Vacation 2014

First Wisconsin (and Chicago) trip

~~~ 11 Sept. - 11 October 2014 ~~~

McAllen, TX - Lakeside, TX (near Ft Worth) - Topeka, KS - Ft Calhoun, NE (N of Omaha, NE) - Hadar, NE (NW of Norfolk, NE) - Sheboygan, WI
- Chicago, IL - Sheboygan, WI - Iron Mtn, MI - Tipler WI - Hayward, WI - Duluth MN - Merril, WI - Sheboygan, WI
- Springfield, IL - Springfield, MO - Oklahoma City, OK - Hewitt,TX (near Waco) - McAllen, TX


On this trip we towed and used our little RPod trailer

15 Sept. - Ft Worth, TX - Oklahoma City, OK spent night at Topeka, KS KOA campground.
16 Sept. From Topeka, KS swung east into Illinois as directed by the GPS to go north
around Omaha and re-entered Nebraska over a Mississippi River bridge.

Nebraska - - 2014

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The bridge - - - - - - The River


Bridge over Mississippi River near Fort Calhoun - north of Omaha, Nebraska



Fort Calhoun, Nebraska - just north of Omaha

3:30 PM arrived at Pearl Thunn homestead / farm.

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Nebraska farmland just north of Omaha


The drive up to the Thunn farm.
Pearl Thunn is Gerards great uncle Eric Mittelstaedts daughter.


The Lester and Pearl Thunn farmhouse.


looking East - Corn crib on left - the Rpod trailer (Joseph and Pearl) - a tack shed
The house on the hill in the distance is where Pearl Thunns son lives.


Lightening rods on top of corn crib. - Traditional and useful.


Hog barn - south across an open area from the corn crib


The henhouse - located south of the farmhouse


The modern garage.

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Hadar, Nebraska

The Mittelstaedt homestead just west of town - established by Otto Mittelstaedt
Hadar is about six and a half miles NW of Norfolk, NE


entering the town of Hadar
Hadar was platted in 1883, which is probably about the time that Otto Mittelstaedt
settled and began to establish a homestead.


      The Mittelstaedt homestead - approaching from the East on 848th Rd.
The house is hidden among the trees in the middle of this photo.
It is about a mile West of Hadar.


west side of older part of house


east side of older part of house


north side of older part of house


east side of farm yard - with our little trailer parked near the unused hog barn on the right


west side of farm yard - note the crosses on the hill above the farm yard


more of the west side of the yard - the deer are statues.


The Mittelstaedt farm from the East looking West, from further back.


Loraine - - Ralph - - - ~ - - - Janet - - Roy
Mittelstaedt


The Church in Hadar, NE

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