton Historic Argo Hotel Monroe Horn T Zoo Norfolk North Fork Outfitting Pender Barn Quilts of Pend er Tour Plainview Klown Doll Museum Royal State Historical Park