We weren’t able to see much of anything due to torrential rain: We did cross from Illinois to Indiana: Check out the video to see how we coped, plus Chris’s reaction to trying the chocolate cheese from Iowa:
Social Security, Maybe Part 2
Today, I mustered up the courage to look at my status on the USCIS (immigration) site. I was pleasantly surprised at the case status moving from ACCEPTED to OPTIMIZED. Another part of the status had been set to Pending for…
Day 18 Part 3: Onto Illinois
We ended the day by entering Illinois: Check out our video of our final impressions of Iowa and first impressions of Peoria, Illinois:
Day 18 Part 2: The Future Birth Place of Captain James T. Kirk
I must admit, the last stop of the day was our actual favorite, but definitely just for tourism purposes. We went to Riverside, IA: They have a little Star Trek museum there, run by an old woman who just…
Day 18 Part 1: Chocolate Cheese & Iowa City
We made our way across eastern Iowa to what turned out to be a total tourist trap. There are some small towns called the Amana Colonies. They were a series of villages settled by German pietists. In the modern day,…
Days 16-17: Des Moines, Iowa
We took a travel break to meet up with my parents. Several items hadn’t arrived by the time we left Wisconsin, including my state ID and our car insurance card (we had a temporary one, but it was only good…
Day 15 Part 2: En Dansk Vindmølle i Iowa
After Omaha, we headed back into Iowa. In the same way that Kansas is mostly a wheat field, Iowa is mostly a corn field. There was a lot of nothing for a while. We stopped int a small town called…
Day 15 Part 1: Omaha, Nebraska
It’s obviously very early days, but of the places we’ve been, Omaha seemed like one of the most viable candidates so far. It is a very clean, well maintained area. In addition to its amazing zoo, it had several nice…
Day 14: America’s Best Zoo
Since our motel was actually very nice and comfortable, we decided to take a break from traveling and just went to the zoo. Nebraska happens to have the US’s best zoo according to TripAdvisor. It’s not even finished and it is…