Day 9

 

 

Day 9

 

Kearney, Nebraska to Clinton, Iowa

 

 

This morning was really different.  When we went downstairs to breakfast in our hotel, there were only a few of our friends that was on the tour with us.  Thank goodness we didn't see any of the real close ones because I didn't know if I could say good bye to them again.

 

We were headed east and a guy who was a passenger with another man whose car broke down earlier on our tour, needed a ride to Omaha, so we piled him and his gear into our backseat and took off. 

 

We found this cute little gas station on the way out of town

 

 

 

This is the history of ownership

 

 

 

And the man who owns it now

 

 

 

And of course the Lincoln Highway marker

 

 

Further down the road was another very fun station.  We drove all the way around it and loved every side.

 

 

Notice the people on the side

 

 

 

Soon we arrived in Omaha and dropped off our passenger.  It was his cousins home, and of course we had to check out the Mustang

 

 

 

Then we started out across Iowa.  Let me tell ya, I know they DID NOT miss the cornfield that Kevin Costner plowed under for the baseball field!  Miles and miles of corn fields. Then we caught sight of this crop duster

 







 

It was pretty hard to catch him through the windshield

 

 

These are pictures of some buildings we saw along the LH

 

 

 

This is where we ate dinner. It opened in 1936 for travelers along the LH

 

 

This bridge is in Tama Iowa

(The café above is also in Tama, not far from this bridge)

 

 

This is another old gas station along Route 30

also known as Lincoln Highway

 

 

This was another diner, but only open on certain days

 

 

And of course, I finally got a shot of a real "barn quilt"

 

Then we saw this awesome, totally fantastic painting on a barn.  We had to go back and take a picture of it

 

 

Somebody has real talent !

 

Today we drove 570 miles, in about 13 hours.  We are tired, but don't feel as tired as when we were traveling with the group. Go figure !

 

Tomorrow our goal is to drive to Pittsburgh. Get your rest!