Lake McConaughy, Nebraska

Lake McConaughy
Known to the locals as Big Mac Lake, Lake McConaughy did not disappoint. The lake itself is huge. There are many options for campgrounds on the lake, we stayed in Cedar View Campground. The campground was really nice and had great views of the lake. We were on the northwest end of the lake which seemed to collect all the driftwood. Not the greatest swimming on this end, but teepee building looked like a very popular activity.
If you are up for boon docking, you can also camp right on most of the beaches! With this being our first stop on a 3 week trip, we needed electric to keep 3 weeks worth of food fresh! Would love to camp on the beach someday!

Beach Days
Not only can you camp on the beach, but you drive your truck right on the beach as well. Very nice not to have to haul all of our beach things. Being our first time, it was a little nerve wracking (mostly for me)! We didn’t get stuck, thankfully! There was a tractor that was cruising the beaches, looks like he was waiting to pull people out of the sand! We never saw him pull people out, but nice to know there was a back up plan.

Ash Hollow State Park
While in Ogallala, we toured Ash Hollow State Park. Here you can see ruts from the Oregon Trail. Kinda cool to imagine what these explorers had to go through. We climbed Windlass Hill and saw the steep hills the wagons had to cross without brakes. Very interesting.

Storms
While here we had a thunderstorm overnight. First time we had hail while camping in the camper. The storm produced quarter size hail, or as the kids said bouncy ball size hail. Fortunately, the only damage was a crack in our shower sunlight. A little caulk fixed that the next day.