Last night we stayed with Sam’s brother-in-law, Nate in Chicago. We kept it pretty low-key. We had a delicious dinner a few blocks away (no deep-dish pizza, but I’ll take ahi tuna tacos any day), watched some TV, and hit the hay early. Today was forever. Very flat. Very boring. EXCEPT the hour we spent in a crazy-ass downpour lightning storm thing. I was very surprised that we weren’t picked up and spat out in Munchkin Land.
We drove on 88 and 90 the whole way. Whooee! Before the storm, we tried to have a dog walking stop, as we had done the other days, but it didn’t work out as well as we had hoped. We found Rochester State Park in Google Maps, but soon after we got off at the exit, we were on a dirt road winding through farms and hunting preserves. We finally found the “parking lot” for the “park”, and quickly realized that it was a measly little picinic area and mess hall that probably hasn’t been used since 1956. It was super creepy and really tiny, even though the map said it was huge. Weird. It came complete with an abandoned truck and an empty box of condoms. Now that’s what I call a wholesome walk in the woods. Oh, and there weren’t woods. It was lame. Laika had a blast, of course. She got all wet playing around in the river and avoided us until she was ready to get back into the car. So I guess the goal was achieved, albeit in a sketchy manner. Anyhoo, back to Nate. One of his good friends recently moved to Omaha, and he was kind enough to call him and ask if he would put us up for the night. So we got another free night of lodging, and got to see the beautiful Omaha burbs (ummm they’re basically like every other super nice suburb). Oh, and he had a crazy dog that was the Yin to Laika’s Yang. Or vice versa.. whichever is gender correct. They had a good time chasing each other around on his immaculate wood floors.
Today’s Playlist:
Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
The Band – Music for Big Pink
The Byrds – Untitled/Unissued
Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
Radiolab – Stochasticity
White Stripes – White Stripes
Deleted Scenes – Birdseed Shirt
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