Log 1 (We set out)

May 1st, 2017
So far on the trip to the Nebraska we've had two interesting happenings.
The first one was when we plugged in the GPS and it said that it would take us 3 days and 15 hours to get to our destination. We thought that was weird, but kept driving anyway. We really knew something was up when it repeatedly led us away from the major highways, and the quickest routes of travel. Turns out we had it set for bicycling on accident. We had a good laugh, and it inspired a question. Could someone travel 900+ miles in less than four days by bike? It is possible to drive to Omaha from Utah in one day, however, we weren't about to do that.
We had consulted the map before we left and decided to stop for the night in Rock Springs, WY. Upon our arrival we went to a local Motel 6 and got a room. This is where the 2nd major event happened.

The 2nd Major event was that it turns out that there are two keys to the jeep. I didn't know this and locked the doors when I got our of the car. I soon realized my mistake, but by then it was too late. We were consoled by the fact that the key was safely locked within the jeep, even if we were safely locked outside it, because the chances of a fight breaking out between us and the key were very low. :) However, Keys can be feisty, dangerous things, so we were glad that fate had dealt us the extra precaution of locking all our stuff in the jeep to keep the key busy until the morning when we could hopefully get the jump on it.
Before turning in for the night I youtubed how to get into a jeep and it looked pretty simple, so we went to bed without too much worry about getting back into our car.