go west, young gnomad

i'm pleased to report that my companion, packer, and i have returned from the wild, wild west. while we did not witness any gunfights or singing bands of the late 80s, we still managed to see a lot and have a good time doing so.

sadly, this was the only photoworthy item during our brief trip through iowa on june 16th:



as i mentioned, our stay in iowa was brief, and we soon came upon this sign:

(i had no idea nebraska was the home of arbor day, either.)

we stopped at a park in kearney, nebraska, where we saw a waterfall,



a lighthouse,



and visited some relatives (sadly, no one was home).



on the 17th, we finally made it to wyoming.



we spent a couple of days in wyoming (for a high school reunion), then headed down to colorado on our way back to missouri.