Au revoir VanDykes. Hello Nebraska.

So, we are family, but these last days have been really great, and these people are not just family but they're "like family." (: 

Alas, we were sad to say goodbye. But it is only au revoir for now - which made it easier.

Before we said goodbye, Scott had to make a quick run to the eye doctor to have some metal removed from his eyeball that was acquired while installing additional stabilizer jacks on our camper. It was entertaining to find out that the doctor attended school in Fullerton at the Southern California College of Optometry. Small world!

Upon entering Nebraska, the first sign we saw, was for a Mormon trail historic site. So we hopped off the freeway to go check it out. 

The brown sign makes you think you're about to go to a regular historic site. 

But when you get there, there are missionaries to greet you at the door and you find out that the LDS church runs the historic site.

We had an enjoyable tour of the site where the Mormons spent their first winter as they were moving along the Mormon trail. Our missionary hosts were kind and Scott had the opportunity to share with them, at their request, why after studying their book he does not agree with the authenticity of it.

The kids had fun trying to pull a handcart and observing some other replicas of historic artifacts from the journey the Mormons made across the Midwest. 

Tonight, we are spending our first night on the road in a Walmart parking lot! We are really excited about this because people have been telling us we have to try it. But it never worked out until now. We are super close to the Capitol and will head there in the morning.