Thoughts from the road... Literally!
Many things cross a man's mind during a 12 hour dive through the flat lands of Iowa and Nebraska. How the simple things in life can become so grand. A freshly brewed cup of coffee from my own coffee maker to hit the road with just plain made me smile. The beautiful single stall clean, hot shower made me feel like a king. As our life has just become much simpler (at least for a while) the stress of everyday life is slipping away. "The beauty of adventure and fun is literally at our doorstep." We covered more than 600 miles today! Through land that pretty much looks the same... The road goes straight and there is no end in sight... Thankfully we have pulled into a small campground in a little town called Ogallala, Nebraska for the night. Sufficient facilities and nice hosts. As we set up we watched one of those incredible thunderstorm heads racing across the sky just to the north of us about three miles heading due east and sparing our camp from getting wet. The sky is dancing with magnificent displays of lightning and a funky orange/brown color? We are all tired and excited as we have only four hours to Rocky Mountain National Park and our first two night stay! Yea... Another simple but grand thing. Not to mention the looks on everyone's face as we watch the Rocky Mountains grow into the sky tomorrow. Love to all!
How's the camper up/down going? Photos of the process for us non-campers who are interested. I personally feel that you needed to spend a lot more time in Illinois! Land of Lincoln!
ReplyDeleteYou'll be seeing some snow soon. Record snows in the Rockies this year. Get those coats out.
You know they filmed " The Shining" at the hotel in Estes Park just outside of Rocky Mountain National park. Good thing you have the camper!
ReplyDeletemissing you guys, but thoughts of lightening storms, rocky mountains & coffee on the road make us smile too! keep on truckin'.
ReplyDeletexx..a,d & c
Had several snow ball fights (in our shorts)! The top of the mountain was 48 degrees.
ReplyDeleteThe ride was a white knuckle one, we were all giddy with fear!
Only have 3G access for a short time, will update soon.l
Sounds like somebody's been eating chips. lol
ReplyDelete"from the town of..Lincoln, Nebraska"