Saturday, 9/22

Daybreak in eastern Iowa...right out of "Field of Dreams".   Iowa is a really a beautiful state.  The farms are immaculate and in great condition and the cornfields are never ending, and it's much greener than Kansas or Nebraska.  Getting off the highway is always a treat!

As we drove along Interstate 80 in Nebraska all we saw were corn fields and windmills.

We arrived at our campground, Windmill State Recreation Area, outside Gibbon, Nebraska at 6 pm after 487 miles and 11 hours of driving.  Although this campground is crowded and each site is not that private it has showers and real toilets, something we haven't enjoyed since we left NH.

Heading West

Friday, September 21

We've spent the last two days just driving west on Interstate 80.   622 miles in 13 hours miles on Thursday and 572 miles in 10 hours today.   Traffic has been dominated by 18 wheelers and scenery by rolling farmlands in New York, Pennyslvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.  It is fall, so the soybeans have yellowed and the feed corn is brown, and in western New York we noticed migrant farmer workers were picking apples.

No photo worthy meals yet.  Lunches have been at Burger King & Culvers,  but our dinners have at our campsite:  corn chowder from the Littleton Coop on Thursday,  fish chowder from Sea Food Sam's tonight, French bread from King Arthur, and beer from Blue Moon.

Our night time entertainment was provided by the Sox who we've been able to pick up via the "At Bat" on our iPhone.

At the end of today's drive we crossed the Mississippi into Iowa at Rock Island.  Seeing the Big Muddy is always a thrill for this Missouri boy.  Our final ten miles took us south along west bank of the river, past grain elevators and petroleum depots.  Familiar sights from my youth.

Welcome

Yes, we're taking another road trip; it's one of the joys of being retired.  We plan to spend about a month on the road.  Until we get to Colorado, we'll be doing very little sight seeing, and lots of driving.  Once we cross the Continental Divide, we'll meet up with Alex and Alice and tour a number of National Parks and National Monuments in Colorado and Utah.

We have no reservations for this trip.  Joni's done lots of research, but we'll let our interests determine our pace.

Once we start back home, we will follow the old Route 66 through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, taking our time and enjoying the "Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America, or the Mother Road."  

It should be fun.