http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Nebraska en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:03:25 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:03:25 BST What Seriously Why didn't anyone tell me we leave tomorrowI have like NOTHING packedI need to get right on that STAThmmmm.........maybe after I go out for a little drive I might get packing.Stay tuned............the Saga continues..........Will she or won't she...PACKLove to alldd http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-304490.html Okay Okay...I get it............ya'll want me to start packing Soon.........I PROMISEsmileI at least cleaned out the Van today so I can put the stuff in it when I FINALLY pack I want some kind of Kudos for that So let's all get in agreement that I have attempted to kinda somewhat halfass Pack Gotta run.......2 days left till we leaveStill got plenty of time left...think I might g http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-304089.html Well...Hello to allhmmm........thinking about packing.....maybe......well....to be honest.......ya I still got NOTHINGHelp I just can't think about it.......it's too stressful Ya Right and going on Vacation with my family isn't LOLSeriously I have like 5 days till we all leave I got PLENTY of timeBetter run......Maybe I will WRITE out my packing list tomorrow smileLove to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-302944.html Hey all Well it's now 6 days till we leave and ya.....I'm still not EVEN close to thinking about packing Sister has inquired on my packing efforts and ya...I got nothingPossibility on packing tomorrow Leave blankGotta run..............Love to allDeeDee http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-302314.html Well I am now back from Chicago. Nothing like taking a road trip with two teenage boys altogether in the back seat. Any way spent Sunday night in Minnesota. Then Travelled to Chicago Ill.Stayed in one of Fred's sister's room. Very nice. Anyway on Wednesday went into Chicago city on Thursday. What a mission took hour and a half but lots to see. We went to the Shedd and saw lots of fish tu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-302060.html Well today is exactly 1 week till we head off for VacationDestination.........Yellowstone National ParkWooHooLove to all.........DeeDee http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-301991.html Well we have had a bit of a mixup on our publishing so you may have received several days out of order this evening. They may also be duplicates.....I'd love to blame it on the thunder stormsmy goodness we don't know what a thunder storm is in Northern CA but it was actually operatormineerror. To summarize we left Lincoln NE early this morning under cloudy skies cool temperatures and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-298948.html It has been a blinding day. I have gone through about 15 pounds of research and all of it was handwritten in little tiny precise script. I am so totally overwhelmed with all that I had copied todayabout 150 pages some of them twosidedthat I can't even bear to look at them right now. Elizabeth Wright put her whole life into recording all of the family lines that were related to her and ther http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-298589.html Hi sorry about the delay I arrived in the US on the 16th June. LA to Dallas and Dallas to Omaha three hours late http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-297240.html July 1 2008 Into NebraskaRoad Trip Rule Number 2 Never Ever Ever Stay at the Marriot Springhill Inn and Suites in Cheyennne Wyoming....The airconditioningheating is Psycho the bed is the the Worst Ever and the nonfood breakfast is bad beyond belief. Cute but TERRIBLE Cheyenne and Laramie were also disappointing note to self next time go north to Yellowstone and Cody.Over the borde http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Grand-Island/blog-294225.html It was a long day yesterday. It was are first night at a hotel. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-294020.html My original plan was to travel to South Dakota on I70 through west Kansas however there was a storm system that was heading west so I decided to go north and try to get over the top of the system. There road out of Kansas was great I went through Belleville Kansas and couldnrsquot resist taking a picture of the welcome sign and including it heremdashcouldnrsquot take a picture of the tow http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-289630.html Tomorrow is the big day off to France. Hopefully the weather cooperates I don't need any more delays. Feel free to post questions and feedback on here we can treat it like email. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Lincoln/blog-279734.html A few of the cattle growers in the area had a cattle show here are the pictures of the fun.. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-257852.html Well...we finally made it back to the great state of Nebraska. We were anxious and happy and sad to be back paradoxially all at the same time. The weather is going to take some getting used to. We have been spoiled by 80 degree heat. But nothing feels better than being back in the presence of our families making up for lost time. Sometimes it feels like we just left last week and now we are b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-256376.html I really had to gloat for a few minutes. I feel it is well disserved as I have sent out the trophy pics of Eric and his hen with the grouse when I dieing inside from the green envy monster. It has been a long time coming and FINALLY after a very tough and frustrating beyond words at times season for both Riddick and I we have a grouse sharptailed hen in the bag.... Yippee.. I have included p http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-254923.html Ok here is the house we are trying to get. If all goes well we will be able to make the arrangements to move it to either our property in Taylor or another piece of land on Loup Co. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-254889.html This is a house that we might be getting if we can make the arrangements to move it to another site http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-254887.html Hello everyoneWith the Olympics approaching in China I anticipate more people will be reading this blog. I want to provide some info one last time before I close out this blog.I call this the must read post because it deals with something most travelers may have with them portable electronic devices.In the hotels in China it seemed there was about a 5050 chance that the electrical outlets http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-252794.html We were fortunate enough to be invited to watch the Steckel family the owners of Diamond Ring Ranch as they did REAL Cowboy stuff branding dehorning and castrations during my Mother and Papa's visit to Taylor... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-251531.html The weekend falconers gathering in Burwell Nebraska. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-247403.html Although we were not able to stay very long but there are some of the pics we did get a chance to take at the field meet on Saturday. Unfortunately we had to leave early because Aj was exhausted from working all night the prior evening but it was important to attend and discuss the current issues with roadside trapping and it's status at the meeting.. NE falconers were caught in a law change http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Grand-Island/blog-246219.html George Darryl visited Taylor NE during the week of November 4th 2007. It was awesome to see them. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/blog-245655.html Hey allI flew up north with the Schunks and landed in Kansas City Missouri before finally arriving in Nebraska. Eric is a big fan of Nebraska Huskers and as the result I was introduced closely to the Huskers land. We got along pretty well considering it is off season for college football I can't wait until it is starting again in about eight months.Omaha is a cool chilling town and it i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-240838.html Obfuscator writes How would you like to spend the day in a museum How would you like to spend the day in a freezer How would you like to spend the day in a museum that was colder than most freezers These are the questions you must ask yourself if you are considering visiting Harold Warp's Pioneer Village in the town of Minden Nebraska and the season happens to be winter.We left our motel http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Kearney/blog-238574.html Obfuscator writes We woke up to a thick layer of frost over everything. I guess I should be getting used to this since it is January. Nevertheless we're finding that camping in the extreme cold holds very little appeal. I think Onaxthiel spent most of the night shivering. I gradually added more layers through the night which helped a lot but made me very reluctant to crawl into the 10ish http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Kearney/blog-236614.html Hi allI just wanted to drop a quick line to let everyone know that I'll be leaving for France on January 2nd which is under a week from today. I'm beyond excited at this point. I was really tempted to write this entire entry in French actually but realized it would be quite counter productive. So here's your chance to unsubscribeif you received an email about this post and would like me http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-230867.html Mom played hooky from work and we drove to Omaha to visit the zoo. For some reason my whole family has a love of zoos. Whenever we're on vacation someplace with a nice zoo we go. Last week I thought to myself You know it'd be nice to go to the Omaha Zoo. I haven't been there for years. The next day Mom said You know I can take a day off of work. I think we should go to the Omaha Zo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nebraska/Omaha/blog-204698.html