After a quiet night – remarkable for being behind a truck stop and adjacent to I70, awakened to the sound of birds and watched a rabbit run around. It was a cooler morning and we were glad to get on the road with the heater going about 8:45. This was a day of steady 50mph driving over several different rough 2-lane highways. West on US24 then North on US59 and back West on US36.
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| Wide open prairie |
Lots of beautiful greening prairie from the recent rain and snow. The Cottonwood Trees in the creek and river beds are beautiful and we even crossed a few flowing streams. More cattle and bison ranching here where we saw more cowboys working herds on their ATVs.
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| Richard and daughter Trish |
Arrived at Trish & Will’s place around 1:30 and were deluged with hugs all around. The kids – Tristan at 6’2” (15 years) and Tia 11 years have really grown since we last saw them in 2011. Turttlie had grown quite a bit too. With lots of out of town guests and Trish packing for a move in a couple of weeks, we were glad to stay in our rolling hacienda.
Odometer: 78899 Miles Today: 154 Total: 1610