[This post may contain affiliate links where we earn a small commission. Please see our disclosure for more information and thank you for supporting our site so we can continue to bring you awesome content for your travel inspiration!] Hear Ye Hear Ye! Many Nebraskans get starry-eyed envisioning traveling over the pond to Europe. One of the…
[This post may contain affiliate links where we earn a small commission. Please see our disclosure for more information and thank you for supporting our site so we can continue to bring you awesome content for your travel inspiration!] 12 Reasons Why I Love The New Nebraska Slogan You know how it goes in life. There is…
If You Want Omaha Skiing, Your Best Bet Is The Mt Crescent Ski Area [This post may contain affiliate links where we earn a small commission. Please see our disclosure for more information and thank you for supporting our site so we can continue to bring you awesome content for your travel inspiration!] While there is a…
I still remember as a kid in Nebraska Ice Fishing with my Dad. In addition to things like sledding, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and cross country skiing in Nebraska, ice fishing is one of the great things to do here in the Good Life in the winter. We’d often go to a place like Chalco or to…
I still remember my 4th grade field trip to the UNO Planetarium. I sat beneath a “sky” full of dazzling stars and felt this overwhelming awe for the magnitude of our universe. I’m not an astronomer. Shoot, I can’t even find the big dipper most nights, but after this field trip, I have always loved sitting…
[This post may contain affiliate links where we earn a small commission. Please see our disclosure for more information and thank you for supporting our site so we can continue to bring you awesome content for your travel inspiration!] I hate winter. Like, really HATE winter. I used to complain that if Nebraska was going to have…
[This post may contain affiliate links where we earn a small commission. Please see our disclosure for more information and thank you for supporting our site so we can continue to bring you awesome content for your travel inspiration!] There’s always a joke going around social media about Nebraska weather. And usually, they all hit a little…
One of the complaints I hear a lot when talking to Nebraskans about exciting travel and things to do in our state is the “lack of” adrenaline pumping activities. While I actually slightly disagree (you just have to look in the nooks and crannies or think outside the box), I do understand what they are…
When most people think of Nebraska, they rarely think of a vast ocean full of creatures swimming around. Almost never do you associate the Cornhusker State with a tropical rainforest. But, oddly enough….”The Good Life” ONCE was all of these things. And, the reality is that many, many (Ok, we are talking 12 MILLION) years…
Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari near Omaha A lot of times when I talk to people from Nebraska and ask them “Why don’t you travel right here, in our own backyard more?” I get responses like There is nothing to do here There are WAY better things in other states (or countries)…