{"id":2235,"date":"2010-03-02T23:16:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T04:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2010-03-02T23:16:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T04:16:52","slug":"nebraska-and-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=2235","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska and Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nebraska - chilly!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t have many pictures from this part of the drive. It was really cold and windy in both states. In Nebraska, we only stayed on the main highway although we slept in North Platte and learned that this is where Buffalo Bill had his Wild West Show. Cowboys used to bring their cattle from Texas to the trains in Nebraska and once they were done, they wanted to party, so it was pretty much a cowboy party town.<\/p>\n

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Cows galore!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We saw a lot of cows by the side of the highway and sometimes smelled them, too. We also saw huge Vs of birds migrating back north (although it seemed like a stupid idea considering the temperature).<\/p>\n

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Migrating birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa seemed a little different. A few hills and in one field we saw five turkeys and one deer all standing together enjoying the spoils from last year’s corn crop.<\/p>\n

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Frosty trees. You'd be cold, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We made it to Des Moines where we couchsurfed with Mark, but we didn’t make it to the official site where the movie Field of Dreams was filmed. I think the baseball field is still there. Mark’s girlfriend, Ryan, said she used to go there on field trips from school.<\/p>\n

Des Moines had nice weather, but it was colder than Nebraska. We appreciated Mark’s hospitality a lot and had a wonderful slow-cooked dinner followed by a movie showing on his gigantic TV. Best of all, he taught us some super photography secrets that are really going to change the look of our pictures. He takes great photos and does amazing things with his software.<\/p>\n

We said goodbye in the morning and headed towards Chicago, stopping for lunch in Iowa City – a university town that we fell in love with. We found good Asian stir fries for lunch.<\/p>\n

Now that we’re gone, I won’t get to make fun of Ghislain when he mixes up Idaho and Iowa and Ohio and puts H’s in the wrong places. Hioha and Hohio! Never mind. He can make fun of my French when we get back to Quebec (but he wouldn’t…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t have many pictures from this part of the drive. It was really cold and windy in both states. In Nebraska, we only stayed on the main highway although we slept in North Platte and learned that this is where Buffalo Bill had his Wild West Show. Cowboys used to bring their cattle from … <\/p>\n

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