Tonight we are staying in a cabin on Falster Farm (http://falsterfarm.com/). We had to leave our RV out on the road for the night. I’ll explain later. Continue reading
From Winnsboro, TX
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From Bartlesville, OK
Last night we slept with the windows open all night, and this morning we kept hearing an occasional Thwok! sound. We figured out it was a bird trying to get in our window, but we couldn’t actually see him till we sat down for breakfast. He came right up and sat on our window ledge for probably half a minute or so, having a good look at us as though we were animals in the zoo. We said hello to him and he flew into the tree next to our window. Continue reading
From Nebraska City, NE
We planned a short day of travel today and it was a good thing. This morning Mark was catching a heavy crosswind from the southeast that made driving difficult. We stopped once to get gas and a little after that we stopped at a rest area so he could relax his grip. Fortunately, as soon as we left the rest area the highway turned southeast so the wind wasn’t hitting us broadside. Continue reading
From Newton Hills State Park, SD
In case you’ve been following our journey in your road atlas, here’s the route we took today: We drove east from Jamestown, ND to Fargo, ND. Then we turned due south and made a stop at Home Depot in Sioux Falls, SD. From there we continued south for a few more miles and took the exit east to Canton, which on my map appears to be right on the border with Iowa. Then we turned south a little way further to Newton Hills State Park. Technically I suppose I could have put Canton, SD in the subject heading, but we’re actually not that close to Canton. So now that you know where we are, here is today’s story: Continue reading
From Jamestown, ND
This morning we stopped in at Bob’s Body Shop on our way out of Glendive to have him remove the tape that was holding our windshield in place while the glue dried. He told Mark to turn on the defrost and warm the windshield up to make sure the glue was set. From Glendive to the border of North Dakota is about fifty miles. We didn’t even make it out of Montana before a rock hit the new windshield and chipped it. I really dislike Montana! Continue reading
New windshield
When we took our RV in to get the new windshield this morning, Bob the body shop man discovered that ours is the kind that has to be cut out and the new one glued in. He almost turned us away. His son was willing to tackle the challenge but told us we’d need to leave it at the shop all day. Continue reading
Walkabout
All Mark and I are waiting for now is to get our new windshield installed. It finally arrived at the body shop today and will be installed tomorrow. In the meantime, I felt the need to go for a walk today so I convinced Mark to take me on a photo shoot. Here’s the result: Continue reading
A bad ending
On our last day of work, as we were driving away, Mark and I had an impulse to stop at the beet pile where we almost got smished by the boom and toss our helmets as high as we could. It was like tossing your graduation cap after spending several years of hard study. It was like saying, “We were here!” Continue reading
Compare and contrast
My friend Cindy sent the pictures from our last day. I thought I’d juxtapose a couple first day pictures with a couple last day pictures: Continue reading
We survived!
Today was our last day of work!!! So few farms were bringing beets in that Todd asked if there were any volunteers who would like to be done today. Mark and I were the first to respond. We volunteered yesterday, so today we were counting the hours. We don’t have to set the alarm for 5:00 tomorrow. Yay! Continue reading