like i said, iowa was really stinky - poo kind of stinky. and you know that poo smell wasn't coming from waste water treatment centers. it was most likely coming from a CAFO - concentrated animal feeding operation. if you eat animals, then you are helping support these poo-generating facilities that are bad for animals, the environment, and people - yourself included. they are nasty nasty operations - and iowa is smart - they keep them off the road, away from sight. but a smell so wretchid is hard to cover up. colorado on the other hand didn't smell nearly as bad, but had their operations right on the road. we pasted at least four CAFO's on our way to denver. and i'll bet two poodles that those are some of the nicest and cleanest CAFO's around. just imagine what's hidden beyond the grasses and gravel. yick. yuck. gross.
alright, now for the awesome stuff.
if you ever watched peewee herman's big adventure, you probably always fantasized about driving in the west and stopping at dinosaur shaped attractions or hotels shapped like teepees - i know i have. while we haven't spotted either of those two attractions, we have come across some interesting gems. like that picture below. who doesn't love sticking their head in a hole and becoming a whole nother person? we do!
or standing next to crazy statues? we do!
pictured: alex meets buffalo bill // nebraska has awesome exit signs // me and some indian lady (if i were a lego, dressed like a native american, i'd probably look like her, no?)
and nothing is better than taking a quick pit stop and finding yourself nest to the most awesomest signs ever. i can't believe these exist! oh america, you are so very special.
after 11 hours of driving, we made it from iowa > nebraska > colorado. after a place like nebraska and eastern colorado it was so nice to be greeted by mountains - no matter how hazy they were.
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