Day 27 in and around Lincoln

Today is day 27 of 29. That fact that this adventure will end  is getting more and more real. While still trying to experience the day, we are talking more about what's next. What we need to do to get home and what we'll need to do once we get home. The magic veneer is getting thin.

Throughout this trip I've been able to watch myself find things to worry or get anxious about. Then I've been able to catch myself and laugh. I so want to carry this home with me -- this ability to not sweat the small stuff. To be patient and present. To slow down. I don't want to get back to warp speed. I want to keep being able to find small moments of wonder and humor in the world around me.

Whew.

Regardless, we are enjoying Lincoln, Nebraska. Today we played golf (shocking), visited a space museum, saw a few important sites, had a soak and had a fabulous dinner. It was a good day. A few pictures suffice to tell the story.

Golf was at Quarry Oaks in South Bend. They proclaim themselves to be the number one public course in Nebraska. Who are we to differ? It was a stunning course. And boy howdy, is it interesting with 20 to 25 mile an hour winds.

Part of the course runs along the beautiful Platte River

Jan felt compelled to celebrate the sister city
 of his birth place in Indiana.
Read the sign carefully for a good laugh.

Apparently, Round the Bend Steakhouse (self proclaimed as
one of the premier steakhouses in Nebraska)
 finds its annual festival to be better advertisement
 than its own name or ongoing menu.
Does Montana's Testy Festy feel threatened? 

Jan in heaven at the
Strategic Air and Space Museum

Flag of children's art sewn together into a flag at SASM

Street art in downtown Lincoln

Dinner was at Dish: Crispy mango duck on coconut jasmine rice with sauteed garlic green beans. Wonderful. Dessert? Some of the 57 snacks available at Westview B&B!