We left Plano on Monday, April 28th, and drove to Carthage, MO. (just east of Joplin). The day was warm and we had the A/C on in the afternoon. Wind was out of the NW so we only got about 9.5 MPG.
We spend the night at a nice CG called Big Red Barn CG. Nice people there and good site. However, a front came thru and by morning, the temp was in the 40's. We drove from there to Council Bluffs, IA. against a stronger headwind and MPG went down to 8.5.
We stayed at a casino there for two nights so that we could visit with Judeen and Jim and their family - Alison and Eric, Katie and Tim, and, of course, Aliza, who is just 6 months old. On Tuesday night we met them all at their favorite Mexican restaurant for good food and margaritas!!
On Wednesday we met Judeen at Katie and Tim's house to babysit Aliza ("somebody had to do it!!") while Katie and Alison did a housecleaning job.
Judeen and me:
Aliza (whose hips are not fully seated, so she has to wear this cast for 6 weeks).
Katie and Tim with Aliza:
Alison and Eric:
We had a great time and later we had dinner there as well.
Council Bluffs had some unique artwork at the exit to the casino and our CG.
No idea what it is, but it looked cool.
Thursday we drove to Pipestone, MN. and were up against the strongest headwind yet and MPG was well below 7. Anyway, we made it and are now still here at the CG in Pipestone where we were camp hosts last year.
We've had guests each morning so far:
On Saturday we drove up to Minneapolis to visit with Pam and Steve. We also attended a birthday party for Violet who is 4 years old. Had good time seeing everyone.
On Sunday we went to church, ate pancakes after the service, and then went to a movie - "God's Not Dead." Good movie.
We came back to Pipestone on Monday morning and noticed something unusual in our hitch:
An extremely well-made bird's nest!!
Unfortunately we had to move it over into the trees. We were glad there weren't any eggs in it yet!!
Last night we went out for pizza with some of the relatives:
My cousin John and his wife, Gerri, and my uncle Harold (93 years old!) and his wife, Edith.
Today we have been getting ready to leave on Thursday for Canada.
More later...
More later...
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