We’ve travered about a hundred miles of length of Nebraska. The mile
markers say we’ve got another 335 miles to go. We’re still in the
corn-growing part of the state, but here all the farms have big (and
probably expensive) sprinkler systems. We stopped in the small town of
Aurora for gas and McDonalds. Gasoline is quite expensive and the
interesting part is that 89 octane gas is 10 cents a gallon cheaper than 87
octane gas! The higher octane gas has ethanol in it. We just had a crop
duster fly alongside the road!

We spend most of the state going slowly but surely uphill. We start in
Omaha at about 1200 feet. By the end of the state in Kimball we are at 4800
feet. By then the corn has turned into cattle and green has turned into
sagebrush.

The day is still relatively cool and there is a lot of traffic on the
freeway. Many, many trucks making theiir way east and west. There are also
a goodly number of campers, RVs and 5th wheel trailers. We’re in good
company, I guess.

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