Denver, Colorado

Finally reached Denver and seems we made up a little bit of time but still about an hour behind.
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Omaha City, Nebraska

Arriving in Omaha City at 06:15 Wednesday morning. The first night on the train was a little difficult, but the second night was much better as I had become adjusted to the best sleeping positions andBaca lagi
Melrose, Iowa

Once we came down out of the Rockies into Denver everything started to change almost instantly.
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Ottumwa, Iowa

These country towns are quite quaint compared to our Aussie towns.
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Burlington, Illinois

Crossing the mighty Mississippi River at Burlington, Illinois.
Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg, Illinois, last main stop before Chicago. Managed to reach the rental car company and relieved that they are open till 8:00pm. Can stop stressing now about missing the car pickup.
Arrived Youngstown, Ohio

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Youngstown State University

After a very fast sleep we had breakfast and headed to the university, YSU, for the start of Bec's recruitment inspection trip here.
YSU Tour

What was surprising here was that the Coach, Nick, guided us personally all around the university campus and I think this impressed Bec that he would take such a personal approach, impressed me.
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Day 2 YSU

We continued on with Day 2 of the inspection and had lunch with the coach again, and Bec returned to us from her athlete stay in the dorms, she seemed pretty happy.
Heading to Niagra Falls

After our tour had ended we moved on towards Niagara Falls, which was about a 4 hour drive to the north east into New York State.
Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, did it all. The Queen of the Mist boat trip and everything. To be so close to the falls and hearing the thundering noise of the water exploding down over the drop was exhilarating.
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