After an early (and delicious) breakfast chez Tim & Becky ...... it was time to head west across Iowa; a beautiful crisp day, blue sky, high white streaks of cloud drawn thin by the wind. Miles and miles of rolling hills, fields of grain dotted with trees - and a huge wind farm.
Over the Missouri river (which is nowhere near Missouri ...) and into Nebraska, through the very pretty town of Blair and on to US75, part of the Lewis and Clark heritage trail. The road winds north, just above the flood plain of the river, then through the Native American reservation of Winnebago, and gradually climbs until suddenly at the crest of the hill there is a view west across the Nebraska prairie, and east into the low hills of western Iowa - amazing! Up here the leaves are just turning an interesting shade of lime green, enhanced by the sun's angle in the afternoon; not so many reds and golds as in Iowa!
Back over the Missouri again, this time into South Dakota. Brief stop at Sioux City for gas and a "damn fine cup of coffee" (though no cherry pie), and on to the Motel 6 at Sioux Falls. The restaurant next door is called the Roll'n'Pin ...
Tomorrow - find the actual Falls, then westward again!
Funny sign of the day: "Waterfowl hunting prohibited from highway" [seen on US30 W in Iowa]
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Hi Sheila-It sounds like you're steering clear of the Interstates-Clever girl! Interstates are like hermetically sealed isolation chambers from the real America. Find them secondary highways and stay on them! Just be careful for the speed limits, since they'll change as you go through each town, and you'll find plenty of local cops ready to pull you over and add a few bucks to the local law enforcement donut fund...
PS. Things are about to get good. If you can drive through the Midwest and not get so bored that you want to pull off the highway at the next Wal-Mart, buy a shotgun and ammo and end it all just to not have to look at any more goddam corn and wheat fields, then you will LOVE driving through the West. Wonders await you!
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