a short drive today, through hot and scrubby and flat... no longer very pretty here. started to see THE CORN. i imagine there will be a lot more of that before i get home. I AM READY.

Broke 100 degrees today, and nebraska is featureless, starkly bright, with hot winds whipping everything. It looks prosperous, though; nice little houses, new trucks, every inch of land covered with bright green crops, new-looking cargo trains filled with grain and coal.

so why am i in alliance? a little town in the middle of a big nothing? because this is where Carhenge is located, and I have wanted to see Carhenge for many years.

There's also an active drive-in theater here, but I was sorry to find that it's closed this season.

Felt lazy this afternoon, so I just found a local pizza place (not too bad... and a nice change from the chinese i've been relying on here in the land of the dead animal flesh eaters) and hung around the hotel all afternoon. tomorrow is a big day.... Carhenge, Mount Rushmore, and possibly the Devil's Tower if there's time.