Sunday, July 15, 2012

Fourth of July in Nebraska

We made our annual trip to Nebraska for the Fourth of July. We started our journey by going to Lincoln for a night. While there we toured Memorial (north) Stadium.
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It was 130 degrees on the turf so they weren't taking people on the field the day we toured. We were left to admire the field through the locked chain link gate. The head grounds keeper happened to drive by. Told us he could not resist the kids' faces so he unlocked the gate and let us in.
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While eating dinner at one of our favorite places little Carson noticed the Husker quarterback walk in. Martinez and other football players were eating a few tables down from us. The kids thought this was pretty cool.

The kids and I headed to visit my sister and her family the following day while daddy attended a concert. We then visited Papa and Mimi.
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Finally we made it to Boom's and Gee's for the Fourth of July celebration. There was volleyball, water slides, small fireworks, a barbecue, friends, boating, tubing, baseball, and lots, and lots of fun.
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Unfortunately, due to extreme dry conditions in the area where the lake is located there was a ban on lighting large fireworks. We were unable to have our late night fireworks display so we instead went out on the boat "glowing" for a nice little boat ride.

Thank you family and friends for helping us make lots of wonderful memories this Fourth of July trip to Nebraska.











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