Last weekend James, a seminarian from the Archdiocese of Omaha, invited seven of us on a tour of rural Nebraska churches. We headed out on Saturday morning from Omaha and drove through a few small towns. The churches in those small towns are beautiful. I believe we stopped in Fremont, Albie, Ericson, and a few other places.

James' parents hosted us for dinner on Saturday evening and breakfast on Sunday morning. The food was great. Sunday afternoon we went "tanking." Tanking involves throwing a huge plastic cattle water tub in the river, putting a picnic table in it, and riding it downstream. The eight of us climbed into two tanks and enjoyed 3 hours or so of fun on the river.

In the picture above, we're just getting ready for our ride down the river. From left to right: Brian, Brandon, Tim, James, Preston, Mike, Bo, and myself. Click the photo above to see the rest of my pictures from the weekend.

In other news, tomorrow I leave Omaha and head back to North Dakota for a few weeks before returning to school in Saint Louis.

-Jason