Right now we’re just south of Omaha, Nebraska. Nina is driving and we’re going about 67mph south on I-29. The road is bumpy and writing difficult. It’s a bright, sunny day with no visible clouds. Cell service today is pretty good.

Yesterday was far different. We spent the night Tuesday in Ft. Robinson State Park in northwest Nebraska. As we pulled into the campsite we lost cell signal. If you held your mouth just so and tilted the iPhone just right you’d get a week signal long enough to almost do something before the signal disappeared.

As we drove across Nebraska yesterday on US-20, there were occasional places with signal, but mostly not.

We left Pocatello on Monday afternoon around 3:39 and drove to Green River, Wyoming and spent the night in my favorite brother’s driveway. We had a good visit with them in Monday evening. After visiting their hole, someday to be a house, we headed east to Rawlins, then north to Casper, and east on US-20 into Nebraska and Ft. Robinson. The drive was mostly boring with occasional interesting bits. About eleven miles west of the fort, Nina said she was resigned to the scenery and expected little change. I agreed and then it changed dramatically. We went from flat, brown down into a bally with hills and rock formations and trees. I guess you either get scenery or cell reception, but not both.

We’ve now crossed into Missouri.

The road was so bumpy that I had to stop writing. We’re now in Springfield, MO at our son’s house. The drive today was mostly on the freeway and fairly boring. Yesterday’s drive was much better. We enjoyed the drive through northeastern Nebraska. The afternoon sun gave beautiful light. The cornfields and soybean fields were beautiful. We’re having a very good time.