I got off to a very slow start today. I had intended to have lunch at either my first or second destination of the day. Instead, I had lunch before I even left town. Surprisingly, though, I still got to both of the planned destinations … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Day 11)
After five nights in Kearney, it was time to depart and head west. My first stop was to be the Golden Spike Tower just outside North Platte, Nebraska. Now let’s hear from the “Wouldn’t ya just know it?” department: Earlier this week, I spent an … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Day 10)
By now, you may be wondering why I picked this time of year to do my Nebraska trip, what with the low temperatures and the bone-chilling wind. The answer: The Great Crane Migration. The sandhill crane is a huge bird, standing as tall as five … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Days 7 through 9)
I woke up at a Motel 6 in Kearney, Nebraska. Which is good, because that’s where I fell asleep last night. My first goal for today was to visit the Archway Musuem. This is a museum that is located above Interstate 80 at the south … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Day 6)
I had planned on Day 5 being a day of just wandering and photographing my hometown of Hastings, Nebraska, starting with in-depth coverage of downtown. But I found the pull of my elementary school to be quite powerful, so I started there instead… I had … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Day 5)
You may have noticed there have been no posts here for a week, after I was doing an abnormally good job of staying up-to-date withe my Trip Reports. This lack of posts is because my laptop started freaking out several days ago (in technical terms, Lappy not happy), and I haven’t had much time to work on it. My trip is still ongoing and going well. Trip Reports will still happen, they’ll just be several days later than usual.
Right now, it’s 13 degrees Fahrenheit outside (in Scottsbluff, Nebraska), but it should be warmer for the rest of my trip.
Oh, yeah. And I thought of another good name for a band: Alpha Bitch and The Pack.
Today, I drive to Hastings, Nebraska, the city where I spent 12 of my most formative years. Yet, it’s also a city I have not visited in over 30 years. I have set aside the first full day for the Hastings Museum. This was a … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Days 3 and 4)
I never sleep well on the first night of a trip. The exhaustion of not getting any sleep the night before must have caught up with me, because I slept (soundly) for nine hours last night! And then I woke up to this view from … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Day 2)
I started this year’s travels with a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands (if you missed that, it started here). For my next trip, I wanted to do something different, to ensure that my trip reports get some variety in ’em. So, I asked myself, … Continue reading Nebraska 2023 Trip Report (Day 1)
OK, not Brooklyn. More like “no sleep ’til Charlotte Douglas International Airport.”
My flight to Nebraska (more accurately, my flight to a layover at Midway) is an early one. So early that I have to get up at 2:15 AM. Problem: for the last few nights, I haven’t been going to bed until almost 2:15 AM. So, I feared that I would not be able to get to sleep at a decent hour; I even considered just staying up all night. Instead, I went to bed at about 11:30 PM. For about 40 minutes, I got some fitful sleep, before deciding to just get up. It’s now 1:15 AM, and I am just hoping to get some good sleep during my flights, though I haven’t completely given up on the idea of getting a little more sleep before I leave home.
Voyages with Parkinson's 