about noon
We drove all day , stopping for chow now and then , behaving like a couple out on a vacation tour . We stopped in a small town along about midnight and found a hotel without having come upon any of the hidden highways . We met at breakfast , talked our ideas over mildly , and took off again . We crossed into Nebraska about noon and continued to meander until late in the afternoon when we came upon our first giveaway road sign . `` There , '' I told her triumphantly . She nodded . `` I see the sign , Steve .