Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Tuesday - August 26, 2008

63,932 miles on 2004 Trailblazer

8:00 a.m. - Left on a cloudy day today with the temperature about 62 degrees. This is probably the first cloudy day we have seen since February. This part of Nebraska(North Platte area) is expecting rain and thunderstorms today. It was suppose to rain and thunder last night, but it didn't happen. We are hoping to get someplace in Iowa tonight. We changed time zones again and we are now 2 hours ahead of California, in the Central Time Zone.

11:00 a.m. - We are still plugging along on I-80 East. We are about 2 hours west of Grand Island, Nebraska with very nice weather - 74 degrees and sunny. It looks like we got out of the stormy weather and should have sunny skies all day.A little on the windy side with the wind being SE.

1:00 p.m. - We had some lunch and got gas at $3.59 a gallon and that is the cheapest gas so far. This Central US seems to always have the cheapest gas for some reason. The temperature is still a nice 73 degrees with some sun once in awhile peeking out from the clouds. Talked with Barbara just now and baby Kayelyn seems to be doing good and Mama Erika is coming along, but still needs special care. Andrew seems to be hanging there and is glad his little family is getting better. Talked with Eleanor and they will be heading to the Upper Peninsula for the Labor Day Weekend. We are hoping to be able to go to their cabin for some R & R and do some fishing, 4-wheeling, etc.

2:30 p.m. - In Lincoln, Neb. now which is the state capital. There is major construction going on here on I-80 and there has been construction along this route since we started. Every state we have been in except California on I-5 has had some kind of work being done. The temperature is still nice with a cloud covering keeping it in the mid 70's, the gas here in Nebraska is $3.38 a gallon.

3:30 p.m. - We are crossing the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebraska to Iowa on I-80. There are crazy drivers here all in a hurry. With the speed limit only 55 m.p.h. here they are edgy. Seeing a lot of corn and bean fields on both sides of the road.

6:00 p.m. - Pulled into the motel for the night. We are staying at a Microtel Motel this time. We have never stayed in one and they take pets and the room is very big, clean and probably the nicest one we have stayed in so far. The Comfort Inn's is where we have been at and they are very nice also and take pets. We had a nice dinner, relaxed and went to sleep. This is a picture of the corn fields around the motel in Colfax, Iowa which is about 15 miles east of Omaha, Neb.

Drove 487 miles today