1. PLAY NICE
The Stops: Alia Arram Children's Museum in Kearney, Cody Park Train Display in North Platte, Edgerton Explorit Center in Aurora, Lincoln Children's Museum, North Platte Children's Museum, Omaha Children's Museum, Pawnee Plunge in Columbus, and Lee G. Simmon's Wildlife Safari Park
Our Top Pick: Wildlife Safari Park. We weren't able to participate in a lot of these because two 20-somethings aren't allowed to play in children's museums. But we did swim at the water park, climb on trains, and drive through the safari park. We loved the drive-through animal show. It was fantastic!
2. CRAZY CONFECTIONS
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The Stops: 4th Avenue Coffee in Holdrege, Gering Bakery, Licorice International in Lincoln, R. F. Goeke Variety Store in Atkinson, Sehnert's Bakery in McCook, Serendipity Chocolate Factory in Tekamah, Sweet Shoppe in St. Paul, and Tru Café in Kearney.
Our Top Picks: My top pick was definitely Serendipity Chocolate Factory. That place was so cute and we got truffles and fudge there that were wonderful assets to our road trip. Hillary disagrees and says Gering Bakery because they gave us free cookies. We also ate a great breakfast in Holdrege, but didn't find anything we were hungry for anywhere else (we couldn't possibly eat at every place unfortunately).
3. YUMMY TUMMY
The Stops: Back Alley Bakery in Hastings, Baker's Candies in Greenwood, Big Mama's Kitchen in Omaha, Dinty Moore's Lunchroom in Nebraska City, Duster's in Columbus, Dundee Dell in Omaha, The Drifter Cookshack in Crawford, and Kuper Farms in Norfolk.
Our Top Picks: The Drifter Cookshack hands down! We were very unsure about this the whole way there on some washed-out roads in the badlands, but it was well worth it for the view, atmosphere, and food. I even ate a buffalo burger. We have talked about going back to this area already and would stop in to eat again. I'm also a big fan of the meltaways I got from Baker's and would go again. We also got a free drink at Dinty Moore's (and this has nothing to do with the brand of beef stew). We didn't eat anywhere else, but most of the places definitely looked good enough to try (if only we had more meal time to spare).
4. SAUCES & CYCLES
The Stops: The Brewery at Divots in Norfolk, Fairfield Opera House Brewery and Grill, Kinkaider Brewing Company in Broken Bow, Sandhills Motel and Glidden Canoe Rental in Mullen, Schillingbridge Winery and Microbrewery in Pawnee City, Stagecoach Mall Antiques and Tasting Room in Faribury, Storz Trophy Room Grill in Omaha, Union Bar and Grill in Gering.
Our Picks: Stagecoach Mall Antiques and Tasting Room. To be honest, we didn't have drinks at any of these places so we aren't the best to judge, but we didn't feel very welcome at most of the places (especially Storz who didn't want to give us a stamp if we wouldn't eat there) and so we won't be going back to try them either. I picked Stagecoach only because we did feel welcome there and they have a ton of really cool stuff that we walked around it looked at. We did eat at Union Bar, but weren't overly impressed with the food. Maybe the drinks are better.
That's it so far. We are going to try to finish up the last 7 on September 12th. Wish us luck!!!
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