Day One and Day two AM

We left Eau Claire at 7:30 am.  First stop was the Rochester Gold Rush where Nora managed to find a couple of much needed items during her 60 minutes of exploring.  Bob found two geocaches.  Then we headed to Omaha via I90 to I35.  At Hwy 105 Bob got his first of two geocaches in Iowa.  The wind picked up and buffeted us all the way to Omaha.  We had a very nice visit with Bill and Mary Beth (Bob's cousin).  They took us on a driving tour of Omaha.  Lots of downtown renewal and a special walking bridge from Omaha across the river to Iowa.   We also toured Boy's Town but it got dark and we got lost on all the twisting roads.  Bill managed to weave around and finally we ended up on a street he recognized.  After breakfast they headed to Lincoln to their grandson's college graduation and we headed west on I80.  Bob picked up two quick geocaches at an exit we stopped at to ID the caches along I80 - a lucky stop.  While logging on a back road, two park rangers stopped and asked if we needed help.  We told them we were geocaching but we couldn't show them the cache.  They were curious as it was a dead end road and they don't see many people there, especially with Wisconsin license plates.   Five miles down the road we had to stop for Nora to get her day's fix of antiquing and a huge, very nice antique mall.  They have free wi-fi, so here I am posting while she checks out. Gotta go it's 10 am and we don't know what's next...

New Adventure Begins

Tomorrow morning we'll begin a 3-4 week driving adventure through the southwest and a series of National Parks as we head to San Jose, CA for a May 22 wedding.  We hope to post regularly and share some photos of our activities.  Our first stop will be Rochester, MN for the Spring Rochester Antique Show.  Nora needs a quick fix and Bob will find a couple of geocaches. First stop - Omaha and a visit with a Conlon cousin.

Stay tuned...