At 2am this morning, we decided to book a hotel and head to Colorado for a few days.
We arrived in Lincoln, the state capital of Nebraska just in time for breakfast.
We went to the Two Twins Cafe which was covered in Huskers flags.
I had yogurt, fruit and granola which was tasty.
Our waiter was really nice but couldn't understand our accents. He brought Tom a straw when he asked for coffee, thought I asked if he had a boyfriend when I asked if they had internet, and thought I ordered gruel instead of granola.
We then stopped at the Golden Spike Tower in North Platte.
The tower overlooks the largest rail yard in North America.
I don't know why people come here but Tom enjoyed himself, so that's all that counts.
There was also an awesome corn maze.
North Platte felt like a proper cowboy town and was home to Buffalo Bill's ranch.
After another hour of driving we crossed the state line in to Colorado. The scenery changed as soon as we crossed and became more hilly with yellow flowers everywhere.
Tom had been wanting a trucker hat for ages and amazingly, they were given Colorado ones out free at the visitor centre.
It was sunset as we were approaching Denver but it looked so pretty with the mountains in the distance.
Our secret hotel offer this time was for a Holiday Inn and we were upgraded to a King's Executive Suite.
We headed downtown for dinner at the City Grille which had won awards for one of the best burger in the US. I ordered the tuna burger which tasted so meaty that I had to check with the waitress twice that it wasn't.