NC to OR day 3

States touched today: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming.

Hours driven: 10.5


We are driving the real deal Oregon Trail, ya'll!

Still looking for buffalo to shoot

Today wasn't too eventful.  Most of it looked like this:

Plains and Plains and Plains

And a little of this:

Plains and Wind Spinner thing...it's all very Midwest

Taking it back to the old school jams for some of Nebraska.  We call it 90's Nebraska style (some good, some not so good):

Goo Goo Dolls
Third Eye Blind
Green Day
Nirvana
Counting Crows
Sublime
Tom Petty
Barenaked Ladies
Shania Twain
Trisha Yearwood
Dixie Chicks

Another last resort method of heat beating, time passing, and stop utilizing (yes, I ate that and yes I regret it now):

Sometimes you just need a reason to get out of the car

Other major life decisions made: we will never ever ever live in Nebraska.  Thank goodness we got out and made it to Wyoming. Wyoming is similarly desolate, but at least desolate with some rock formations and an air of badassness about it that conjures images of the wild west.  

Quick stop in "downtown" Cheyenne for some beers in mason jars and oversized sammies that appeared to be from no place other than Wyoming.  

Can you spot the Edie look alike Elk in the background?

Now, we bed down in Laramie, WY; a place I never wanted to visit because of the whole Matthew Shepard tragedy. But, for some reason every hotel in Rawlins (our original planned stop for today) was booked solid.  So, here we are.  No one seems to be particularly biggoty, so that's good.

Tomorrow, over the Rockies and on to Idaho!

Check out Jason's blog for more pics and his spin on things.