Nebraska

Well, I had a very good weekend. But for the life of me, I never thought I would go to Nebraska once, let alone twice in six months. But, a friend of mine got tickets to see Mizzou play at Nebraska and I am happy to report that Mizzou won, 52 to 17. Not only that, it was the first time in 30 years that Missouri had won at Nebraska!

The drive wasn't too bad, seven hours by yourself. Left at 5:30am and got there at 12:30pm. But really, that doesnt bother me. I have a GPS, satellite radio and an Ipod to keep me occupied. I will admit though, there was one point in the drive that sort of freaked me out. I was driving through Missouri when I went past a sign that says "Iowa Welcomes You!" And for a few seconds I thought Oh My God, I drove to the wrong state. Thankfully, my GPS told me that I only have to go through a small portion of Iowa and then you cross over into Nebraska so I immediately felt better. But for a second there...

No worries though. I made no wrong turns and the drive was pretty going through the hills with the leaves starting to change colors. The game itself was awesome. The University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium basically fits 86,000 people. Not only was it sold out, but it was also Nebraska's Homecoming as well. The seats were great but the fans were annoying and stood through the entire first half, which means I had to stand through the entire first half. After halftime though, the score really got away and the Nebraska fans finally sat down and shut up. In fact, they started leaving. It got so quite in the stadium I could hear the Mizzou chant from the complete otherside of the stadium. Leaving Lincoln to go back to Omaha was pretty crappy though. All those thousands of people basically on one highway back in.

On Sunday we toured the grounds of Creighton University which is a prestigous Jesuit college. I just like to see college campuses wherever I go. I looked around Nebraska's campus as well and thought it was a hodge podge of buildings with bad art. From there we went to the Omaha Zoo which is one of the top in the country. Though you do have to pay so I would put the St. Louis Zoo over the Omaha Zoo since ours is free. We walked around Omaha's Market district which is a cute little area and I took off for home about 5:00 pm. I had to drive just about all of the drive in the dark. I know that bothers some people, but not me. I sort of like driving in the dark. Besides, I wasn't realy going to miss anything in terms of the view outside. The only things that bug me is when your driving down the highway in less populated areas and you go awhile without seeing another car. It would suck to have your car breakdown at there. That and stopping at a rest area to hit the bathroom. Never again. I got out of there so fast I didn't even bother to wash my hands.

I got home around 12:30 in the morning on Monday so it was a good thing I had Monday as a vacation day. So, alls well that ends well!