Three weeks in the West,parts one and two

We left for Colorado on May 26, hoping to get as far as Omaha by the evening. We reached Lincoln by 7 p.m., but we encountered near-full campgrounds because of the Memorial Day weekend. We found a place, though, and marveled at the nighttime quiet: a big difference compared to holiday camping in Korea.

We left early on the 27th to continue the long haul across the Cornhusker State. At some point, while we listened to the audio from "Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth," I decided we ought to veer off the highway to Denver and head for a small state park in eastern Colorado. Enormous storm cells and attendant lightning over the open plain discouraged that plan.

So we pushed on to Colorado Springs, where we paid a high price for a motel (Memorial Day, again)... but we were also able to have showers and cook up some waffles for breakfast.










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Photos from day three are here.

Do take the time to view the prelude. It's about an organic farm that we saw on the first day and took time to visit and have a meal at on the last day of our trip.