Chimney Rock was up next after Carhenge.
This famous landmark on the Oregon trail was apparently something that the travelers looked for during the trek. We stopped at the Visitor’s Center and paid a few dollars which we thought were required- but I think we only paid that to be in the Visitor’s Center. We actually could have just driven to Chimney Rock on our own and not paid anything.
The Visitor’s Center did have some interesting stories from old journals of Oregon Trail travelers along with some old photos and drawings of Chimney Rock. Overall, definitely would’ve skipped the visitor’s center, but then again I am not one for museums anyway.
Disappointing discovery was that this photo was actually the closest we could get to Chimney Rock. We were hoping to hike around it, but there were no trails available. Only driving to a lookout point for some photos. I would skip this stop if we did it again- a bit out of the way and nothing exciting.
Scotts Bluff was our last stop of the trip, and was another fun spot.
It was a pleasant surprise in the different scenery from Eastern Nebraska- there were some really nice views. 
We stopped at the ranger station and found out there were a few hiking options. We didn’t feel like doing the full hike all the way to the top and then all the way back down, and we had just missed the free shuttle that takes hikers to the top. So we opted to drive instead. It didn’t take more than 5-10 minutes and Pablo had fun navigating around all the curves with scary drops right off the side. Even had to drive through a couple short tunnel passes on the way up as well.
Once we reached the top and did the two short hikes around, we decided we wanted to do the full hike back down to the bottom. We figured no problem, we’d simply catch the shuttle back up to the top. The hike down was fun! Very steep in some areas, great scenary the whole time and lots of twists and turns. Too bad when we reached the bottom we discovered that the shuttle had overheated and was no longer in service.
By this time we REALLY didn’t feel like hiking the long way back up to the top so we flagged down some other tourists who were driving to the top and hitched a ride up with them. It was some volunteers on tour with a children’s choir from Africa, so we got to hear some interesting clicking language on the ride up as well.
Once reunited with our vehicle, we drove back down the bluff and decided to hike the last trail available, which featured a portion of the Oregon trail. 
This one was not as exciting, just kind of led to no-where. Only thing to see was the marker above, which was neat, but could’ve been skipped other than that.
Tips:
Dress warm! We worked up a sweat hiking down the bluff, but it was VERY windy at the top. I wore multiple layers which helped a lot.
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