Reflections

Reflections on our last morning of being on the road with the RV. After a shower moved through last night, and during which Rachel’s tornado phobia turned on high, the sky cleared and this morning we have an absolutely cloudless day. We are just north of the Minnesota line with about four hours of driving to St. Paul where we shall spend the afternoon cleaning our camp wagon from top to bottom.
We have seen endless stretches of prairie; rough impassible land formations (Badlands); huge drugstores which enveloped the whole town (Wall Drug): unusual rock formations (Devil’s Tower); endless prairies; constant winds: treeless plains; little towns of a hundred people clinging to life next to the highway: more endless prairies; pine bluffs; frontier outposts (Fort Laramie); old hometowns (Laramie); meandering rivers (Platte River); constant winds; little church on the prairie (Albin Baptist); some more endless prairies with ceaseless winds; a visit with a cousin in Benedict; and then more prairie driving back up to Minnesota. During this time we enjoyed beautiful weather (no tornados – no, not a one!); many museums and historical sites; and those new graceful windmills which are sprouting up here and there to ease our power problems.
As far as the RV goes: it is wonderful dropping the reins to the horses, and stepping back to your own kitchen, bed and restroom – just like the pioneers! We had to fetch our own water (via a hose), start the campfire (via the gas stove), stoke the fire (via the thermostat), crawl into our bed (queen sized) at night. I figured out how to play freecell solitare with real cards and we got much reading done. There was always something that had to be done, so I never had time to draw, but that was a problem of needing to make too much mileage. Next time will be different! Ha! J & R