tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775441064606843414.post8758577424044643047..comments2023-04-29T00:44:54.890-07:00Comments on Cape Cod to Ketchikan, AK: Kearney, Nebraska to Scottsbluff, NebraskaWriter/Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08133852336612782188noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775441064606843414.post-23888419403739755722008-07-16T20:19:00.000-07:002008-07-16T20:19:00.000-07:00Hey Barbara,As I am preparing to head to Ocean Cit...Hey Barbara,<BR/>As I am preparing to head to Ocean City to have Women's Weekend, my thoughts turned to you, so I caught up with your cross-country excursion. Wow! How wonderful that you are stopping to see so many sights along the way. You will have stored up so many memories long before you reach Alaska. I hope that you all are still talking to each other by then! I have loved the photos, and thought the hay bales looked like cupcakes...yum. Your box city was a sad sight...a reminder that you have left us behind...sob. Better things ahead for you though. <BR/><BR/>We will be thinking about you as we gather at Susan's. It is not the same without your quirks to razz about! Safe journey and enjoy each other and this beautiful country of ours. <BR/>love ya, <BR/>PokePokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608264925601724981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775441064606843414.post-53195023683914171442008-07-15T21:22:00.000-07:002008-07-15T21:22:00.000-07:00Hi Barbara,So enjoying your adventure! Here's a li...Hi Barbara,<BR/><BR/>So enjoying your adventure! Here's a little poem from our former poet laureate about the state you're driving through. Enjoy (and drive safely),<BR/><BR/>Your Cuz<BR/>_____________<BR/><BR/>So This Is Nebraska<BR/> <BR/>The gravel road rides with a slow gallop<BR/>over the fields, the telephone lines<BR/>streaming behind, its billow of dust<BR/>full of the sparks of redwing blackbirds.<BR/> <BR/>On either side, those dear old ladies,<BR/>the loosening barns, their little windows<BR/>dulled by cataracts of hay and cobwebs<BR/>hide broken tractors under their skirts.<BR/> <BR/>So this is Nebraska. A Sunday<BR/>afternoon; July. Driving along<BR/>with your hand out squeezing the air,<BR/>a meadowlark waiting on every post.<BR/> <BR/>Behind a shelterbelt of cedars,<BR/>top-deep in hollyhocks, pollen and bees,<BR/>a pickup kicks its fenders off<BR/>and settles back to read the clouds.<BR/> <BR/>You feel like that; you feel like letting<BR/>your tires go flat, like letting the mice<BR/>build a nest in your muffler, like being<BR/>no more than a truck in the weeds,<BR/> <BR/>clucking with chickens or sticky with honey<BR/>or holding a skinny old man in your lap<BR/>while he watches the road, waiting<BR/>for someone to wave to. You feel like<BR/> <BR/>waving. You feel like stopping the car<BR/>and dancing around on the road. You wave<BR/>instead and leave your hand out gliding<BR/>larklike over the wheat, over the houses. <BR/><BR/> ~ Ted KooserWinstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02818747543889736321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775441064606843414.post-3066063080914376732008-07-15T10:11:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:11:00.000-07:00Hi, It was good to talk to you today. I am so gla...Hi, It was good to talk to you today. I am so glad you are having a great trip. You are fortunate to creat these memories with Gates and Robert. What great pictures, I wish I was there. Love, DebbieDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182689251427407351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775441064606843414.post-28761709458529557852008-07-15T06:57:00.000-07:002008-07-15T06:57:00.000-07:00Hi Barbara,What great adventures you are having! Y...Hi Barbara,<BR/><BR/>What great adventures you are having! Your trip across Nebraska in search of a lake reminds me of our cross country trip, only we were crossing Canada. Not only do things look closer than they are, but the people (who seem used to these vast distances) act as though destinations are just around the bend. It leaves one feeling that New England is a very small place indeed!<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to the next installment!<BR/><BR/>ValerieUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180218323279349144noreply@blogger.com