Blogs from Nebraska, United States, North America - page 20

What a dust bowl. I was assured by my guide at our facility that the whole state wasn't like that, but I really didn't want to hang around long enough to find out. I finished my work at about 2:30 and one of the guys encouraged me to leave, lest I drive into the snow storm that's planning on dumpng up to 12" of snow in the Denver area tonight and into tomorrow. Ooo! Maybe this means aNOTHER flight delay! Or maybe even a cancellation! Can I really be so lucky??? So I left and stayed awake long enough to find my way back to Denver and check in at the hotel. I'm off to find food and take a long, restful sleep. Criminy, let's wrap this sojourn up, already. Oh, I asked about closing ... read more

I've returned. I was at the factory working today listening to the radio (and obviously playing with wires). The song I live in a land down under by men at work came on and i cried for a little bit. I'm nostalgic for my land down under.... read more

I woke a little late yesterday morning so I didn't leave Minneapolis untill around 10:30. With a few random stops, that put me in western Iowa about 5pm. Most of the trip was cloudy and misty but as I pulled into Omaha, the sun came out giving me enough light for some pictures at the Danish Cemetery in Davey, Nebraska. I ran around the cemetery, racing the sun, snapping as many pictures as I could of family members. Leaving the cemetery, satisfied that I had at least a few leads on my geneology, I drove to Lincoln to a coffee shop in the Haymarket called 'The Mill' to get some coffee and use their wi-fi. After only a few minutes with my photos and my geneology program I was making some pretty good headway. The plan ... read more

Well… Here we are sitting (or in Carl’s case lying) in the back of the pickup somewhere in Chadron State Park south of Chadron, Nebraska. Tonight was our test drive of the “turck camping” experience… I.e., take everything (including the bikes) out of the back of the truck and put it into the front of the truck - except for the camping gear… Quite a puzzle… and tonight we cheated by “storing” some of the stuff beneath the truck! All-in-all it is doable… just takes time - and to think that tonight we did it in the dark!! So what happened today? Statistics Starting Destination: Kearney, Nebraska Ending Destination: Chadron State Park, Nebraska Miles Driven: 400 Backtrack Miles Driven: 9 Yes, dear readers we made the mistake of following the bill-board rather than the map and ... read more

The second day and third, I went tru what I call, the 800 miles dead zone; no digial cell phone signal! hehehehe... Any way, I got to see land that I have not seen for over 4 years. I forgot how tough is to live in Wyoming and Nebraska. These are lands of real cowboys. You have to be one to survive the winters here! hehehehe... Most cities in this area of the country are wide apart in distance, like 100 miles in between. For instance, Wyoming is 401 miles on I-80 and Nebraska is 458 give or take one mile. Of course, the "dead zone" really starts in Utah on the canyon of I-84... So is really about 900 miles!!! hehehehe... Well, lets see what Iowa has in store for me tomorrow! Good night to ... read more