"Oh the places you will see."

We're off to the races.
We're off to great places.
Places so keen,
Here's what we've seen:

The wind, the wind, blowing so hard.
Thought the door would blow off the car.
In Wyoming, Nebraska, boy could the wind blow.
Hold on, hold on, please don't let go.

Rawlins, Martin's Cove, and Saratoga,
Are all in Wyoming, we can tell ya.
And of course, Laramie and Cheyenne,
Finding my purse, how glad I am.

Wyoming wasn't all that bad.
Some good experiences there we had.
Seeing buffalo, antelope and deer.
The best part?  They were all so near.

An island, an island, an island, you say?
In land-locked Nebraska? No way!
Surrounded by rivers, Wood and North Platte
Grand Island, Nebraska is exactly that.

Prestigious universities: U of W, U of N, U of I, I say
Wish you could get a degree by just passing by.
And Princeton?  Passed it too,
I was impressed, how about you.

Tigers, Cornhuskers, Cowboys and Hawkeyes,
Match the schools with their mascots; care to try?
We thought about going to a Cubs, or White Sox game,
But didn't want to get in Chicago's traffic lane.

Had lunch at a Culvers in Ottawa, Illinois.
We're getting a Culvers in Twin, oh boy!
Drove through the Amish country in Ohio.
Lots of black buggies going oh, so slow.

My apologies to Dr. Seuss, but there really wasn't much to do during some of the driving, so I decided to try to be creative.  Don't think the fans of Dr. Seuss will be impressed.  Sorry! 

In Ohio, after visiting the Amish Country, we were driving along and I saw a city Navarre.  I know that there is a province in Spain named Navarre.  You aren't going to believe this, because I couldn't but the town of Navarre, Ohio is named after the Navarre region in Spain.  I couldn't find out who named the city, but it was pretty interesting.

Another University we drove by was Kent University in Kent, Ohio.  I am amazed how many universities we drove by.

As we were travelling to our last motel before we arrive in Palmyra tomorrow, we saw PINK garbage cans waiting to be emptied by the local garbage company.  I had never seen that before, but you know, I think we should petition for PINK garbage containers.  They looked pretty cute!

The first place we needed to buy gas was in Rawlins, Wyoming.  We were looking for a gas station and came upon a place called, Kum and Go.  We had never seen that before, so we decided to bypass that place and look for something a little more familiar, thinking the Kum and Go gas might not be up to par.  As we travelled through Wyoming, there were many Kum and Go's and now we know that they are okay.   Travelling through Nebraska, we saw Git and Go gas stations and Pump and Pantry gas stations.  This was all new to us.  And finally, in Ohio you can get your gas at Kwik Fill.  Just a little bit of useless information. 

Durg is so proud of himself.  We have made it this far without having to pay a toll on the highway.  He has it planned that tomorrow we will get to Palmyra on a route that we won't have to pay a toll.  Seriously, the toll charge is only 50 cents.  You would think it was $5.00.  But we are seeing some beautiful country off the toll roads. 

I was a little disappointed in Wyoming and Nebraska.  Not much to see, but when we got to Ohio and those rolling hills, they were a beautiful sight to see.  I will always be a mountain girl and if the mountains aren't there, the rolling hills will do.

We will arrive in Palmyra tomorrow and I know we will be pretty busy unpacking and grocery shopping.  Oh, how we look forward to a home-cooked meal. 

We leave you at (and this is no joke) Ashtabula/Austinberg, Ohio.  Palmyra, New York, here we come.