The Cornhusker Lincoln

Today started like many a man's dreams have. Yep, at the John Deere Commons. Drool guys, drool. Here there is a nice mini museum covering the line of John Deere farm equipment. And right next door is the John Deere Store. The store has more John Deere items for sale than any Cracker Barrel store I have ever been in. You name it, they have it. Including a very nice set of hand linens ...

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????!!!!!<br><br>Also, i will miss my cats. ;)<br>

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!!<br><br>TTFN <br>

... South America? How much do I want? <br> Can I lose those last ten pounds so I can fit those jeans I want to take?<br><br> Craigslist shall be my friend. I have already starting attempting to sell some things. Want a box set of Family Guy dvds? No one would buy the dual cassette tape deck. I wonder if they'll buy the VCR. Any one want a Janet Craig? I hate to wate stuff, but it's easier to just give away. Is there a market for odds and ends ...

... 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.

... outdoors at an indian restaurant called "The Oven." Everything was prepared to our liking and it was fun to people watch as the locals passed by. Afterwards, we popped in and out of a few stores on the main street and then snapped some photos in the historic haymarket district. <br>All and all,a wonderfully relaxing day in the mid-west. Stay tuned to hear the latest on our next 450 mile jaunt to.....

... visit with Sally. She enjoys living in LIncoln again. Some of the town's features she likes include the many parks, walking trails, and an excellent public library system. <br><br>It was wonderful to be able to sleep in, if just for an extra two hours. I left Sally's house at the extremely "LATE" time of 10:30 am to head east toward St. Louis.

Day 3 Total miles traveled: 1,716 Miles traveled today: 445 Total hours spent in car: 27 Hours spent in car today: 7 Number of license plates seen in the state license plate game: 23 Number of Canadian province license plates seen: 2 Number of corn stalks seen: ....we've stopped counting After a quick stop at Wal-Mart to buy batteries and the completely necessary purchase of the new John Mayer CD we took to the highway again. Our goal was to try to get to Iowa City, Iowa by the end ...

... wait until my next cross country road trip. Other than those bits of excitement, we knocked out a good 8 hours of driving and covered over 400 miles today; I successfully listened to every song in my iPod at least once (it's a shuffle, so there's only about 120 songs in there). There are few things quite as therapeutic as driving with the stereo blasting your favorite songs. If I ...