Summer Trip Away From the Texas Heat (cont'd 2)

 We drove back to Lake Benton Monday, the 8th and on Tuesday morning woke up to 49 degree temperature!!

Anyway, we packed up drove to Waterloo, NE a suburb of Omaha where my sister and family live.  This bridge separates Iowa and Nebraska.  The river is the Missouri.

We went out to dinner that night with Judeen at Boyd and Charlies BBQ which we always like.  (We have not been seeing Jim because, with his health issues, he is concerned about getting COVID).

On Wednesday Judeen and granddaughter, Aliza, came out to the campground.  She loves to throw rocks and tries to skip them/!

We walked over by the dam and did some rock throwing there as well as taking our shoes off and playing in the mud!

Aliza is also a very good artist for an 8 year old.  Judy had some small jars of clay and Aliza made a number of things, including the two animal faces you see here!

On Thursday we had lunch at LePeeps in Elkhorn.  The place was busy but we liked it because it gave us time to talk with Alison and Katie.  (Judeen didn't actually order all of that for herself.  One of the orders was going to Jim at home afterwards!).

Aliza enjoying her meal.

After lunch we got a picture of Judeen, Katie, Aliza and Alison.  It was a fun time!

On Friday we started for home.  Got as far as Carthage, MO (near Joplin) and spent the night there and then drove home on Saturday.

We had a great trip and enjoyed every part of it as it's always great to see family and friends!