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USA - NEBRASKA : FAMILY FUN AND FRONTIER FUN IN NEBRASKA  The bags are packed, the kids are buckled, and you’re ready to hit the open road. It sounds like a trip to Nebraska is just what the family ordered. You’ll find family-friendly attractions from one end of the state to the other. Nebraska is home to a number of spectacular zoos, including the world-renowned Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha . Ranked #1 in the nation by Reader’s Digest, it features the world’s largest enclosed rain forest, North America’s largest cat complex, a free-flight aviary, an IMAX theatre, an inspiring aquarium, the world’s largest indoor desert, the world’s largest indoor swamp, and the Hubbard Gorilla Valley. Between Omaha and Lincoln, take Exit 426 off Interstate 80 for a tour through Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari, an extension of the Henry Doorly Zoo. Visitors drive among free-roaming bison, elk, cranes, antelope, and other species found in North America. In the capital city of Lincoln, the Folsom Children’s Zoo and Botanical Gardens showcases many rare and endangered species, as well as pony rides, train rides, and many hands-on exhibits for young and old alike. Near the Ashfall Fossil Beds off Nebraska Highway 20, Zoo Nebraska at Royal features wolves, foxes, bobcats, lemurs, snow monkeys, and even a chimp that knows sign language. In Scottsbluff, make a stop at the Riverside Zoo to see everything from Bengal tigers to a red panda. Nebraska is laced with many lakes and rivers that provide ample opportunity for sailing, waterskiing, swimming, canoeing, and tubing. Or take the time to dangle your toes in the recently expanded water playground at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park just off Interstate 80 at Exit 426 between Omaha and Lincoln. Other water parks can be found in Grand Island, Papillion, Beatrice, Omaha, and Lincoln. Or visit some of the old forts. As the trickle of pioneer wagons grew to a flood, military posts were built to protect pioneers. Fort Kearny (6 miles south of the city of Kearney) was the first of those strongholds, built in 1848. Civil War General Robert E. Lee served there as a young Army officer. You can imagine that era as you walk among the reconstructed buildings of Fort Kearny State Historical Park. Learn more about the Fort’s colorful history at the visitors center. Unwind on the hiking/biking trail across the Platte River within Fort Kearny State Recreation Area. Kearney was the meeting point of the California, Mormon and Oregon Trails and there you'll find the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, the gateway to the west. The structure houses two levels of fascinating interactive exhibitory that traces the history of the Great Platte River Road from Oregon Trail days to the fiber optic future world of tomorrow. KEARNEY HOTELS It was in the mid 1800s that the Mormons, fleeing persecution, pulled the first small group of handcarts along the Great Platte River’s north bank and an ever-increasing torrent of oxcarts and “prairie schooners” eventually sliced a broad band of ruts into the land. Their spirits would have soared when Chimney Rock appeared on the horizon several days before their wagons reached the slender obelisk atop a cone-shaped sandstone hill. The 300-foot-high marker signaled that travelers had come to the halfway point of their 2,000-mile journey to the West Coast. Thousands carved their names into the rock’s soft surface, and hundreds struggled to describe its majesty in their diaries. Chimney Rock National Historic Site (25 miles southeast of the city of Scottsbluff) still captivates travelers and you can relive the "prairie schooner" experience today. Exhibits about the monument, trail life, and native plants and animals fill the museum, which is open year-round. About 70 miles north of the city of Kearney, Fort Hartsuff protected the North Loup River Valley. Five original buildings still stand at Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park. Fort Robinson was established in 1874 (75 miles north of the city of Scottsbluff). The cavalry base in the rugged Pine Ridge country of northwest Nebraska played a crucial role in the conflict with the Sioux and Cheyenne. Renowned Oglala Sioux warrior Crazy Horse was killed there while in custody in 1877. The Fort also protected travelers on the stagecoach and wagon trail narrowing north from the Union Pacific railhead in Sidney to Black Hills gold mines near Deadwood, South Dakota. Anglers fish for trout in the spring-fed waters of the White River, and golfers try their skills on the course in nearby Crawford. In the evening, guests gather around the fire for sing-alongs and buffalo stew cookouts, view a melodrama in the Post Playhouse, or don cowboy hats to watch a rodeo. The park is open year-round. Photo:courtesy J. Nabb
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