Day Twenty Six

Was planning to have a swim at 6am before breakfast at 7.15am but didn't wake up until nearly 6.30am so didn't bother. Had breakfast though.

We were in the car and underway by 8.30am heading south on I-29. We stopped for gas on the way and then turned off the interstate at Sioux City, passing briefly into Iowa before going in to Nebraska and took Highway 77 southwards towards Lincoln. Passed through the town of Wahoo. Wahoo!

Arrived at the hotel in Lincoln just after 12pm and then sat and waited in the car park. Then another white SUV arrived with Paul and Helen in it. Said hello. We couldn't check in until 3pm so had time to fill. I practised taking photos of the sun ready for tomorrow.

Almost in the middle!

We then drove to Subway for lunch. Followed that by going to the world's busiest Walmart in order to buy some inflatable chairs ready for sitting in tomorrow. Headed back to the hotel and although we were early they let us check in. We all did and dumped our stuff in our rooms. I tried out the inflatable chairs unsuccessfully.

We reconvened and headed out to here http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/default.dlp

When we got there we thought it was very quiet. That's because it is shut on a Sunday. Dad decided to climb in the car outside the museum as a protest.



We tried to leave him there

We sat in the car and decided what to do next. In the end we went to downtown Lincoln and stopped in here http://www.ivannacone.com/

Ate ice cream. It was nice. Had a quick look around downtown Lincoln. Saw the old station. There was a big train outside it.

Big unit

Old station

We then headed back to the hotel and had a late afternoon swim. There were annoying people in there taking up the pool. Managed to get rid of some of them.

We met again at 7.15pm and headed out to IHOP for dinner. Took a while to get seated. Took even longer to get our order taken. Took even longer for the food to arrive. It did eventually and we ate it.

We then headed to https://championsfuncenter.com/ for a five way golf tournament. When we arrived the building lights were on but the course was in darkness and we thought the worst. However it was dark as no one was playing on it. We went in and clubbed up and they turned the lights on.

They kept making announcements about it was shutting in forty minutes, thirty minutes, etc. Had to rush a little bit to catch up some time before relaxing a little on the last two holes.

The battle for second place was heating up and Paul needed a good hole to help his cause.

He stuck it in the hole following the initial rim job leaving him only four behind dad going into the last. Dad then did this.

This opened the door slightly for Paul until this happened.

That meant he only made up one shot on the last.

Scores were:

Knightley RJ - 50
Knightley WR - 54
Knightley RP - 57
Rossington - 60
Roffe- 66

As we left we realised we were the only people left in the entire place. Oh well. The closing messages must have been aimed at us.

We headed back to the hotel and then had a quick team meeting regarding tomorrow. There is cloud about but still uncertainty about exactly where it will be at the crucial time. Plan is to be ready to leave the hotel at 6am. Best get to bed fairly sharpish.

States visited - 12

Total states visited - 48