got up at about 9:00 and said goodbye to the flaxmans. we met up with a friend of abie's and went to get bagel's for breakfast.

then we took off west again for another long-ass day of driving. we stopped at I-80 (the world's largest truck stop) for lunch. what an experience... we played some vids, as is required when stopping at I-80. it was some modern version of guantlet.

we stopped by coe and i said hi to doc and mario. they had just started the summer research semester that day. it was the big cleaning day that i hated the two summers that i was around. i saw the new high-temp furnace and gave abie a walking tour of the campus.

it was a somewhat less-exciting homecoming than the one last month.

after 13 hours of driving, we stopped in elm creek, nebraska. we didn't actually see the town. it was just a gas station by the interstate. we camped out for the first time. there were no other patrons at the campsite, and we didn't see anyone to give our money too.

after we were in bed, one other group of people came by.

not the most exciting travel day. when a truck stop is the highlight... that's not good.

not that i had a bad day, it just wasn't exciting. i figure tomorrow we'll get into the good part of the drive. start taking it easy, etc. we're way ahead of schedule so we can take our time at the parks, sights, etc.