Road Trippin' - Days One and Two

Here are the highlights of our road trip thus far.

We got on the road a bit late. Our intention was to be in Sioux City, IA on Sunday night, but we only made it as far as Kansas City before succumbing to sleepiness. In a desperate attempt to find a cheap bed on which to crash for a few hours, we chose what looked from the road to be decent digs.

Exhibit A.

From, the outside, not so bad. From the inside, entirely bad:

A secure lock; a ripped chair; a patched door; a pretty toilet

And best of all, loose tobacco between the cup and the plastice used to keep it sanitary. It is difficult to see, but it is there.

We did sleep though. Actually, we overslept.

Waking at 8:00 ( instead of the 6:00 we set the alarm for), we hit the road.

The next stop was Omaha, NE. While we did not see much of the city, we did spend some time in the historic district.

This is an apparent knock off of the Old Spaghetti Factory.

Who are they kidding.

Next: Sioux Falls, SD.

Although the Falls first seemed small and unimpressive, the more we saw and learned about them the more interested we became. Here a couple highlights:

We Learned that Rocks Are Slippery

And that we should not take our own picture.

And then we left, and drove rapidly, with great anticipation, to the CORN PALACE. It was closed, and dark, but I doubt we missed anything.

Stopping to switch places we happened upon Casey's Cafe (which we forgot to take a picture of - the one below is courtesy of a google search). It turns out to be somewhat of a landmark, having been recoginzed by Reader's Digest and the New York Times for their cheeseburgers. They were quite good!

Full and tired, we forged on to Wall, SD, home of Wall Drug, which we will see in the morning. For now, we are in a nicer hotel, with internet access and padded chairs.

I have to go now, Bryan is falling asleep.