Saturday, August 9, 2008

Cross Country Driving

Well, Wednesday Andrew and I packed up and headed out the door for Maryland. On day one we got a late start (we didn't leave until almost 4). Of course on our way up we had to stop and buy fireworks in Wyoming. We also ran into Abe Lincoln riding on the back of some truck.

Around 2am, we stopped for the night at the Gray Goose Inn in Ogallala, Nebraska. I have only ever hear of it because it is a stop on the game "Oregon Trail".

So, day 2, Andrew and I slept in for a while and hit the road. We decided we didn't want to stop again, so we drove straight through, only stopping for food and the restroom when we had to fill up on gas. I drove during the day and Andrew drove through the night. All together, we drove for 23 1/2 hours straight over a distance of 1450 miles! Gas was cheaper everywhere we stopped outside of Utah. 89 octane gas in Iowa was $3.499/gallon. It's sad that I was excited for $3.50 gas. That reminds me, I was very pleased to see that a lot of new windmills had been built across the country. Europe, especially northern Europe, is still way ahead of us in harvesting wind energy. I don't understand why places like the west and mid-west don't capitalize on all the open land and high winds.

Anyways, we made it home and I am loving watching the Olympics in HD!