Day 4: Fairfield, IA to Fort Morgan, CO via Omaha

Knowing we had 11 hours of driving ahead of us, we woke up bright and early at 6:00. We're still working on Michigan time so it didn't seem all that bad and Jayson drove in the morning so I got to sleep a little more. There had been massive flooding in Iowa and the surrounding areas during the time we were there but somehow we were lucky and it missed us. We did see evidence of the flooding along the drive though. It's too bad the store was flooded - I'm sure it would have been packed if it wasn't. Looks like a nice establishment. (I just realized you can't tell that it is an adult store in the middle of nowhere.)



In trying to keep ourselves busy we listened to Spanish lessons on CD. So far, we've learned about 10 words in 1.5 hours. It's coming along...

We decided Omaha, Nebraska was our lunch stop for the day and ended up at El Bee's Mexican restaurant for food. We thought it was appropriate since we were learning Spanish and it was something other than the fast food that constituted all of our other choices. Jayson was very excited because we ordered the Burrito Fantastico - a new Spanish word.



The lunch was very enjoyable but the mood was somewhat solemn because everyone was talking about the four boyscouts that had been killed in an Iowa tornado the night before.

We reserved a campsite at Jackson Lake State Park in Fort Morgan, CO. To get there, you take 10 different country roads until you feel as if you are completely in the middle of nowhere and then it just springs up. It is a lake in the middle of nowhere and nowhere appears to be desert - go figure. We set up our new tent (thanks Dad!) and explored our surroundings. Jayson exclaimed, "Well, it is the flattest lake I've ever seen."



We needed to find some food and since we were in the middle of nowhere our one choice was A.J.'s Bar. We wandered in and realized that the only non-meat option was the special. Dinner was fried chicken, baked beans (with more bacon than beans), and potato salad. We were feeling a little weighed down by the end of it all but the wait staff was really nice and we were able to catch a little of NBA game four.



Keeping in the theme of in the middle of nowhere. Here is a video from a place that bought gas earlier today. It is also in the middle of nowhere. Oddly it had great cell phone reception. While we gased up Jayson discussed the average MPG of a Prius with an inquisative local who was driving a 7 MPG motor home.