Fairfield Inn By Marriott Lincoln

... Also, I'm beginning to realize its not just PA that smells like a big pile of manure but pretty much every gas station we stop at. Can't wait to get to those mountains!! Lincoln was a ghost town when we got there not much to do or see. The hotel was similarly empty. My extremely exciting day came to end with a viewing of part I of the csi trilogy. I bet you can hardly wait for tomorrow's update...

These are my gadgets that I'm bringing.

Samsung NC10 netbook & dual voltage power cord
Fujifilm F50fd digital camera
Nikon D70 digital camera
DS Lite
Battery charger with spare battery NL-3
Battery charger for fuji
AA battery charger
28mm-100mm lens
50mm lens
2 1gb SD cards
1 2gb SD card
1 1gb CF card
1 4gb CF card
Dual voltage curling iron
Dual voltage ds power cord

... Where hay bales out number humans and cattle out number hay bales. Where dual wheel pickups are king. Where 5 plus miles views across fields are common. And where corn rules.

This drive may have added a couple hours to our trip but we saw what most tourists don't. Pictures we have, bu they are in the camera which is down in the truck. I'll try to get them uploaded tomorrow night.

Alright, i'm still at home and getting ready to go to the airport. My nerves are shot and i'm kinda sad that i'm leaving everyone for 2 weeks!! But it's going to be amazing and i just know everyone will be reading this and commenting to keep me happy and entertained... RIGHT????!!!!!

Also, i will miss my cats. ;)

Well, it's been a long time planning and it's almost here. I've got only 46 hours left before i leave for France. I do hope you'll join me on my 2 week excursion to Europe. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you may even be appalled, but in any case you'll have nearly as much fun as me (ok, let's be honest, not even close, but you'll be alright). Talk to you soon!!

TTFN

... Then there's the mental preparation. We're going to be gone for a year or so. To put that into perspective, tons of young adults study abroad for a year. It's nothing! But I have had bad dreams where we leave too soon with unfinished business, forgetting to empty the apartment, cancel our lease, forgetting my bag of clothes, or the netbook.
Then I had a good bye dream. It was very moving.

It's hard to believe it's happening.

... walking around and realized that it must have been move in day recently because there were kids everywhere. We spent some time on their strip and then decided to keep driving instead of staying the night there. We have a long drive to our next stop, Boulder, CO.

... around the college, a campus that is spread out over a few city blocks. We learned that it was not only the first institution west of the Mississippi River to award doctoral degrees in 1896,but the college also celebrated its 140th anniversary of its founding on Feb 15th 2009. Home of the cornhuskers, the locals follow all the games at a variety of bars located nearby.
Jason and I had a delicious ...

... too much steaminess without some sustenance. So we stopped in the creepy little town of Laramie, 60 mi later, known for its hate crime history, the UW campus, and apparently, its "famous" green chili sauce. We had a quick lunch, and got charged $4 extra for this famous green chili unbeknownst to us. But I suppose my chile relleno was pretty good. So we hightailed it out of there without tipping the waitress who ...

... an armed band of Omaha boosters! At that time, only 30 people lived in Lincoln. Today Lincoln is a major grain market. Its capitol, completed in 1932, has a bronze statue of the Sower atop its 400-foot central tower dome. Inside are reliefs and friezes depicting the history of law, justice and great philosophers. Nebraska's unicameral form of government, the only one in the US, is of great ...