Today we got underway at 0830. We had a thunderstorm during the night but the morning was cool and cloudy. After a breakfast of nice big waffles at Perkins, we hit the pavement of the I-90 by 0930, headed east.
By noon, it had turned sunny and quite warm by the time we stopped for lunch at Riverside Golf Club, beside the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is a beautiful spot with the grass and trees of the golf course on the one side and the impressive sky-line of Omaha, Nebraska on the other, just across the river.
We noticed, How could we not?, that the trees seemed to be singing. Our waitress explained that it was katydids, which I have always known as "cicadas". We were later to discover that they were to be our constant companions for the following several days and states, wherever there were trees.
Stopped at Concordia at 1900 and it was still hot outside. We are really beginning to appreciate the air conditioning in the car. By 2100, or for those who don’t quite get the 24 hour clock, 9 PM, it was still hot and muggy outside.
By noon, it had turned sunny and quite warm by the time we stopped for lunch at Riverside Golf Club, beside the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is a beautiful spot with the grass and trees of the golf course on the one side and the impressive sky-line of Omaha, Nebraska on the other, just across the river.
We noticed, How could we not?, that the trees seemed to be singing. Our waitress explained that it was katydids, which I have always known as "cicadas". We were later to discover that they were to be our constant companions for the following several days and states, wherever there were trees.
Stopped at Concordia at 1900 and it was still hot outside. We are really beginning to appreciate the air conditioning in the car. By 2100, or for those who don’t quite get the 24 hour clock, 9 PM, it was still hot and muggy outside.
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