Benedict

Benedict has a population of 230. The center is dominated by several huge grain elevators, with cute little houses on side streets surrounding them. My cousin’s house sits on a corner lot facing the elevators. We parked our RV in their yard and then, walked across and down the dirt street for supper at a little country café. The sirloin I had was wonderful. We enjoyed visiting together and then, in the morning had breakfast together.
We started driving around eleven and by 6 p.m. had made it over the Minnesota border where we camped in a little town named Mountain Lake.
A funny incident happened a couple days ago. We had stopped at a grocery store where Rachel bought fruit. We have been putting it in a plastic bowl while traveling and usually set the bowl in the sink to keep it from moving. Apparently, we forgot because after a short way down the road we heard a crash. Now I must mention that Zoe likes to ride in the front between us on the floor between the seats. A little later, I put on the brakes and, suddenly, Zoe jumped in the air as a cantaloupe came zooming down like a bowling ball from the back to the front of the RV. Strike! She was as surprised as we were.