Papillion to Joplin - July 22, 2015

Our ride from Papillion to Joplin. Our route was US 75 to Nebraska City, through Nebraska City on Business US 75, across into Iowa on Nebraska/Iowa 2, then I-29 South with a short side loop on I-229 through St. Joseph, then I-435 around the west and south side of the Kansas City metro area. After dinner, it was I-49 down to Joplin for the night.

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We leave the Omaha metro on US 75 South and soon were joined for a bit by US 34. [Crop/Zoom: 529x449]
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It's part of the California Trail route. [Crop/Zoom: 477x583]
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There goes US 34 to cut across southern Nebraska. [Crop/Zoom: 689x763]
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We'll attempt to go through Nebraska City, starting with Business US 75. [Crop/Zoom: 734x1083]
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Nebraska City, Nebraska. [Larger: 2304x1728]
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Our intended route is Business Nebraska 2, but that ended up being closed with bridge work, so we backtracked to Business US 75. [Crop/Zoom: 569x706]
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Crossing the Missouri River on Nebraska/Iowa 2. [Larger: 2304x1728]
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Back into Iowa. [Crop/Zoom: 1046x984]
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Back to I-29. [Crop/Zoom: 1118x991]
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I've never taken I-229 through St. Joseph, so we will. [Crop/Zoom: 2293x828]
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St. Joseph, Missouri. [Larger: 2304x1728]
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That's it for I-229, and we're back on I-29. [Crop/Zoom: 1105x1218]
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We'll take I-435 around the west side of the KC metro area. [Crop/Zoom: 2706x1113]
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This means we'll be in Kansas for a little while. [Crop/Zoom: 1008x896]
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We leave I-435 at State Line Road to get our dinner from Chick-fil-A, which is on the Missouri side of the road. [Crop/Zoom: 1003x1778]
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Rather than going back to I-435's traffic, we take a county route over to US 71, which will quickly become I-49. [Crop/Zoom: 1443x1716]
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This will be my first trip on the relatively new segment of I-49 between KC Metro and Joplin. [Crop/Zoom: 3612x1439]
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This town name seemed worthy of a quick picture. [Crop/Zoom: 1666x1379]
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Not sure how that tree got in there or how that thing got around that tree. [Larger: 2304x1728]
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Coming up on a little weather, but nothing severe. [Larger: 2304x1728]
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terescoj+pics@teresco.org - Wed Jul 29 14:28:00 EDT 2015