Wide Open Prairie

You wake up to find yourself in Glenwood Springs. When you leave town you head toward Rockies. The forest is mostly filled with pines. You pass small towns that pop up to your left and right. The hills looks similar to western Washington or eastern Idaho. There are grazing fields for horses and cattle with grass that only reacges up to their ankles. Soon you start to climb one of the mountains.  Pine trees are accompanied by rocks and short sagebrush. A forest develops along side of the freeway as you drive deeper into the Rockies.

You descend the Rockies and down into Denver. Traffic is moving fast and you You get through town quick, because you aren't held up by traffic. The houses and arpartment buildings, warehouses and office buildings fly by. Their signifigance to you is minimal. From seeing it before, they don't seem to reach out to your curiosity. You get out of town and the land opens up to prairies. You see some blue and yellow wildflowers here and there. The only animals you see are antelope. You see a couple herds but most are laying do hiding.

You enter Nebraska. Nebraska is relatively flat. It is all prairie land and the trees are pretty sparse. The grass is a greenish-yellow. Most of the fields are occupied by corn crops. There are plenty of ponds and creeks. Some of the ponds are small and the size of a car while others are a little smaller than a lake. In some timber along a creek you spot 5 mule deer. 2 of the deer are this years fawns. They are fat and their coarse hair is thick. As you go by they look up and take of into the timber. They disappear into the thick timber in the blink of an eye.

Time flys by faster than the land outside your window. The grass of the prairie, farms, and fields of crops occupy the land. You go through Sidney which is home to the headquarters for Cabela's. The store they have in town has a stuffed real elephant among many other animals. Most of the taxidermied animals in the store have been donated and are legal kills or salvaged animals. The headquarters sit right next to the store. It is a giant building. As you go by on the freeway you can see the giant green bold name on the side of the building. The store has a giant panoramic window that faces the freeway. Inside you can see boats and cutomers. They are oblivious to the things going on outside the window. From your point it is like looking into some else's life.

You pass more Cabela's in other towns. They all compare in size, shape and color. They are almost exact mirror reflections except for their locations. They sky clouds up and the blue disappears as the clouds pass by.  You don't see any more deer but you do see plenty of ducks siting in ponds and geese destined for some unknown. They honk as they go overhead in their forward arrowhead pattern. When you pass through York you see a water tower or something similar of to the side. It is shaped and painted like a hot air balloon. It has stripes that are multiple colors. And in the center is the town name. It is like a mascot for the town greeting people to town.

You continue to travel and it seems as though the state is never going to end. The fields and fields of corn are amazing. It is no wonder why this state is nicknamed the "Cornhusker State". When you near Lincoln the sun starts to set. The sunset over the corn behind you is beautiful. The rays delicately reach out to everything around you and give their last bit of warmth before the darkness engulfs them. 

You watch cars and semis pass in the night. Their headlights and taillights pierce the darkeness and make it hard to see the stars. Eventually a glow illuminates the horizon. The glow turns into lights which grow larger and larger until you are swallowed by the city. Omaha is is the largest city in Nebraska and the one place your are the most excited to see today. Yes, seeing the land and its beauty was amazing and exciting but the city means you are closer to the border. You park at a truckstop for the night. Sleep overwhelms you and you are fast asleep.