On The Pegs September 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 | Page 132

On The Pegs
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Nebraska
May 25th-26th

After working 3 days and helping out at home, I climbed in my truck and
drove the 11 hours out to Nebraska on Thursday. As I neared Omaha, it was dark
and a thunderstorm was rolling in from the West as I rolled in from the East. The
lightning began to strike all around and it seemed as though I was driving on
a land bridge through the middle of the ocean. With each flash all I could see
was the standing water from the floods that had ravaged the flat farmland of
Nebraska and Iowa. Then the torrential downpour started and it was tough to
see anything through the wall of water. Fortunately I arrived safely at my hotel.
Friday I spent preparing for the events on Satur-day and Sunday and picked up
my brother Jordan, who was going to mind for me, from the airport. Nebraska
was a well laid out event and was fun, but again I disappointed myself with my
perfor-mance on Saturday. I would be riding great and then would just have a
mental slip and it looked like I had never been on a motorcycle before. It was very
frustrating. I still had a blast and was ex-cited for the rest of the season because