Growing Small Town Nebraska Podcast

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Marcie and I were invited to visit Nebraska City and do a few podcasts from that beautiful, well-known hotspot in Nebraska.

*** This is a partial transcript from the Growing Small Town Nebraska Podcast: Sheila's Shout Out 1.

Escape to a beautiful setting...

Marcie and I were invited to visit Nebraska City and do a few podcasts from that beautiful, well-known hotspot in Nebraska. We not only got to tour several points of interest, but they also put us up at the beautiful Whispering Pines Bed and Breakfast. Now previous to this, I hadn't had much experience staying in a bed and breakfast. But yeah, thanks to my stay at Whispering Pines. Well, I expect that to change. 

I was so impressed with the location...the beautiful decor.

Every room is different, right? And the amazing hospitality of the owner, that great food... ...and the robes! You heard me. You guys, the rooms each had their own plush embroidered robes in the bathrooms. It's okay if you laugh at me. but I read a lot of books. And I've watched a lot of movies, including a lot of old movies. And because of that, I have always dreamed of staying somewhere where there were those super white, super soft robes. Yeah, I almost didn't leave my room. But we had work to do. So I did. I stayed in the Rose Room by the way. It was so gorgeous. That is also where we recorded three podcasts from while we were there.

The wraparound porch and Whispering Pines had so many great spots to sit and read. I almost couldn't take it. Right when we got there, we were shown where the fresh baked cookies were to snack on. We also had the perfect breakfast right out on the porch.

Oh, the porch! 

Whispering Pines also has beautiful grounds to explore and more great sitting places, you could just get lost sitting somewhere there in the beautiful surroundings.

I'm really just sharing a little bit of information about this bed and breakfast; but really, you do need to check it out for yourself!

They had a really hard time getting me to leave. They just promised that I could come back sometime.

 

Another kind of escape...

Now, I want to talk to you a little bit about something I've already talked about on my blog, but that's escape rooms. (You can see more specifics on the previous blog post.) Nebraska has some great escape rooms. The ones that I've been to through so far, include the S.T.A.R. Escape Rooms in Columbus. I've been there a few times, and it is always a fantastic experience. There's something kind of unique about that one, so when you go there, you need to take a look around at how they have the place decorated. It also kind of carries throughout their rooms. And also their escape rooms are just very unique and creative. 

And then Nebraska has their newer escape room, Encrypt, in Norfolk. 

Here, you're just gonna find some high quality, challenging escape rooms!. They're great hosts and they make it a lot of fun for you.

And so, escape rooms in Norfolk and Columbus are two of my favorite things to do. If you know of another escape room in Nebraska, I'd love to hear about it. so do let me know. The escape rooms that we have in our state...they're super affordable and crazy fun. 

Escape and connect...

At the end of this February in Nebraska, it's time for MarkeTech in Kearney. MarkeTech, through GROW Nebraska, is a marketing and technology conference for businesses. This year their keynote speaker is a nationally recognized speaker and expert podcaster from Chicago, so I'm looking forward to hearing what he has to say for sure. Right after Marcie and I started the Growing Small Town Nebraska Podcast, GROW Nebraska invited us and sent us to MarkeTech...we met amazing people there. I'm looking forward to it again this year.

And you know, Kearney is always a fun area. I love to go to the state park any time of year, not just when all the cranes are there, but any time of the year. It's a very nice place to visit. They also have a lot of fun and unique shops in their downtown area in particular, and then Clark and I recently visited the Great Platte River Road Archway. We had not been there since our oldest, now in college, was in a stroller, so. We thought it was a thing just for kids, but we had a great time just the two of us going through that.

In the next episode of Sheila's Shoutouts, I'm going to talk about our Nebraska honeymoon and what an adventure that proved to be many years ago. I'm also going to talk about the fish frys and corned beef and cabbage. So, if you have suggestions on your favorite places to find those springtime staples in Nebraska, make sure you send me a message or an email, reach out on Facebook...however you'd like to do that. 

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