Nebraska to Iowa

By the time we reached Nebraska, V was showing her miles in terms of dirt. Don't get me wrong, she wears it well, but she was a little camera shy after that. Not that there was a ton of things to take pictures of, anyway. I did steal a couple pictures out the window of the frost, though- because even though it couldn't compare to the day before, it was still pretty. Plus we had blue skies and sunshine, so no matter how cold it was outside it at least felt cheerful.

We ate at Quizno's in Kearney, then stopped in Underwood, Iowa for gas. The attendant there, Joni, asked us how we liked Iowa. How to answer that diplomatically? I'm sure Iowa is a fine place to live but we had just spent the last two days seeing mountains and monoliths. In comparison...... well, I think I just responded with something like we'd only seen 17 miles of Iowa, in the dark, so it was hard to say. She was sweet enough to step outside and show us that we could see Mars right next to the moon. Seriously, even Iowa held super friendly faces and natural wonders!

We stayed that night in Des Moines and had a midnight pizza call into Domino's. Did you know they had a fantastic vegetarian thin crust pizza? I didn't, and I didn't even think I was hungry. But it was fantastic- with fresh spinach and feta cheese. This did not even remotely resemble the greasy Domino's pizza I remember from my college days.

With full tummy and weather channel promises of sunshine and clear roads, the last night was the first night I slept hard. If I snored, girls I apologize.