Rocky Roads

Park visited: none
City: Highlands Ranch, CO
Food of the day: Meat Me Individual Pizza @ Old Chicago
iPhone song of the day: "Cumbersome" by Seven Mary Three
Miles traveled: 566

The Road Trip eclipsed the 4,000-mile and 100-hour marks for the trip today, as we made the 566-mile trek from Omaha to Highlands Ranch, Colorado. During our trip, we met up with Matt's uncle for lunch at Old Chicago (amazing place) in Kearney, Nebraska. Get to one of these places if you have the chance. They have 110 different types of beer available and the food is incredible.

A little later on, we stopped for gas in North Platte, NE, which is the home of Fort Cody and Buffalo Bill. Kohrs and I decided to venture over to the trading post/museum that honors these two relatively well known entities while Clink gassed up the beast....and what a site we stumbled upon.

This place was full of the most random artifacts and touristy items that one could ever encounter. Our favorites included a bookshelf full of "Oregon Trail" materials and a rack of "Redneck Briefcases," which were actually large pairs of tighty whitey underwear with a wooden handle attached. We also visited the outdoor area full of stereotypical western landmarks and structures. I even managed to squeeze my face through a Native American stand-up with the head cut out. It was quite humorous, which you will see from the picture below.

During the remainder of our trip, Kohrs and I watched some episodes of The Office and Family Guy in the backseat, and also managed to catch a little shuteye with my newly purchased Louisville College World Series hat (that I bought for $2) pulled over my eyes and my "sleep" playlist blaring in my ear with my iPhone.

With the switch to "mountain time," we gained an hour and arrived in Highlands Ranch (near Denver) around 8:45 p.m. We are staying at a pretty nice Fairfield Inn with plenty of nice eating options close by, so hopefully our lunch/dinner decision making will go better than Omaha. We even managed to catch a late night meal at Chik-Fil-A....my favorite. God bless Polynesian Sauce.

Tomorrow we have our first Colorado tournament at 3 p.m. and will also be welcoming Candra (Kohrs' girlfriend) in for the weekend. We are thoroughly excited about this stop in the Centennial State and will certainly have plenty of great stories and pictures for you over the next week and a half or so. Thanks as always for reading and have a wonderful Friday (and that means 7:30 to 5, Dolan).

Until next time,
Chris