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August 18, 2011
 

American Birthday

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    Today was Tom's birthday, so after opening cards and presents in bed, we jumped in the car and hit the road. Even the cash machines are drive through here!

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    Facebook Checkin at I HOP at 18 Aug 09:17
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      We then went for breakfast at the IHOP, International House Of Pancakes, which isn't actually international.

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      I had oaty blueberry pancakes which were really good and grainy.

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      I then gave Tom a birthday card that I'd made in a few rushed minutes before leaving the house.

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    Facebook Checkin at Michaels Bellevue at 18 Aug 10:25
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      Tom then let me have a quick look around Michael's Art & Craft store.

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      I always get a bit emotional in Michaels as I feel like a poor kid getting to see how the rich kids live in terms of craft supplies. If I lived in America, I'd be able to craft so much easier.

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    We then went for a drive south and ended up in Plattsmouth.

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    This town is the oldest in Nebraska and felt right out of the wild west.

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    Facebook Checkin at River House Soda Fountain Cafe and Antiques at 18 Aug 11:09
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      We went for a drink in the soda fountain as it was the only place open.

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      There were lots of cool antiques including an awesome mechanical piano.

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      I had a pecan praline milkshake which was delicious.

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    Facebook Checkin at Beaver Lake Marina at 18 Aug 12:21
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      We then continued our drive down to Beaver Lake which was so pretty and peaceful.

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      @[10376464573:Lady Gaga]'s song Cool Nebraska Guy is always on the radio and was the perfect soundtrack to our drive through the cornfields.

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      We then drove to a little town called Louisville which had a crazy shop.

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    Facebook Checkin at Springfield at 18 Aug 13:25
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      Tom picked himself up a trucker sized drink for the road.

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    Facebook Checkin at The Bullet Hole at 18 Aug 13:39
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      We then drove to the shooting range but the Nebraskan laws are a little tougher than the ones in Texas, so we'll just have to wait until we're in Austin to give it a go.

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      It was still fun looking around the shop though.

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    Facebook Checkin at Paradise bakery at 18 Aug 14:54
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      We then drove to Village Pointe and perked ourselves up with a coffee in the bakery.

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    Facebook Checkin at Rave Motion Pictures Westroads 14 at 18 Aug 18:03
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      Tom took a break from driving by playing a driving game.

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      We then went to see @[162702857087239:Crazy, Stupid, Love] at the Rave cinema which was pretty good.

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      We got some photo stickers take in the photobooth.

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    Facebook Checkin at Shirley's Diner at 18 Aug 18:50
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      We then went to Shirely's Diner for dinner, which was very cool and covered in retro American kitsch.

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      We sat at @[215179778985:Marilyn Monroe]'s table but they had one for every retro American star.

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      We tried fried pickles for the first time which were delicious and I had a cheese Texan toast sandwich which was tasty but a little too fried for my liking.

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    We got a tornado warning when we were leaving and had to drive through a strong storm to get home. The power to some of the traffic lights had went out which made it even more frightening.

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