DAY 5 - FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA THROUGH KANSAS INTO OKLAHOMA - 455 miles.

Hi y’all – I am so sorry I did not blog yesterday – I was just under the weather and completely tired. But Willem was great to stand in for me while I passed out in bed.

Let me recap Day 4 (Rapid City to Omaha) through my eyes:

I forgot that we would be giving back the hour that we gained on Day 3 and therefore took my time to get ready for the road resulting in us being an hour late on schedule. So about half an hour into our travels we jumped forward with an hour back into Central Time.

Settling in ready to hit the road, nor Wil or I could see a speed limit signs (road sign showing maximum speed). How could that be? You did not expect less of me, I Googled “speed limit” in South Dakota – a whopper of 80 miles/hour maximum. Did we enjoy travelling in South Dakota.

Again, Wil picked an interesting road through the Badlands. Seriously, I could see why it has the name – nothing grows there. It was a “grand canyon” formed out of white “mud” walls, well see for yourself.

We pulled off the road for a picture. Taking the picture, I heard something in the grass close to me. I was back in the car faster than “the speed of light”. Looking back, I saw the disturbers of my peace:

Wil touched on all the small towns in Nebraska with a population from 1 – 1000 every few miles – here is Monovi’s,  the one man town

situated on the Outlaw Trail

Makes you wonder… was all the rest killed? If you have time to research the history, let me know.

Wil mentioned in his blog - the farm implements on the narrow roads:

And the Missouri river

Day 5 – From Omaha, Nebraska to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 455 miles

It is Wil’s turn to be tired tonight and he passed out – we will post his view tomorrow.

Anita Says:

We dropped down south from Nebraska, through Kansas into Oklahoma – another long day. I seriously don’t know how Willem is keeping it up – he is doing all the driving and he does a stellar job. Thank you to the Lord for keeping us safe through all of these thousands of miles.

More fields of sunflowers and feed crops.

All green, crossed rivers and passed through towns. The towns felt closer to civilization than the small towns on the road through Nebraska. Though Nebraska is more civilized with the law to wear helmets on bikes in comparison to North & South Dakota and Kansas where no helmets are required. We saw some “interesting” people on bikes.

Kansas has no scruples with their road signs: “Don’t drive drunk. You drink, you drive, you lose.”

There were some oil drill pumps both in Nebraska and Kansas.

The wind is still blowing – I do not complain, Maybe therefore all the windmills. I find it interesting that the winds are blowing since we started driving – other than that, we had perfect weather so far.

Tonight we settled in Oklahoma City.

Have a great night – tomorrow is a very long day – not sure if we will get to the blog.

Till we meet again. Blessings.