Day 2: Trek to NYC

Day two we left Cheyenne, WY at 4:45 am, stopped across the street for some gas and food, then got on the road at 4:55. We stopped once or twice but in general tried to hurry up and get some road under our belts cause we only did 8 hours the day before. Nebraska was underwhelming and boring. This is the only picture I have that may be in Nebraska. Henry got sorta impatient and this was how we kept him entertained. Notice the toy hanging off the end of the umbrella? It saved Josh's shoulder.

Near the end of the day we made a stop in Iowa. The people there are a classy type, classy enough that Henry was overdressed in just a onesie. It was INSANELY WINDY there. It was also very sunny and actually warm, where it was freezing cold in Wyoming. Henry got a tiny little sunburn. It was so sad.





This whole time I decided we'd stop at Choice hotels, because they had a special for buy 2 nights get a third free. Bummer part is, you have to book online or by calling the phone number hotline, so every day I called the line when we were about 2 hours away from a destination. Long back story for this bit. I called and made a reservation in Davenport, IA when we were about 3 hours away. Then an hour away from destination, it started raining about the hardest I've ever seen. THEN it became absolutely the craziest storm I've ever seen. Hail and pouring rain, and suuuuuper fast winds. I didn't think we were going to get to Davenport. The storm let up enough for us to get to the hotel and in our room, swim a little bit, then get Henry to bed. Then the storm started up again and we watched the torrential rains from our window. The sky was orange. I was working on 4 hours of sleep from the night before, and a 2 hour nap in the car, so I was exhausted and fell asleep and slept through the tornado sirens that woke Josh up about 2 AM. Obviously we didn't take it very seriously though because we kept sleeping, and a tornado missed us by 20ish miles or something. Later we found out this was the same storm that produced the tornado that killed 80+ people in Kansas. That was our near brush with death, but we were thrilled to be done with the most boring part of the trip. Also, I was exhausted and not in the mood for waking up early, so we slept in and made plans to leave Iowa around 7.

Day 3 tomorrow!