Day Two:  June 2, 2009
North Platte, Nebraska to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Distance: 657 mi (~ 9 hrs)

The night in Nebraska was our dog Lucy’s first time in a hotel and she didn’t know quite what to make of it! So many noises and smells I guess! We woke up mid-morning and it was still overcast and soggy but not raining too hard. Nebraska is really quite beautiful.

Lots of time to talk, or not talk..

Lots of time for napping

Nebraska highway stretches far and vast without a lot going on besides scenery. However there were some billboards, and they seemed to be largely dominated by ads for a place called Little America.

Truly a cute Asian boy eating a hot dog says America. These billboards hype Little America for miles. Not just a dozen miles, more like the length of the state. At least a hundred miles, if not more. And darn it we just HAD to stop at Little America when we go there. It’s a clean hotel and a nice rest stop, with couches in the bathroom lounge and everything. Haha. It was definitely the nicest pit stop on our trip, and we got Lucy a stuffed squirrel there.

As we climbed altitude we hit fog with VERY low visibility.

Saw lots and lots of wind turbines, which I have to admit kind of freak me out!

I mean, I get what they’re for and that I LOVE. But the spiky spokes and alarming presence on a serene countryside. I know I’m not the only one that feels this way.

Finally, more state lines crossed on Day 2:

That’s Utah, in case you can’t tell. With a Billboard toting an accomplishment from 7 years ago.