From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

We spent 12 hours in the car today.  We traveled out of Colorado, through Nebraska, and 3/4 of Iowa.  Gone are the mountains, rivers, valleys, plateaus, mesas, replaced by the rolling seas of green grass.  It was beautiful, but you get tired of it very quickly.  All is not lost in our journey today.  Kurt pulled out Roadside America and quickly looked up weird things to see along I 80 through the flatlands.  Enjoy!  

First stop...UFO Water Tower somewhere in Nebraska. 

Our next stop was Fort Cody Trading Post in North Platte.  We were like two little kids skipping through the playground. Oh yeah...and our little dog too!

Heading east, we stopped at the Sod House Museum with the world's largest plow. 

This was actually very interesting as I learned a few things about the settlers journey along the Oregon Trail.  The women working there were so interesting and knowledgable about that time in history.  

We also stopped at the world's largest covered wagon and The Great Platte River Road Archway which is actually a museum that tells the story of the Oregon Trail.  

Heading into Iowa, our first stop was the Volkswagen Beetle Spider,  This was probably my favorite! 

The finale on our wild and wacky ride through the Heartland was...