Joy Thornhill says the only way to go is by train.
The Thornhills spent the holidays visiting relatives in Colorado. They traveled by train from Omaha to Denver and back again.
The train was loaded with passengers and for many, it was standing room only, Joy reported.
He enjoys traveling by rail. "You're rested when you get there."
With all respect to Joy and the train porters, I'll take the cute stewardesses on the jets any day.
Mrs. Orville Warnke, Dunbar, doesn't admit this, but she is the public relations and chief sales manager for the Jolly Trippers.
In case you've missed out somehwere, the Jolly Trippers are Otoe countians who charter a bus each year and put on miles and miles and miles, and they have a ball!
Mrs. Warnke gave a travelogue to Optimists the other day that should be viewed and heard by more people. She does a good job of it and her pictures are interesting.
The Jolly Trippers generally take about two-week trips. They have been to the Northwest, the Northeast, Washington, D.C., and are planning a trip to the Southwest next fall.
Their trip to Washington, D.C. was to plant a tree on the Capitol Grounds. They took along Mary Lindell, the youngster who designed the Otoe county Centennial flag. Nebraska senators greeted the Jolly Trippers and the group had a tree planting ceremony on the grounds.
Mrs. Warnke said she became interested in the organization of the Jolly Trippers from the first story she read. Her husband had been in the service and had traveled a great deal. "But I'd never been any place."
She has now.
The Jolly Trippers have become an elite group. Original members have first choice at reservations. Ed Bottcher, Talmage, organizes the trips "and he does just a wonderful job," Mrs. Warnke says.
Despite one of the biggest deer hunting seasons this year, there are still hunters who bag deer after the season closes.
State Game Officer Mick Gray said penalty on conviction could result in $400 in fine and liquidated damages.
One of the ways law enforcement officers know about illegal hunts is when someone reports a crippled or dead animal along a roadway or in a field. Often the meat is wasted.
The most colorful report about the goings on at the nuclear plant at Brownville came the other day from Jack Swalley who seems to find humor in his work despite the frigid temperatures.
But he's been pretty silent about the hidden treasure we read about the other day. John Everett wrote about family talk years ago of a sunken river boat near the Swalley property along Goose Hill road.
S'funny Jack never said anything about it . . . the treasure was whiskey.