*waves from Iowa*

[agilebrit]

Y, helLO thar!

It's Easter Week, and rather than going to Moab like we do every year...

We drove to Iowa to look at an airplane.

As some of you may or may not know, the Hubby has been looking at buying us an airplane for awhile, and he's been bouncing all over the country for the last few months looking at them. Since we had ten days off in a row that we'd planned on doing the Jeep Safari in (and then didn't do the Jeep Safari), we decided that a road trip was in order, seeing as how an airplane of the kind we're looking for (a Cessna 177 Cardinal RG) popped up in Iowa.

So, we sent the dog off to the kennel, packed our bags, and headed east. Drove...awhile, made it to North Platte, NE (about 660 miles), and stopped for the night. I managed to clock about three hours of sleep. Whee.

Now we're in Des Moines. He's gone to do some preliminary peeking at the plane, and I'm in the hotel working up a final edit for the cya_ficathon fic, which I put a "THE END" at the bottom of this morning. Which, YAY, because I was starting to wonder if I'd ever finish the damb thing. 6000 words later, I think I have. I scoff, SCOFF, I say, at your thousand-word minimum! Even if I'm late. Um. *eyeshift*

So, tomorrow, Da Boy and I are going to the Blank Park Zoo while the Hubby goes and does more looking at the plane. We may drive back to Omaha tomorrow night, stay overnight, and we're definitely planning on going to the Henry Doorly Zoo, which so totaly rocks like a rocking thing. With aardvarks. And we're not sure what's happening after that.

I haven't got a hope in hell of catching up with my flist. If there's anything important happening in your lives, by all means, let me know.

irfikos, we'll be going through Lincoln on our way home...

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[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Iowa and Nebraska make a person rethink the overpopulation theory. Good heavens, miles and miles of nothing. It's beautiful nothing, though.

There is a big museum, Harold Warp Pioneer Village, in Minden, Nebraska, I've always wanted to see, but never enough to travel to Minden. Don't know if it is something you'd be interested in:

12 mi. S. of I-80 Exit 279 at Jct of US Hwys 6, 34 & NE Hwy 10 - More than 50,000 historic items are on display. Twenty-six buildings include a sod house, one-room school, Pony Express station, depot, general store and an 1884 church. The home of the oldest existing Buick and 350 other antique autos, 20 historic aircraft, 100 vintage tractors, guns, motorcycles, snowmobiles, boats, buggies, trains and trolleys. The historic crafts of spinning, weaving and broom making are year-round activities. An 1800s steam carousel operates in the summer months. Historic activities highlight special events throughout the year. A motel, campground, restaurant and lounge complete the complex. Open year-round, daily, 9am-4:30pm in winter; 8am-5pm in summer. Admission: $9.50 adults, $5 children ages 6-12, 5 & under free. Free 2nd day admission.

I am a museum junkie, but I realize not everyone is. Enjoy your open roads.