DAY 2 -- I-80...to the FACE!

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- For my lone poller who visits this blog "every full moon," welcome. The big hunk of the cheese in the night sky is indeed viewable in its entirety tonight, so since it's been like...wow, since my Yosemite trip...that you've been here, I'll make sure to make this post extra good! :)

(SHAMELESS PLUG FROM THE EDITOR: The poll closes soon! Don't miss out!)

My dad and I saw plenty of the moon tonight, as we rolled into our final destination for the day around midnight CST. We drove over 1000 miles today, making it from Elko, Nev., to Grand Island, Neb., which puts us about two hours from our (unfeasible) goal of Omaha I stated yesterday. The main goal --getting home tomorrow-- still stands though, thanks to our ridiculous pounding of I-80 today.

Go figure, after an (almost) 15-hour day of driving, I think my dad and I are pretty tired. Neither of us has ever driven more than 1000 miles in a day, so it was a milestone to say the least. And tomorrow, the Escort rolls over 80,000 miles (it's grown up so fast).

It's just a celebration on I-80...and you're all invited! I'm hoping to be home at a decent hour and --if I'm not passed out exhausted-- I may try to meet up with anyone willing to do something, if anything is even going on. Call me tomorrow if you're bored [insert YOUR name here]. We should have cell service for most of the remainder of the trip.

(Again, we shall see-- I will be tired and I have a FULL day Sunday of MiLB.com work).

We saw all the landmarks today-- the "Tree of Life" (aka crazy sculpture in the middle of the Great Salt Desert), the howling Coyote atop miscellaneous rocks in Wyoming (no details needed) and the Great Platte River Monument thing-a-majig (which had NO LIGHTS on it at night, you could almost miss it...ridiculous). I wish I could say they were all more exciting going East, but they're not. I-80 is a harsh mistress and extremely boring.

For the first time since visiting Mary (her 22nd b-day is Sunday! CELEBRATE!) in Cincinnati around Memorial Day, I saw rain. And then proceeded to see it, and have to deal with some intense drops, from Rawlins, Wyo., through most of Nebraska. I'm already sick of it, at least until this drive is finished. It was more annoying than anything else.

I'd love to type more right now but, again, tired. I will try to post more from HOME tomorrow!

PS-- My story on MiLB.com this week is posted below if you want to kill some time until I'm around to make your life more thrilling in Maumee! :)