Even though we haven't made it to Utah yet, I feel like we've made it. Wow, Nebraska is long. That's about all I can say about it. Other than the pens of cattle (cows? beef?) standing on mounds of manure, tightly packed in pens and never-ending fields of corn and soybeans, there's not much there. It was straight out of Michael Pollan.
Omaha was a very pleasant town but pretty deserted on the 4th. It felt very post-apocalyptic walking down their deserted streets...empty benches..empty parking garages... I wouldn't mind going back; in fact, I could imagine renting a place out in the fields and staying for a month...
We have a new mascot, a metal horned-lizard riding on our dashboard. I wanted a large one to strap to the roofrack but it was too much money 8^(
Pulled in to Denver around 8 and saw spectacular fireworks; it's so flat you could see several displays at once.
Everyone was amazed and re-energized seeing the Rockies; snow-capped peaks when it's 97 degrees seem so refreshing. We've decided to spend a night camping in the mountains before heading to Moab; should be fun: our sleeping bags are rated to 40 and last night it was 47....
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We'd listen to and sing along to a lot of folk music on our car trips. One of our favorites was the Chad Mitchell Trio's Very Unfortunate Man. I couldn't find a video of them, but this guy does a good job with his version:
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Thank you music lovers, thank you!