I had the weekend to get from Omaha, NE (G on the map) to Denver, CO (B).  While planning the trip, I decided I’d stop in Kearney, NE (A) for the night.  Lake Hastings Park, one of the top disc golf courses in Nebraska, was near there and just off the route (I).  Kearney (pronounced […]

Mid way through 2015, I started allowing Google to track me.  I have my privacy settings in such a way that each time I attend somewhere new, Google puts a red dot on a map.  This is my map as of mid November 2021. One of the features of these red dots is that I […]

I headed out early from Omaha (G on he map) and although it was not on my original itinerary, I decided Lincoln, NE (H) would be a good place to stop for my morning coffee.  It was on the route heading west, is the capital of the state and would be a good break after […]

I went to see the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge. The Nebraska side of the bridge is located at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Visitor Center.  Across much of my trip, I came across locations related to Lewis and Clark over and over.  They were everywhere out there!  Unfortunately, much of the walking area of […]

Pretty cool that I find myself in Omaha, Nebraska! I grabbed some coffee at a neighborhood coffee shop and spent my morning working from my AirBnB. I had a recommendation from my brother to eat a Runza while here.  The original Runza location is no longer around so I went to the closest one I […]

I arrived into Omaha late in the day and spent my first night exploring the Old Market.  The Old Market in Omaha is the most historic and most entertaining neighborhood in the city.  There are all kinds of shops, galleries, restaurants and taverns along its cobblestone streets.  I found it to be a great place […]

Continuing on into Nebraska! It was a full day working and exploring the Bridges of Madison County. See my Bridges of Madison adventure here. A few hours driving and I crossed the Missouri river into Nebraska. Welcomed into Omaha I checked into my AirBnB in Southeast Omaha… and headed to the Old Market for the […]

Des Moines to Omaha Bridges of Madison County It takes about 2 hours to drive from Des Moines, IA to Omaha, NE.  I had an AirBnB lined up there and had all day to get there.  This was going to be one of my “work on the road” days.  These are fun because I get […]

Sometimes…. I found myself driving down gravel roads in Iowa. At times I would come to crossroads. Occasionally I stopped and I would look around and I would notice myself standing in the middle of nowhere in Iowa. I enjoyed the peacefulness of it. Sometimes after following GPS down gravel roads for miles, a bridge […]

 I had spent the morning at the Iowa State Fair and was headed to my AirBnB. I was a bit early on check in time and had to find something to knock out a little over an hour.  I thought I’d visit something from my Des Moines to-do list, the Pappajohn Sculpture Park. (Not related […]