Day 1

i finally got access to wireless internet and can finally back-update for the past couple days!

we left at about 8:20am ET from Dexter, MI. we stopped at 10:00am for some Arby's...i think they weren't ready for us since they just had opened.
we managed to totally miss the Indiana sign on our way from MI. so much for a picture of all the state signs! not long after we were in Illinois. then Iowa. Iowa was lots of cornfields and rolling hills.
we stopped in Coralise for dinner at Bennigan's in the mall. it's a good thing we have had my iPhone because it has been very useful for measuring out our stops for gas. and we found the hotel we stayed at.
our goal was to make it to Lincoln, NE, but we just were too pooped, so we stopped in Council Bluffs, IA -- just outside of Omaha, NE. after driving by the hotel once, we finally saw it. SLEEP, finally!