Day 42, Dayton Ohio

Back home in Dayton Ohio.
5932.8 Miles.

Day 41, Back at Crawfordsville, Indiana

Last KOA of our journey.

Day 40, La Salle-Peru, Illenois

We came to the end of 2 truly delightful days at Hixton KOA. It turned out to be one of our favorites. Our next to last stop was La Salle IL

This has been a wonderful trip . We have seen a lot of beautiful land scape, shared many a laugh. After 6 weeks of travel together the four of us are still talking to each other

But none of this would have been possible without the help of Dirk and Colleen. They showed daily concern for Faye and endless patience when she was a little slow. There is a word that is often used but under appreciated . That word is friend. A friend is the same today as yesterday, loves and forgives in equal measure, is always there in time of need. Colleen and Dirk are our friends.

PS.
Thank you for the kind words. The feeling is mutual, it is easy to be friends with good people like you and Faye. Thank you for letting us share this wonderful journey!. Dirk & Colleen.

Day 39, Hixton , Wisconsin Rest Day 2

Rest Day, Ditto Yesterday!

Day 38, Hixton, Wisconsin Rest Day

Today was the first of our two rest days at Hixton KOA.  It was a terrific day, not a cloud in the sky, temperature 76 F. The campground cleared out and we had the park to ourselves.

We thought we had the water leak problem licked but we spent some time, without success , trying to stem the trickle. The major leak has been solved and Dirk and Colleen can get by if the kitchen faucet is not used, which will be the solution if we do not find a fix today.

Day 37, Hixton, Wisconsin

We woke to a rainy day. This next leg was 280 miles . Driving an RV in rain is a little stressful . It has been said that a fully loaded RV doing 65 MPH takes a football field to a full stop. Whether true or not, the people who in heavy traffic take up the gap we leave for sudden braking make driving in this environment challenging, Add driving rain and its really fun.
Together with the rain and traffic, Dirk and Colleen had another hurdle. Their RV was sinking. Well, if it was a boat it would have. Some investigation at the camp site revealed that a water connection had split and was flooding the RV floor. But never fear. Our intrepid team was up to it . A little specialized tape we just happened to have and Dirk's ingenuity did the job.
However, the continuing quest for a better Wee-Fee world continued as Dirk produced his Wi-Fi meter and condemned the signal unfit for human consumption. They gave us a new site.

Day 36, Lake Carlos, Minnesota

Another travel day of some length for us, 310 miles. Our destination was Lake Carlos, a State Park in Minneapolis. The plan was to spend two nights at this lovely setting. However on checking in we found out that we had "dry" sites. Now not dry like prohibition nor dry earth. The latter would be totally inappropriate as Minneapolis has had more than its fill of rain of late.  No , this meant no water connection, no power no sewer and, horror upon horror, no, shall I say it, no Wee-Fee.
So we decided to spent only one night and head for civilization the next day.

Day 35, Bismarck, North Dakota

The landscape has certainly changed since leaving the west coast. Mile after mile of snow capped mountains have been replaced by mile after mile of flatness. This ordinariness  of North Dakota does have its own beauty. You could stay in the state for some time because there are no gas stations, well none that we saw while driving along I-94

Maybe it is because there are no people in North Dakota, or none to speak of. Siri, my handy-dandy smart phone lady informs me that there are approximately 700,000 people in the state and 67,000 alone in Bismarck, the only town you can find on a map.

As an aside,I can see why wives are jealous of smart phone ladies. They have a silky voice and they know everything.