Continuing to re-cap the road trip, day three was a very long day of driving.
In the morning, we toured around Omaha.
Doing some scheming the night before, we were able to find Warren Buffet's home!
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| Warren Buffet's Home |
Down the street from Mr. Buffet's home, we found the birthplace of President Ford. While the home was torn down many years ago, they have put in a garden and small exhibit about what the house looked like.
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| Birthplace of Ford |
Finally, before we left Omaha, we wandered down to where Lewis and Clark surveyed the Missouri River and stood on the state line on the pedestrian bridge. The pedestrian bridge runs over the Missouri River.
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| Lewis and Clark Landing |
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| Omaha |
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| State Line |
Our second major stop of the day was in Lincoln. It was supposed to be a quick stop to see the state capitol. I, of course, got us lost in the city for a good 40 minutes. Nevertheless, we did get to see more before finding the capitol!
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| Nebraska State Capitol |
One of the highlights of the trip was getting to see a lot of sites that were part of the Oregon Trail. After a few wrong turns, we found Fort Kearney on our way into South Dakota following Lincoln.
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| Fort Kearney |
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| GO WEST! |
We wanted to stop and see the actual markings in Ash Hollow which was a short drive away from Kearney, but we were battling some weather. We did get to drive through parts of the area on our way to Chimney Rock.
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| Phew! Nebraska Rain Showers... |
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| Chimney Rock Cemetery |
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| Chimney Rock |
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| My Car thought it was in a Chevy Commercial |
Before turning North to get to South Dakota, we found one of the most amusing things on the side of the road.
What, you may ask?
CARHENGE.
Based off the one I've seen several times in England, Carhenge is well...Stonehenge but made out of American cars. It was a bit weird, but it served as a good break.
Unfortunately, the drive into South Dakota was not a pleasant one. We stopped for gas right outside the border, and we were both considering giving up driving for the evening and grabbing a different hotel. But, I started to drive into the rain, the Black Hills, a highway that while runs into Texas has no light all while we avoided deer...somehow we made it through it.
Nicola and I clearly were stressed when we got in, but we survived!
Stay tuned for day four!
What, you may ask?
CARHENGE.
Based off the one I've seen several times in England, Carhenge is well...Stonehenge but made out of American cars. It was a bit weird, but it served as a good break.
Unfortunately, the drive into South Dakota was not a pleasant one. We stopped for gas right outside the border, and we were both considering giving up driving for the evening and grabbing a different hotel. But, I started to drive into the rain, the Black Hills, a highway that while runs into Texas has no light all while we avoided deer...somehow we made it through it.
Nicola and I clearly were stressed when we got in, but we survived!
Stay tuned for day four!
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