16 July Pomona Kansas to Fremont Nebraska.
Today was going to be my longest day I was going into Iowa and was going to ride in the hills before looping around the north side of Omaha. Then I ran into this.
There was no other info just, “you can’t go this way!” I found out my maps are not very good, but with my GPS I can figure another way around. Well this was a small glimpse of what was to come all day.
I knew the area was flooded and this might happen, but I tried three different bridges and they were all closed, one was a major highway. I finally found a way across, a toll road.
Iowa here I come! This was an old bridge and there was no sign welcoming me to Iowa.
What I seen was why all the other roads were closed. This is the Missouri River spilling over its sides.
This one really shows how bad.
This use to be a farm in Iowa, now it’s a lake.
All you could see was water everywhere.
The road I wanted to go on had a detour so I followed it for about 9 miles. After that, the road ended and you had to go back the same 9 miles you just came.
Kept going and was going to try another way. Seen some kind of race track completely under water, all you could see was part of the bleachers and they had little gazebos at each turn.
I was scared to try any other way because it was getting late. I made a decision to just head back across the way I came and just before I got there seen this, a semi and a pickup truck crashed and were in the ditch. The police were swarming the scene so just snapped a picture after I passed.
This was another farm with the barn halfway under water.
The trailer looks like he made it, but there is a house behind the trees that didn’t do so well.
This was crossing the toll bridge again. The water is almost up to the train track trusses.
Back to good ole Nebraska, right where I was a long time ago…
This was a shot of the James river.
Those giant bags are sand bags. I’ve never seen such large sand bags. There were doing their job, because the water was real high and probably would have been on the road.
A different view of the James river, no it’s not suppose to be this wide.
After rerouting around the east side of Omaha I finally made it to my home for the night, Fremont State Park, Nebraska.
Went for a swim then went to Fremont looking for Internet and food. My GPS showed a Starbucks what luck. Well it was inside a grocery store, Hyvee. There was only one table and someone was sitting there. I was disappointed and went back to my bike. I then realized there was a restaurant inside the store too. So I killed two birds with one stone and uploaded two days worth of ride reports while I ate. I was too tired to try for a third.
Enough water for one day, see you next time.
Guns