{"id":4557,"date":"2012-08-01T14:41:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2012-08-01T14:42:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:42:36","slug":"roadtrip-kilometer-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=4557","title":{"rendered":"Roadtrip- Kilometer Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Half of Sunday, I spent riding, packing, and generally pacing around the house trying to remember all of the things I usually forget. My Mom stopped by and dropped off some goodies (pictured below). No matter how old you get, you’re never too old for your mom to bring you up to speed on snacks before you leave for summer camp.<\/p>\n

Unlike most of my other car-based adventures, I was actually pretty well-prepared by Monday morning. My goal was to leave by 7:00, and I made it out by 7:34 with the goal of getting as far through Nebraska as possible. I took the slightly scenic route somewhat diagonally through Arkansas and Missouri to Kansas City. After a late lunch there, I continued north. There was a lot of corn, and a very nice sunset somewhere close to Nebraska City. I eventually rolled in to Grand Island around 10:30 and found a Super 8 that smelled vaguely of urine due to a fresh cattle trailer parked next door.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, the driving continued, though it did get a little more scenic- especially since my GPS decided that I should take the scenic route north from I-80 to get to Victor. I ended up in tourist traffic in the Yellowstone\/Grand Teton parks, but made it to Amanda’s in time to go for a short ride and work some of the car out of my legs.<\/p>\n

Driving is generally kinda boring. Like this blog post. Here are some photos from day 1. I’ll make the Day 2 gallery a separate post…<\/p>\n