Escape of the Week: America via iPhoneography

If there is one thing I did to an excess while driving cross-country, it was taking photos. Between my new camera and my iPhone, I logged thousands of photos. Because the iPhone was easy to tote around, there were so many instances when I simply pulled it our from my purse (or from the armContinue reading “Escape of the Week: America via iPhoneography”

Omaha: somewhere (awesome) in Middle America

“Why are you going to Omaha?” Nearly every person who I told about my road trip asked in the days leading up to the cross-country adventure. It’s an easy answer, really: two of my closest friends who know me very well told me to go. That’s it. There was no research. There was no hemmingContinue reading “Omaha: somewhere (awesome) in Middle America”

There’s more to Nebraska than flat roads

“Oh my god,” I moan, pounding my head against the steering wheel as Erica and I drive east towards Nebraska from Denver. “It’s flat … forever!” I look towards the horizon and see nothing but straight road, surrounded by flat farmland as we progress away from the Rockies and towards America’s Bread Basket. “This isContinue reading “There’s more to Nebraska than flat roads”

Daily Wanderlust: Iowa from I-80

Editor’s Note: This post is a part of the #winosontheroad series. Over Yonderlust and d travels ’round are road tripping and exploring America through June 27. Be sure to check out all of the posts of life on the open road. Nebraska may have been flat, but it was beautiful. As I-80 goes on its epic straight track through Nebraska and Iowa,Continue reading “Daily Wanderlust: Iowa from I-80”

Daily Wanderlust: The Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska

Editor’s Note: This post is a part of the #winosontheroad series. Over Yonderlust and d travels ’round are road tripping and exploring America through June 27. Be sure to check out all of the posts of life on the open road. Driving through Nebraska is … boring. Like really, really boring. After leaving Denver, it’s nothing but straight. Straight. Straight. Mind-numbingly straight. FlatContinue reading “Daily Wanderlust: The Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska”