Omaha 6th Anniversary Outing

Restaurant Review:  Stokes in Omaha.  YUMM!  I am sorry that I did not take pictures of the full plates, but this will have to do as I cannot go back for seconds for some time.  (Above: Sharon's (Almost) World Famous Enchiladas...made with corn tortillas, Below: Fish Tacos made with fresh salmon)  Excellent and flavorful, and fabulous especially spicy are the words that came to mind when eating these!  I contacted the Stokes people to try to get a "button" to add here, but we'll see how that goes...a link might have to be sufficient.

We wandered through The Old Market, going into a few shops but then migrating to the parks and pathways. 

The Visit Omaha site features a picture of a really neat looking bridge.  I asked a friend who lives there where it was.  She informed me that it was a walking bridge and that made it to the "must experience" list.  There were a few other things such as carriage rides, that sounded fun, but weren't priority.  Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge

The above picture was taken for the girls.  In the Bernstein Bear's The A Book, there is an Avenue A that all the character's cross to follow the ants.  So, when we saw that Council Bluffs, IA had an Avenue A, we had to slow for a picture.  The guy coming out of that apartment looked at us kind of funny, but we didn't stay long so...  he'll just have to wonder!

These last two pictures were also taken with our girls in mind.  One was in an archway in the children's garden at Lauritzen Gardens.  We were sheltered by gourd plants.  The day we toured was the first day of school in Omaha and a few different classes were wondering around in groups with "tour guides".  We were able to ask a few questions of one of the guides as she was in between groups.  The picture below is a Pitcher plant.  It is carnivorous.  We had read about it in a book and thought it neat to have been able to see it in person!