Today’s journey was pretty much Nebraska. 468 miles through the Corn Husker state. One mile in Iowa and 40 miles in Wyoming and the rest in the corn covered state of Nebraska. It is an easy place to get hypnotized. We were on Interstate 80 the whole drive and the direction of the highway varies maybe two to three inches left or right the whole time…z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z…oh, sorry. Dozed off again.
As soon as we crossed the border we were in the state capital of Omaha (Yea, the one from Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. Didn’t see Marlin Perkins anywhere.) Forty miles down the road is Lincoln, home to the state’s only professional sports team, the University of Nebraska’s Corn Huskers’ football. Yes, I did go there. Omaha and Lincoln are the major population centers of the state and the next 428 miles is farm and ranch land. I would hate it if I lived on the Wyoming side of the state and had to go to the state capital in Omaha to do business. I think I would secede to the Cowboy State first.
I must confess the drive was beautiful and the state is not all corn. The further west we drove the landscape turned to grassland and grazing land. The one really nice thing about the state is they had a Rest Stop about every 20 miles, and unlike California, they’re open. For a prostate my age, those were welcomed sites.
There was a bit of construction on the highway and I saw a sign that said “Left lane ends,” not “Left lane closed.” I know Nebraska is a right leaning state but banning left lanes is a little much. (That’s a joke, so take a deep breath.)
We are spending the night in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Wyoming has the smallest population of any state in the country and Cheyenne is its capital. I think most of the people in this state live in the capital city, and it is empty. Yea, it seems fair that the two senators from a state who represent 575,000 citizens have equal say on what goes on in this country as the two senators from California who represent 40 million people. (And that is sarcasm if you didn’t pick that up.)
We had dinner in Cheyenne at a place called The Albany. It is a Liquor Store, restaurant and bar in one. It really has an old west feel. When my wife wanted to order Creme Brulee for dessert, I suggested something more country, like cherry cobbler. I thought it best to keep our “west coast” connection off the record.
This state’s lone House Representative, Liz Cheney, has everyone in a tizzy in Washington D.C. Are we learning way more about Wyoming politics than we need to?
The flat part of our drive is almost over and it’s hills, mountains and dips the rest of the way, and most of the states we’ll be driving through have people living in them.
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