Ron and his radio will reach Kearney around 9:00 p.m. on May 26

7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 26

Ron has had good water today, and not many dams -- so he's optimistic he'll reach Kearney before pulling over for the night.

Yesterday he had what he considers the biggest disaster of the trip so far -- his radio fell into the water in the middle of Nebraska Public Radio's afternoon news. He's listened to Nebraska Public Radio the whole way from the Wyoming border, and didn't want to go without it any longer than he absolutely had to, so he immediately called home to ask that we bring a replacement for the wet device. This morning he started off with a working radio, and -- last we heard -- it was still dry. We're letting the first radio dry out to see if it will function again once the river water has evaporated...