to begin the drive home. We planned on camping in a state park somewhere along that drive...but left that possibility open, not making actual plans.
So the maps all say its about a 22 hour drive, but after making this drive twice now, its a bit more I think! The actual driving time may be only that or even less, but the travel---oh wow! Its a looooooooong drive! I think the heat made it longer, needing more stops for the auto to rest and all!
Along the route we saw
many of these big wind mills...they are huge! Often we would see about 300 or more at a time! We saw this in the edge of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska!
Here is a small town in the edge of Colorado that I just like the name....
We drove until we were so tired, it
was so hot (the air conditioner was at least still working, but not very cold) It was just the heat that was keeping it from working well cause in the evening when the sun was at our backs while driving it actually felt cold!
So we stopped for the late afternoon (our time about 5 pm) at a state park where we thought about camping. The land looked green (must have had plenty of rain or they water the lawns) and the grounds looked like they kept it up well. The lake was ok to swim in, so after getting the 'day pass' (we were not sure if we would
stay and camp yet or not) we went straight to the lake and jumped in! We just sat floating around for about an hour or more, then got out and ate our dinner (using the camp stove) of stew...from a can :( but it still was good! The picnic table sitting in the shade with a breeze, our wet swim clothes still on.....we thought maybe we could camp here after all. Then we walked out into the sun and said....no. WOW was it still hot!
So we left the park after about 2 and a half hours and back on the road!
It was now after 7 pm and that meant we were driving thru the night with about 12 hours to go at least! (this camp/state park was in Nebraska some where) We drove until about 2 am or later (all along we took turns driving) and then we pulled into a rest stop and slept until the sun was just peeking over the horizon. We opened our eyes, looked and then said-sleeping again! We slept until about 7 am, and then left. We were somewhere after moline in Illinois. We made it to home about noon or later.... that's our story...!
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