Friday, 26th of April
2013
Denver, CO –
Lincoln, NE
Miles: 496
There was a coffee
maker in the room, so we could start the day with the coffee. Kind of
slow morning, we again packed our stuff and got ready to leave. It
was close to nine o'clock. Easy traffic, we got on the toll road and
from there on the freeway 76. There were some mountains in the
distance, but the overall view was kind of unimpressive. There was a
lot of flatness and nothing. Not the greatest start of the day. I
guess we did not have much to look forward. Unfortunately. There was
about 180 miles of Colorado in front of us. We stopped for gas once.
It was flat and empty land for the whole time. There was few small
towns or villages, a lot of farms and burgers (my name for cows). We
just drove and drove and drove and drove and drove across really
boring and pretty ugly land. Nothing really changed when we entered
Nebraska. Same boring and kind of flat and ugly land. In Green River
we got bunch of maps and travel guides and there was something about
Nebraska. We stopped few times along the way (gas and bathroom). We
tried to go and see Buffalo Bill's house and state park. Closed for
the season. The town looked really bad. I would say it was even worse
than Detroit in a way. The town was North Platte. Really sad. We
continued, there was really nothing along the way, so horrible. J.
was going crazy. We had a late lunch at one of the rest stops along
the freeway. We stopped at Gothenburg, where was supposed to be an
original Pony Express station. Pretty much the same sad town, run
down houses, everything kind of dusty and old. It is hard to
describe, it was just sad. We found a small house in the park, closed
for the season too. We looked around and tried to find a grocery
store in the town. It was not easy. And … we went, went, went …
nothing else really left. We got to Lincoln, J. missed the address so
we made small detour, but it was fine. Same evening routine, unload
our luggage, eat something, tried to relax and sleep.
