Sioux City, IA to Columbia, MO
Well, I'm here. I actually was beginning to forget where I was even going. That is, until I got about an hour outside of Columbia and my mom had to deal with my word vomit. I know this is a good life choice for me. I am excited to start school. But somehow, just outside Mizzou all I wanted was to pull off at a rest stop and extend my trip as long as possible.
Why I would want to extend today I'll never know. It all started in Sioux City heading South down I-29. Which is flooded. So that lead us to a detour with very few signs marking it a detour. Instead of a highway it took me to the intersection of two country roads with a church on the corner. I turned onto the highway, not entirely confident in where I was going. Furthermore my gas level was lower than I was comfortable with in a two lane highway with corn as far as the eye could see on either side. However I do have a flexfuel car so I guess if push came to shove I could have tried shoving an ear of corn in my gas tank.
We crossed into Missouri. Every place we have gone I've been only one night. I've gotten used to a state a day. Each place I look around a bit and say "yeah, I can see how people could live here".
And then I leave.
Now I'm in Missouri. For two years. So when we pulled into the hotel I was bit crazy. When we went over to the campus I calmed down. This was a very long drive to a blind date. I've never been here. Never walked here. Never seen it with my own eyes. But it is beautiful and I can't wait to get to know it better.
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