Good Morning from Big Springs, Nebraska! Oh man, what a night! We were planning on stopping in Ogallala, about 50 miles from our stop, I started calling hotels for availability. 95% of them ended up having no vacancy, and the ONE star rated motels were around $90 for the night! And out here, you have zero room for being picky-choosy where you stay. So as I'm calling around, Steve and I see wonderful blue and red lights flickering behind us.. yep, the police and all their glory. We get pulled over because a tail light isn't working.. seriously? We've been driving 17 hours at this point, I understand you might not have a whole lot to do in Nebraska on a Tuesday night, but give me a break. The officer was questioning us where we were going, for what, blah blah blah. Make a long story short, he let us go with a little reminder slip to fix the lights and we found a cheap(er) Motel 6. We are back on the road, bus is holding up really well for such a tough drive! We are luckily starting to decline in elevation, got up to almost 9,000 ft last night, yikes! Planning on making our way into Itasca, IL tonight! Hopefully everything goes nice and smooth! About 900 miles left to go!
