Earlier this month, Gabe and I took a four day trip to Omaha, Nebraska, otherwise known as the place he lived before he lived in San Francisco, and the place he considers "home." I was extremely eager to get the heck out of town after a cancelled European vacation and a very stressful, worry-filled August, but beyond that, I was just really excited to go to Omaha for a lot of reasons. I love seeing new places. I love travel pretty much no matter what the circumstances. I also really wanted to see a place that Gabe loved so much, and meet new people/be inspired. Part of the trip also involved attending
BarCamp Omaha, so, you know, enter inspiration.
Plus ... I have roots in Nebraska, and I've always wanted to go there. Plus, I knew this would be a great time. Plus, I just really wanted some time to hang out with Gabe, and not be at work. And all of those things were exactly what I got. It was a really great trip, and I am so glad it happened.
Here are some of the many, many snapshots I snapped on the trip:
THURSDAY 9/4:
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| Layover in Phoenix. Such beautiful sky. |
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| Speaking of beautiful sky: OMAHA SUNSETS. OH MY GOODNESS. SO GOOD. |
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| Gabe hooked up his phone to the rental car as soon as we got in. We were blasting our favorite tunes in no time at all! |
FRIDAY 9/5:
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| The view from the front porch, out to the rental car across the street |
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| Caffeine Dreams, a coffee shop with a lot of vegan pastries <3 |
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| Beginning of another gorgeous sunset |
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| Sunset hitting downtown Omaha's buildings. So beautiful. |
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| Seriously loving everything about the sunsets on the prairie. |
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| pre-conference party: light show |
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| photo booth backdrop |
SATURDAY 9/6:
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| The first talk I attended at BarCamp Omaha was about walkability. I LOVED THIS. |
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| Kind of obsessed with this guy's pickle hat |
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| Gorgeous Omaha architecture. So much brick. I loved it so much.. |
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| BarCamp's venue, which is also an art gallery |
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| Learning about curling. |
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| I got extremely excited when New Urbanism came up during a talk. |
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| Yes, it's another sunset and I got so totally spoiled by these. |
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| That night: BEER I LOVE YOU BEER |
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| I don't know this girl, but she was playing Giant Jenga in the backyard of a bar and I really had to take a photo. |
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| Benson. AKA where the cool kids hang out. Or something. |
SUNDAY 9/7:
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| The Missouri River! |
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| Walked across a bridge to Iowa! This was so super cool. |
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| Also exciting: finding Omaha's bike share program, even if I didn't get to utilize it on this trip. |
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| Layover in beautiful Phoenix on the way home. |
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