- A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND EVERYTHING -
A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO STATES YOU WOULDN'T THINK OF VACATIONING TO
- CHAPTER TWO-
NEBRASKA
State motto: Equality before the law
So we continue our "Travels" through the states that nobody really thinks of as they plan their vacations.
"Hey honey, do you want to go to Nebraska for our vacation?" a husband asks his wife.
She divorces him for even making such a suggestion.
Hawaii?
Why would you want to go there when you have NEBRASKA!!!!
"What the hell? Nebraska?" the wife says grabbing her 'skinning knife' and slowly approaches hubby with that look in her eye.
Hold up Mrs. Traveler!!
Nebraska might not be the 'World wind' travel destination you dreamed of as a child but trust me, it has character.
Look at how close to Iowa Nebraska is!
After your trip through that wonderful mecca of tourism, you can high tail it to Nebraska and boy, you'd get a great trip that your wife won't want to leave (okay, she might want to but we won't let her!!)
"But Mr. Blog Writer, what's there to do in Nebraska? I know there's Bridges of Madison County and such in Iowa but..."
Well, first off, lets describe Nebraska as if we were hitting the Wikipedia and just cut and pasted everything into a guide.
How much would you pay for such a guide?
"Absolutely nothing!"
And you'd still be paying too much!!!
Nebraska /nəˈbræskə/ (listen) is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River, Kansas to the south, Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Nebraska's area is just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km2) with almost 1.9 million people. Its state capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.
Indigenous peoples including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867. It is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan.
Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains occupy most of western Nebraska, characterized by treeless prairie, suitable for cattle-grazing. The state has a large agriculture sector and is a major producer of beef, pork, corn and soybeans. There are two major climatic zones: the eastern half of the state has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), with a unique warmer subtype considered "warm-temperate" near the southern plains like in Kansas and Oklahoma which have a predominantly humid subtropical climate. The western half has a primarily semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk). The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures, decreasing south through the state. Violent thunderstormsand tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, but sometimes in autumn. Chinook winds tend to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring.
Doesn't that sound like fun?
"Not really! Tornadoes?" the wife says beginning her approach in that "look" in her eyes towards the blog writer.
WAIT!!!!!
It gets better!!
"I would hope so!" she says settling back down for a bit.
We'll hit the VISIT NEBRASKA website and discover all the good stuff that is Nebraska!
BARN QUILTS OF DAWSON COUNTY TRAIL
There's the Barn Quilts of Dawson County Trail - Locations scattered throughout, check out the map!
About - (From their website listed above)
Welcome to Barn Quilts of Dawson County Nebraska - Where Beauty, History & Inspiration Merge.
Dawson County Nebraska is rich in art, history and ethnicity. In an effort to combine and intertwine the diversity of the communities within Dawson County, the Cozad Tourism Committee formed the Barn Quilts of Dawson County Trail.
Barn Quilts of Dawson County Nebraska is about celebrating our farming, quilting and diverse ethnic heritage and sharing that art culture with as many as possible. Barn quilts promote a sense of community while preserving and celebrating agriculture, history and art.
Barn quilt designs tell a story about a person, their family or their heritage. They are not just for barns anymore. They are popping up on businesses, mailboxes, garages, homes, fences and more.
The Barn Quilt movement began in Adams County, Ohio in 2001 when Donna Sue Groves painted a version of her mother, Maxine’s, quilt on their barn as a tribute. The project quickly spread to friends and neighbors, becoming a means for tourism and economic development. Barn quilt have turned into the fastest growing grassroots art movements in the US and Canada.
CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND VISITOR CENTER
It actually looks kinda neat and I'd like to go right now!!
There's so much more!!!
From the Sandhill Crane Spring Migration to The Lincoln Children's Museum to everything in between, including fossils!!
You like fossils right?
"Well I did marry my wife!!"
"Shaddup before I knife you!!"
So there you go, VISIT NEBRASKA!!!! And when you're ready for another wonderful state you would never think of, COME BACK HERE!!!!
"We will Mr. Blogger! We will!!!"
NEBRASKA - MORE THAN JUST CORN!!!!
