Colorado Drive Part II: Ugh.

Coming into Omaha, and then Lincoln, there's actually some life to this state... or so it seems... Get out of Lincoln, and you finally find yourself in a proverbial Hell. If you've never driven through Nebraska, just don't. Do what you can to avoid it. Please. There's all kinds of flat and road and nothing and more nothing. For a full five hours. Hopefully you can find a gas station to fill up - just don't get the regular unleaded, because it might just mess up your engine due to the lower-than-normal octane rating.

Then comes a bridge... and a sign... Colorado! Seriously, when you cross the state line, the road seems to brighten, the landscape becomes a little less flat, and the native plants turn from complete randomness to a beautiful bouquet of sage and wildflowers. The skies open up, and before long, the mountains start to appear.

It's worth the drive, methinks. Just bring someone else with you to drive through Nebraska so you can sleep through it.

Colorado Drive Part I: Pre Nebraska

Last week I moved my wife out to Colorado since she had accepted a new job out there. I'm following her once we sell the house - but unfortunately we need to get our things out there. This entails 13 hours or so of driving.

Waking up at 4am, we get on the road. The drive is actually kind of nice through southern Minnesota - everything is green from the recent rain we've had, and there's actually a little bit of topography. I feel like I've driven this so many times before, but it's still worth it.

Then you hit Iowa. I always hated Iowa. Farms and cows, followed by more cows, a farm or two, a city, then more cow farms. At least this time, there are quite a few more wind generators dotting the landscape. More of those, says this observer.

Ugh. Then comes Nebraska.