Listless in Lincoln

Breakfast is served

Having canceled our tee time due to high winds -- we have no timeline to keep today.  So we took our time over breakfast and then took more time finding individual nooks in which to nest/get productive. Jan organizing some of the 1,400 or so pictures he has taken on this trip. I did some blogging and got materials together for a client meeting. Transition time.

Nebraska State Capitol.
AKA The "tall phallic symbol" on the prairie

By midday we were ready to go see our fourth State Capitol, that of Nebraska. The locals call it the “penis of the prairie.” They’ve got a point, as you’ll see in the pictures. It has some similarities to the NorthDakota State Capitol. Both many-story towers in art deco style – a contrast to the more formal domed buildings many of us associate with State Capitols. This one is very modern on the inside, with colorful, bold and contemporary art pieces. (North Dakota—not so much.) I grew to like it the more I looked around.

Wall panel at Nebraska State Capitol

Ceiling detail in the Nebraska State Capitol

Next stop was the Sunken Gardens, a very small city park named by National Geographic as one of the 300 best gardens to visit in the USand Canada. Even in October, it was bursting with color – very smile-inducing. Aaah.

Lazlo's cute little tasting glasses

We had Linner (lunch/dinner) at Lazlo’s Brewery and Grill in the trendy Haymarket district. (One of the first warehouse districts to use federal funds to convert to urban usage.) Our beer and food was great and everything. But the memorable thing was another patron (who was either from or had been to Door County)’s t-shirt, “Your bait stinks and your boat’s ugly.” He was sitting with a guy in a Green Bay jersey. No accounting for taste. For those of you who aren’t  from Minnesota, that’s just a friendly little jab at Wisconsonites. ;-)

Street art in the Haymarket District

Inside the Wilderness Ridge Lodge

We did some more exploring, including visiting the Wilderness Ridge Lodge and taking a nice long country walk. But we were clearly getting listless. Time to move on. Time to get home. 

Doors in to the Wilderness Ridge Lodge

We celebrated our last night on the road with martinis on the Westview B&B’s lawn, a good soak and then watching “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” and eating microwave popcorn in comfy bathrobes. Sweet!