It started a few days ago when I was explaining dessert pizza to Kelse. Who has dessert pizza? Well, Valentino's, of course. Tragically, the closest Val's is in Ogallala, so we figured that was a no-go.
But then, why not? It's only a three hour drive (or less...) to Ogallala, and we both had the day off, so why not go for it? Then we thought of North Platte, and how it has a Val's and is also conveniently located halfway between Greeley and Doane. So why not get other people to meet us there?
Well, it turns out Jessica couldn't make it, and we didn't really try for anyone else because it was such short notice, so we can save that trip for another time. But I didn't want to just back out on going to Ogallala, so we grabbed Carl and went.
We made it in time for the tail end of the lunch buffet, which wasn't such a great idea since the food was a little old. But it was still Val's. Plus we bought a pizza and ate most of it on the way home.
It was a lot of fun. We stopped at a Wal-Mart in Sterling, where I bought some trivia cards and won a stuffed animal from a crane game (did that in one shot, too). We had Kelse read the questions for me and Carl for much of the rest of the trip. We also almost ran out of gas on the way back. I was pretty sure I could make it all the way to Greeley, but we stopped about five miles short anyway just to be safe.
But it was an easy trip. We left at 10:30 and we were back before 6, so an added two hours for a trip to North Platte would be no problem. Look for that trip sometime in the future!