I got 43 Post Offices along the way today:
I mean, out here in THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA, I can watch the train go by:
or I can stroll down South Pine Street in Maxwell, Nebraska:
or, of course, just watch the crops grow:
Chapman, Nebraska at 1:32 in the afternoon looks A LOT LIKE Maxwell, Nebraska did at 8:52 in the morning:
I'm heading east on US Hwy 30, which was the main cross-country road in these parts before the Interstate Highway System (I-80). It is still known as "Lincoln Highway" in many parts:
At 4:45 I crossed over the Missouri River into Iowa:
Half-an-hour later, as I'm rolling through Iowa, I suddenly find myself on Loess Hills Scenic Byway:
The day faded away as I headed east:
At 8:30, in the dark, I took a video because I kept seeing these red lights in a line ahead of me, going on and off. And then I realized they are the windmills:
At 9:20, I checked in to the Super 8 in Coralville, Iowa [619 miles] (THANK YOU GOD for letting me travel SAFE AND SOUND):
My favorite Post Office today is 68840 - Gibbon, Nebraska - stand-alone, and I like the '50s color panels (and the flags flying):
Music for today:
The Band - The Last Waltz, recorded 1976, released 1978. This is the 2002 4-cd box set - 54 songs:
The Beatles - Abbey Road, 1969:
the Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola, 1969. Rod Stewart on lead vocal, and two covers of Elvis Presley tunes were chosen, "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock":
Andy Bey - Tuesdays in Chinatown, 2001:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents, 1985:
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour, 1967 (I listened to it twice, because to my ears these days, 11 songs in 37 minutes just sounds too short):
The Beatles - Revolver, 1966:
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995:
No comments:
Post a Comment