Nebraska

We had an interesting time in Nebraska. The first time we drove through the state we stopped in Fort Kearney to camp. It was a beautiful night to camp....at first. Having travelled to the Midwest many times, I know that summer weather can change suddenly. Because of this, I suggested to Chris to put the rain fly on our tent before we went to bed. His response, "I don't think we will need it. The sky is clear and it will be nice to see the stars." I agreed. Fast forward to 2AM....DOWNPOUR. We exhaustively and grumpily got out of the tent and put the stupid rain fly on. That wasn't the end of it. Fast forward to 4AM. Groggy, I awoke with a strange sensation...my felt like they were lifting off the ground. Probably, because THEY WERE, and so were Chris's because of the high winds. Our air mattress was catching some serious air. I turned towards Chris with the fear of a tornado nearing thinking he was awake, devising a plan to save us if a tornado was indeed coming. Boy was I wrong, we was sound asleep. How can you sleep through that?

Enough venting about the weather. New subject....the bugs. They were beyond big, I think they were dinosaur bugs. Please see exhibit A below. This thing, whatever it was, was longer than my finger. If I had a saddle, I probably could have taken it for a ride. (slight exaggeration)
After experiencing "rural" Nebraska we decided we should head to the city. Here is a picture of University of Nebraska's football field. This thing made OSU's stadium look like a high school football field. Our last Nebraska site....Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium. Most Beaver fans recognize this, since the OSU baseball team won two national baseball titles here.
We found out this field will be completely demolished in 2 years to make way for a new $140 million dollar stadium across town.