The everyday adventure begins

One interstate runs through the bottom third of the state of Nebraska. It links Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney, and North Platte as well as dozens of smaller towns along the way. For most people, this is the only glimpse of Nebraska life they'll ever see: the miles and miles of unbroken pavement that zips by at 75 mph.
But if you ever want an adventure, exit at Grand Island, drive north for three hours, watch the landscape shift from farmland and little towns to prairie where you can see for miles. Take a left then a right and before you know it you'll end up in the heart of the heartland. This is the place where one-room schoolhouses still exist and the closest neighbors are five miles away (as the crow flies). This is the place where fields of sunflowers grow wild, cattle outnumber people 5 to 1, meadowlarks and coyotes sing side-by-side, and change comes slowly but life is an everyday type of adventure.
That is home.
I'm the fifth or sixth generation to live on the same plot of ground that was homesteaded all those glorious years ago. And even though the years have passed, not much has changed. Winter is full of chores, hardship, and snow. Summer is full of freedom, dust, sweat, and sunsets that tug at a persons heart and make you wonder how God could ever paint anything so beautiful. Fall is full of apples right off the tree, garden harvesting, and one lazy afternoon watching the Huskers play football before going back to work. Spring is full of hope, rain, and tender green grass that just begs for a nap in the shade of a tree with the river singing in the background. But while the basic template of rural Nebraska life has remained the same, everyday is a different adventure just waiting to happen.
With my cast of characters who are more apt to improvise their lines than stick to the corporate script and a pristine wild setting I want to leave the city lights behind. I want to show you what Nebraska is really all about: diligence, perseverance, patience, joy, dirt, sweat, grass, fresh air, neighbors, cattle, and freedom.
This, finding the everyday adventure, is Nebraska.