Wednesday, 08 August 2007

• Day 5 - This is it!

  Jen writes:

  Well, yesterday was the last day of our drive. I was too tired to write a blog yesterday

  We drove. And we drove. And we drove. There was nothing exciting about the Great Plaines. Oh wait! There were so many good radio stations! That was part of our problem while we were driving through the west. Dad and I don't like country, so when we finally did find a good station, it would go in and out as we went through the mountains. And then after that, we were driving so much and so far that we would lose good stations after about an hour. BOB FM was good for the first few hours of our journey, there was a classic rock station in Omaha, NE that pronounced itself "The only classic rock station in Omaha," and after that, nothing. Everything was fleeting, well, everything that we were concerned about. Alternative rock or classic rock, or 60s and 70s music. All through our trip, when I would remember, I would ask the rest stops if they sold rewriteable CDs. None of them did, unfortunately, and the CDs I did burn from my library before we left dad didn't want to listen to that much.

  My advice before taking a trip out west for those who don't like country: bring lots of CDs.

  When we got to the Mississippi River, all the good music started. Also, since the Mississippi River was the only landmark we passed during our drive yesterday, we decided we would try to take a picture of it (see the pictures). But as you can tell from the picture, it wasn't very easy to get a good shot from where we were. We did a self portrait, and off we went!

  We got to grandma's at 5:38PM, just in time for dinner, picture sharing, and sleep!

   

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