day 5: chicago to lincoln, nebraska (835 km)

It was particularly hard to leave Chicago having only scratched the surface of such a fantastic city. But we were (and continue to be!) on a very tight driving schedule. Our next destination was Lincoln, Nebraska.


Why Lincoln? Good question. Chris read somewhere that it is exactly half way between Chicago and Moab, Utah, our next major destination. Turns out, this is not really the case. So, day 5 was a shorter drive which spanned Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. It was completely reminiscent of the Canadian prairies (in fact, Lincoln is directly below Regina). It was an easy drive but long and boring.


We did a lot of stupid things to make the drive seem more interesting...

Other highlights included:

700 miles of corn fields (we did see some other signs of life, mostly cows)

A burning car in a corn field with the driver doing a “stop, drop, and roll” beside it.

Extremely loud crickets and locusts at our campground. The sound was so deafening that we had to yell at each other when speaking. Thank God for gravol and ear plugs. And that’s all we’ll say about Lincoln.

I’m always intrigued by the fact that you can sometimes get wireless internet at a campground…does anybody else see the irony in this?

Next stop: Moab, Utah for some world class moutainbiking!