Road Trip

Day 3 - UT, NV, CA I have a to admit, Utah is much more impressive when you can see it.  The nighttime drive on Saturday was a little rough.  But some of the views on Sunday were amazing.  As I woke up on Sunday, Sarah reminded me I was 300 yards from a tourist attraction ... really big soda cans. I made a quick stop in Beaver, UT.  Not surprisingly, everything in Beaver, UT say "I ❤ Beaver".  Which is funny .. for about 3 minutes.  I assumed the locals just wished their town was named something boring, like Ogdenville or North Haverbrook.  But I get the impression they laugh at the  "I ❤ Beaver" joke every time. I also used this trip as an opportunity to learn about other cultures.  In this case, I assimilated with a Mormon community.  I was able to get a deeper understanding of Mormonism.  Here is where Mormons live. And here is where Mormons get moderately priced Mexican food. It was incredible to take a deep dive in Mormon cultu...

Got to start my day in Eastern Nebraska, and I was able to drive next to the Poop Guy for a while. If you've never driven through Nebraska, it looks like this:  But don't blink ... It's only perfectly straight, perfectly flat, with very few signs of civilization FOR 300 MILES. In an effort to get as far as possible today, I only had one stop planned: The Colorado College of Mines.  I really wanted to get some Oredigger Merch.  Unfortunately I didn't do my research, and the bookstore was closed on weekends 😡. The views on the drive through Western Colorado were amazing. You can Google "photos of Western Colorado" and you'll get a pretty good idea of what I saw (I tested it ... the Google search works!) Although the mountains were spectacular, upon closer inspection, they are basically just big piles of dirt and rocks. When you think of it that way, they get old sort of quick. Once I got into Utah the sun was starting to set. Sunset seemed to last an hour b...

 Left at 4pm, almost right on time.  Just wanted to get as far as possible to make the next two days easier.  Only regret is that I was driving past Van Meter, IA very late, and I couldn't check out the city to see everything they have named after Bob Feller (The Heater from Van Meter). Made it to Council Bluffs , IA at about 1:30. The Best Western in Council Bluffs IA just about exactly what you would expect.