A Long Drive Home

The Monday after Hillary and Ryan C's wedding, Ryan and I began the drive from Minnesota to Omaha which is a long and boring one. Good thing Ryan and I had each other to keep ourselves entertained! Before we left Minnesota, we ate lunch at Baker Square {to much of Ryan's disappointment as he was wanting Chinese}. My thought behind Baker Square vs. Chinese were two things 1) Chinese makes my stomach hurt which is the last thing I want to have happening on a long car ride and 2) Chinese makes Ryan's stomach hurt and he was going to be driving and he'd have control of locking the windows {if you get my drift}. So Baker Square it was. While eating lunch, I showed Ryan just how sun-burned I was...

Gotta love having fair skin and never letting it see the sunlight!

As we were driving south, somewhere in Iowa, we discovered how maintenance was preformed on wind turbines...

I think I'll stick to my day job. I'd probably lose my lunch if I was to person way up in the bucket.

We have satellite radio in Ryan's car and since we couldn't get very good radio stations while driving through Timbuktu, we resorted to the 90s station. I love to sing in the car. It helps pass time. I'm sure Ryan get's sick of it but he always smiles and tells me I sound good {yes dear, you sound fantastic!} We listened to lots of goodies including...

I was having a lot of fun belting out these tunes and then this came on the radio...

...and I just about lost it. I could no longer contain myself and sang super loud. This song brought me back to Junior High *sigh* the memories. Ryan quickly changed the channel and told me he was NOT listening to Hanson. I begged and begged and begged to change the channel back. He reluctantly let me and I began to belt out the ballad! Um, hello Ryan, this is the Hanson Brothers we are singing about here!!! Unfortunately Ryan did not belt out Hanson until his heart was content, instead he desperately searched the car for ear plugs :) Marriage...it's all about give and take, right?!

I was able to work on my farmer's tan as there were practically no clouds in the sky and it was blistering hot outside.

It was so hot, I was sitting on the sunny side of the car and the air conditioner really couldn't keep up. Well, I take that back, the air conditioning kept up but sun beating down into the car made the air condense and drip all over my legs and feet for the last hour or so of the ride.

We drove back through the flood tunnel roads and got better pictures this time around as it wasn't down-pouring out.

I still can't believe how flooded it is around these parts. The poor families that have been displaced from their homes, I can't even imagine what that would be like. Kind of puts things into perspective somethings - maybe things aren't as bad for me as they may seem sometimes. At least I have a roof over my head and a house filled with my own stuff to come home too.

We made it back to Omaha in time to run to the grocery store before the Bachelorette finale started :-) Ryan thinks the Bachelor/Bachelorette show is stupid and doesn't understand why I watch it. It's "reality" TV and I just....can't...stop....watching...it. Oh well, there are worse things in life than the Bachelorette, right?!

Tuesday morning came and Ryan was off to work and I was off to get BLS {Basic Life Support} certified. And so our vacation ended. We had a great time in Minnesota, only wish we would have been able to stay longer!

~Ashley