It seems I am destined to be eating the Navajo Taco, as the place I picked for lunch today specialized in them. So, another friend donut/taco for me. They're kind of growing on me, which is probably not the best nutritional addition to my normal fare, but when in Rome.
On our way back to the freeway, we came upon a crappy old amusement park on the side of the road, where they definitely had one of these. A major storm was brewing, and I was pretty sure the tourists on the decrepit roller coaster would be struck by lightning at any moment. We stayed to watch for that as long as we could.
Unfulfilled, we moved on and got out from under the weather and made it through Colorado.
And in to the vastly different looking plains of South West Nebraska.
Finally we made it to the planned stop for the night, North Platte, NE.
Now I love decaying Americana more than most, and I had grand hopes that North Platte would be a great waning industrial blue collar town in middle America. It was more or less deserted and in a pretty advanced state of decay. In such circumstances, I have come to expect at least a good dive bar with cold beer and locals with far more flavor than teeth. The Alamo Bar seemed to fit the bill and I was excited to arrive.
Except the Alamo had closed some time ago. And, by 8pm, all the businesses, including bars and restaurants, struggling to stay open had closed for the day. Tom summed it up with "what a shithole". So, on we went. Adios, western Nebraska...
Hi Jen,
ReplyDeleteI'm loving your photos. I wish I was just some weird random dude who had discovered this blog, but I am actually Tom's brother in law - so the random part doesn't hold up...
How far are you? I need a map with one of those little dotted lines. Surely Tom can whip that up for you!
Are these simply iPhone pics with groovy filters? Nice job!
Sam
hi sam,
ReplyDeletei emailed you back and just now realized comments post to this! how handy! (i warned you about my technical acumen). to answer the questions here, however redundantly, we left Grand Island, NE, heading to St. Joseph MO, then Kansas City KS and hope to get to St. Louis MO tonight. i think we've gone about 2010 miles thusly. tom should absolutely make a map!
the pics are mostly from my iPhone, and tom drops me his at the end of the day too. we have taken a few from my old panasonic point and shoot. only 2 have filters...tom running in utah and he added a bit more drama to Clarisse's beauty shot in utah. other than that it's natural beauty and mad skillz.
thanks and enjoy!!