Start 39,242 km 8:00 am
End 39,877 km 4:30 pm
Total 635 km
Today was one of our best drives, or so I thought anyway. After having our first coffee in De Soto, Iowa, we drove on to Council Bluffs for lunch. In between there were miles of rolling hills, mostly farmland and the wind mills. We had a CD playing, the temperature was a little lower than yesterday, and the traffic was lower because it was Memorial Day.
Also while we were in Council Bluffs we went shopping for the first time. There was a huge mall there and some of the stores were open. I bought a new casual jacket from a discount store. HP couldn't find the kind of shirt he wanted so he came away empty handed. Even with stopping to shop a bit we still made our mileage quota for the day.
From Council Bluffs we drove into Nebraska and eventually arrived here at Grand Island and the Best Western for the night.
The windmills are part of what is called the Adair Wind Project. We put a short video of them on YouTube.
Sadly we saw a lot of deer carcasses on the road today. There are warnings all along the highway. I imagine the accidents happened in the early morning or at dusk last night.
On the pleasant side there were Black Angus cattle in the fields with lots of tiny babies.
Tomorrow HP plans to get to Cheyenne, Wyoming and perhaps further.
Wish us luck,,,
See you tomorrow evening,,,
End 39,877 km 4:30 pm
Total 635 km
Today was one of our best drives, or so I thought anyway. After having our first coffee in De Soto, Iowa, we drove on to Council Bluffs for lunch. In between there were miles of rolling hills, mostly farmland and the wind mills. We had a CD playing, the temperature was a little lower than yesterday, and the traffic was lower because it was Memorial Day.
Also while we were in Council Bluffs we went shopping for the first time. There was a huge mall there and some of the stores were open. I bought a new casual jacket from a discount store. HP couldn't find the kind of shirt he wanted so he came away empty handed. Even with stopping to shop a bit we still made our mileage quota for the day.
From Council Bluffs we drove into Nebraska and eventually arrived here at Grand Island and the Best Western for the night.
The windmills are part of what is called the Adair Wind Project. We put a short video of them on YouTube.
Sadly we saw a lot of deer carcasses on the road today. There are warnings all along the highway. I imagine the accidents happened in the early morning or at dusk last night.
On the pleasant side there were Black Angus cattle in the fields with lots of tiny babies.
Tomorrow HP plans to get to Cheyenne, Wyoming and perhaps further.
Wish us luck,,,
See you tomorrow evening,,,
2 comments:
Just finished watching the video. Felt like we were riding right along with you!
you guys are moving along at a great pace. Glad to hear things are going well. Wyoming, isn't it somewhere around there when we were on our trip with Nan that the man said to you "sure has been a long time since we saw a women in a dress?" That has always stuck in my head. Love it
luv u both me
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