Omaha`s Henry Doorly Zoo

Since this was such a long trip we tried to incorporate some fun, site seeing days into our schedule to break up all that driving.  After a little researching I planned for to stop at the zoo in Omaha.  It was right along our route and rated among the best zoo`s in the country.  The Henry Doorly Zoo did not disappoint either, with the Hubbard Gorilla Valley, Expedition Madagascar, Kingdoms of the Night, Desert Dome, Scott Aquarium and Lied Jungle there is plenty to see and do.  In fact it is hard, if not impossible to see and do it all in one day!

Nebraska

Getting back to our trip, here are just a few pictures from Nebraska.

This is an overpass in Omaha, Nebraska:

I do not have many scenic pictures from Nebraska since we spent the day at the zoo, but here are a couple of sunsets over the corn fields.

After the Rain

After the week of heavy rains, the clouds parted and out came the sun.  It was a beautiful, sunny warm weekend here.  The water was still flowing down off the mountains, so the road crews still had their challenges but the sunshine helped. 

I thought I would share a few picture from around town on Friday.

The clouds are breaking up.
                                                                                 
Ah, sunshine, glorious sunshine!

Pumping the water out from the industrial site.

I saw another picture of this lot from Thursday when the water was up to the bumper of the white truck.

Our newest form of transportation is case of emergencies.

 Water golf anyone?

 

Part of the challenge is that the greens are floating so they tend to move on you.

The road crews are busy working on the bridge and hope to have a temporary one in place by the weekend.

More on the Flood Watch and Road Conditions

Here is a link to a flickr group by Trans BC showing the Alaska-Stewart Highway Flooding.

The link to the Emergency Info BC photos, also on flickr. 

Stewart Flood Watch

That is what they are calling it, but so are the town seems safe, cut off from the rest of the world, but safe. 

I just wanted to post on here for friends and family who are following the situation here. 

They are saying that we have had 10 inches of rain so far for in the month of September.  This has caused major problems in our little community.  Some of the industrial sites in town have flooded there is standing water everywhere and I know there are a few wet basements too.  So far our home has remained nice and dry. It stopped raining early Friday and the last 2 days have been beautiful weather wise, so much of the standing water has gone down.

The major problem is that the only road into and out of town has been washed out by the rain waters overflowing the creeks and riverbeds in the area.  One of the bridges also gave way to the incredible force of the water and let loose.  It is going to take a considerable amount of time to repair all the damage to the road and get us reconnected the rest of Canada.  In the mean time the town is making plans to have food and fuel brought in on barges.

Click here to see some of the photos of the damage to our precious road. 

Here are just a few pictures of some of the rain and water sitting on Thursday morning, and remember it rained all day Thursday so things did get worse before they started to improve.

Iowa

Just sharing a few more from our drive through Iowa.  Lots of farming in this state.  Just miles and miles of fields.

On the Road

The first few days on the road were a lot of driving and not much picture taking, but here are just a few from along the way.

The Mississippi River as we crossed from Illinois into Iowa.

A must see when going through Iowa.

Saying Goodbye

Well, it is been a long, long time since I posted on my blog, but for good reason.  It has been a crazy busy summer with many changes, but things are settling down now, so hopefully I will be able to get back to blogging more regularly.

As some of you may or may not know, we have relocated our family from Southwestern Ontario to Northern British Columbia.  This was quite an undertaking to say the least, with all the plans to be made, and packing, packing, packing that needed to be done and numerous other emergencies that happened during the preparations.  Somehow we managed to get everything done though and headed out across the country on time, as planned.    We managed to  squeeze a little site seeing in along the way, so over then next little while I would like to share some of those sites with you here on the blog.

I loved our place, as we had done so much to truly make it our home, so it was hard to say goodbye, but at the same time I am looking forward to this new adventure in my life.

Finally on the road.  Let the journey begin!

Happy Mother's Day

"Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." ---Elizabeth Stone

Happy Mother's Day Everyone!

Could Spring Finally Be Here?

It certainly has been a cold, windy and rainy spring.  Despite the weather, the grass is growing...I know, I had to cut it today, it was getting so long, and believe it or not a few of my daffodils have started to bloom.  I even found flower buds in the tulips.