June 5, 2008: Cornhuskers

Today, we thought we would have big trouble with the weather. Tornadoes, hail, and violent thunderstorms were throughout the area. We saw this early on which was NUTS, but Jen busted a move out of that town asap!


For the rest though, we were blessed with just a bunch of rain, nothing worse really. Today we drove through the rest of South Dakota and down the border between Nebraska and Iowa down to near Omaha. On the way we stopped by the Corn Palace. It’s a giant building in South Dakota made out corn and other grains. They create murals on the building using their crops to celebrate what they grow all year. It’s sort of the Taj Mahal of corn on the cob.



From there we had dinner with my aunt/uncle who live near Omaha. He was a B-52 pilot in the Vietnam war and he had many great stories to tell. He commanded some of the B-52 bombings that helped free many POWs, including current Presidential candidate John McCain. He told us how McCain personally thanked him for his efforts.

We stayed the night at a Days Inn in Council Bluffs, IA.