Monday, April 27, 2009

A new time zone and steady progress across America

We entered CST today. We left Denver at about 10:00 am MST (daylight saving), and drove steadily along the I 76 and then the I 80 until we arrived at Kearney, Nebraska at about 4:45 pm CST. We have covered over 360 miles since we left our hotel this morning, and have taken a good chunk out of our journey to Chicago. It has been an uneventful journey, with a start under a grubby, saggy blanket of clouds covering the entire sky, and snow in every direction. As we arrived in Nebraska, the cumulus clouds broke up into large puffs sailing in blue skies, and the landscape was green: arable farming alternating with cattle grazing in fields.

We are monitoring the news about the flu pandemic and various weather alerts, but in case anyone is anxious, we are all well and we'll be having a dull evening: after a quick foray to the supermarket at the other end of town to replenish our fresh fruit and beer stocks, we'll get a bite to eat, and retire to read our new books and/or watch rubbishy TV.

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