Is this Heaven? No, it's Fairbury.

Hard to believe it on a cold and snowy day like today but just a few short days ago we were experiencing temps in the 50-60° range with very little snow on the ground. I personally was hoping that trend would stick around and we'd slide into spring without much of a winter. 



Sunday might have been the warmest day of the weekend despite the overcast skies so we decided to venture out for a couple dozen miles or so before the Super Bowl kicked off.



Selling the house last March and taking up the small town life is probably one of the best decisions I've made in a long time, maybe ever. I know it's not for everyone but to be honest Omaha, for all the things it has do to, it wasn't really my cup of tea and it never really felt like home. After taking a job in Lincoln and falling for a small town girl who just happens to be a real life Farmer's Daughter, staying in Omaha made less and less sense. If you want to destress and simplify life moving to a place with less than 4,000 people will do that quick. It also doesn't hurt that gravel is literally a tenth of a mile from the front door and not just some gravel but an endless sea of gravel goodness. I haven't had to drive to ride gravel if I didn't want to in 11 months!




Anyhow, back to the story at hand. As I've said it's been a fairly mild winter this year, even the MMRs were almost completely dry on Sunday and we had the roads to ourselves. I can't recall seeing any vehicles out and about once we got out of town. That's not all that unusual around here but I do think the Super Bowl or more specifically the Super Bowl parties helped. 




That's not to say that we didn't run into any of our neighbors, they weren't all that happy with our selection of bridges to stop at for the customary bridge beer. Didn't help that I offered them some either, they wanted nothing to do with or our beer. It's a shame, that Speedy Donkey is a pretty tasty barley pop if you ask me. 



We got a bit of a late start on the day, lazy Sunday and all that but we managed to get in a decent 31 miles and still made it in time for Kickoff. Life has been good, cheers friends.