NEBRASKA!!!

After a long nights sleep we hit the road for Nebraska. At this point we were a little ahead of schedule so we took our time and we arrived in Fremont, Nebraska in the mid afternoon. We both were just so burnt out from the past two weeks rush up the east coast. If you're wondering why we were in such a huge rush to get up the east coast the answer is my dad.


He was so excited to take Alan to the tractor show and the demolition derby that he almost demanded that we get to Nebraska before the weekend. It’s nice to take a few days to take it easy, hang out with family and chill out. Our first day in Nebraska was laid back We spent time with grama and my cousin Brian. We went and fed Alan the best steak he'd ever eaten and we hung out and drank beer until we all passed out.


The next day was the demolition derby. The Midwest culture is far different than anything I’ve experienced in the rest of the country. I never clearly understood what it meant when people said that the Midwest is the heart of America. Now, I think I have an understanding. People in this part of the country have their own farming lives, they reproduce here and they never go too far.


Honestly it's like stepping back in time or being in a different world. Being at the local county fair drinking beer while laughing at the demolition derby reminded me of some bad 80's movie. People here don't necessarily seem happy but they seem content. Youngsters were running around eating their half cooked hamburgers on white bread buns and the overweight parents pounded down the Budweiser. Although I find it hard to relate to the majority of the people in this part of the country I appreciate them simply because our country depends on these people. If it weren't for them who would plow our fields or take care of our cattle and swine?




So I sucked up my snottiness and I just enjoyed the county fair. The more I drank and the more the guys in the derby crashed the happier I was.


On Sunday we hit the dog track with dad and grama thinking that Alan was going to make us a ton on money with all of his greyhound experience. Unfortunately, none of us won. He kept saying “ if only his grand dad were here we'd be winnin'”. We had a great day even though we just threw our money away. After our nice long relaxing weekend with the family we began to prepare for our next trek.