We made it to Lincoln, NE tonight. About to head to bed so we can do another 7:00am start tomorrow.
Sustenance
Breakfast: continental at the Comfort Inn we stayed at last night
Lunch: Taco Bell (both yum and ugh at the same time)
Dinner: splurge at Cracker Barrel
I also survived driving through a major storm this afternoon. The sunny Iowa skies turned into swirly dark madness. Then a torrential downpour and winds, leaving me with about 10 feet of visibility. Numerous cars were pulled to the shoulder with emergency flashers on. I was the crazy city girl trailing a big truck's rear lights until I made it safely to the other side, with sore hands from gripping the steering wheel so tightly. While I was pretty terrified, I think it may have scared Mr. TPG even more! But his little wife made it through...and we got a free car wash. Good thing those storms didn't turn into tornado warnings until we were clear on the other side of Iowa.
Having driven across Nebraska at least 6 times in my life, I firmly believe that through some geophysical freak of nature, the cartographers and all google mapping equipment are wrong. Nebraska is clearly the biggest state in this Union, not California or Texas. I say this because I am quite certain it takes longer to drive through Nebraska than it does through California or Texas combined. It literally feels like weeks in the flat open nothingness...
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