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A Nebraska Family Work Trip

Scott had a job in Nebraska City ( in nearby Peru, Nebraska, actually) . I had never been to Omaha and thought we could tag along and make a weekend out of it.  A family workcation for once! The route took us through Le Mars, Iowa. I insisted we stop for ice cream at the Ice Cream Capitol. They're famous for Blue Bunny ice cream. I could've passed, but we had to recreate this photo. They had renovated since we last were here, so it wasn't quite the same. I was a little disappointed to see they had changed the interior.  Having read the whole Lewis and Clark journals, I wanted to stop at every historical site; starting with the the memorial for Sergeant Floyd in Souix City. Floyd was surprisingly the only member of the expedition that died. I guess that gets you a mini-Washington Monument. Tiny Peru, Nebraska (where my shoot was) had no hotel in town, so we booked the Lied Lodge at Arbor Day Farm  in Nebraska City for a couple of nights. Scott always books our accommodatio...