Monday, September 30, 2018 We left the hotel at 9:25 AM. It was 47 degrees with light rain. We were afraid if the weather didn’t improve dramatically, we wouldn’t be seeing any corn or bean picking. We weren’t on the road very long before Tommy slammed on the brakes and put the truck in reverse. …
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2018 Harvest Road Trip – Day 3
Saturday, September 29, 2018 We left the hotel at 9:35. It was a chilly 45 degrees, gray and chilly. Before leaving town we got gas, ice and breakfast. Then we headed out to, hopefully, find some harvesting. Just across the road, GPS said these guys picking corn were in Wakonda, SD. As Tommy said, the …
2018 Harvest Road Trip – Day 2
Friday, September 28 We left the hotel at 9:25 AM, it was cloudy and 55 degrees. It felt like Fall. :) We planned on getting breakfast on our way to the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge. Unfortunately, when we got there it looked like everyone had packed up and left town. We did see, however, …
2018 Harvest Road Trip – Day 1
Thursday, September 27 Since our long road trip was in August, we didn’t see any harvesting. So we thought what the heck, we’ll hit the road again. We left home at 5:45 AM–it was 71 degrees. We had already made reservations at the Drury Inn in St. Joe so I knew it would be a …
September 22, 2018
It took us a few days to rest up after our road trip. Then we headed for Balsam Grove for a few days. When we got back home we had to get ready for Miss B and her mom to visit for a few days. But first, a photo from the backyard. What a cool …
2018 Road Trip – Day 26
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 We left the hotel at 7:50 AM and it was 80 degrees and clear. We stopped in Eddyville, KY, at the house of a high school friend and her husband–Kay and Darryl Armstrong. They served us a wonderful breakfast! We finally got home to Roswell at 4:45 PM. 7116 miles driven …
2018 Road Trip – Day 25
Monday, August 27, 2018 As we were getting ready to leave the hotel, the front desk called to say they were having water problems and would be turning off the water shortly. Luckily, we were almost ready. We brushed our teeth and left. It was 9:30 AM and 80 degrees. We went through Hermann, MO, …
2018 Road Trip – Day 24
Sunday, August 26 It was time to leave Laramie but I really, really didn’t want to go home. We left the kids at 8:30 AM and it was 54 degrees with some clouds. We got to Nebraska at 9:50 AM. I80 was under construction–still? again? It was one lane each way for a long while. …
2018 Road Trip – Day 23
Saturday, August 25 We all jumped in the truck and went to the Snowies for a picnic lunch. On the way out, Evan saw three moose. Of course we had to turn around to take pictures. :) It was a bit chilly when we got to Mirror Lake so we didn’t stay long. This place …
2018 Road Trip – Day 22
Friday, August 24 Another day, another drive.This time we drove to Vedauwoo. Such cool rock formations here. Unfortunately, when we got there and started to drive the dirt road it was way too rough. So we decided to go look for eagles again. On the way out we drove up to Lake Owen and saw …