Well might you ask where Clive is - if I had written Des Moines, perhaps it would have given you a better idea. We're in a suburb on the western outskirts of Des Moines. Left Centennial this morning at oh-dark-thirty heading east. Woke Paul and Sandy up to say goodbye, but I'm willing to bet that they went back to sleep shortly after we left :-).
We had a great time visiting Paul and Sandy - played golf at Saddle Rock (18 holes on Friday) and then nine holes at JFK on Saturday morning. Enjoyed the weekend with them, good food, conversation, and camaraderie.
Took C470 up to I-76 and hooked up with I-80 in Nebraska near Julesberg. Crossing Nebraska on I-80, we started out at 5250' altitude, so it was downhill all the way. Should have been able to just put it in neutral and let it coast all the way to the Mississippi - guess it doesn't work that way. Countryside was all corn fields and cattle ranges as we followed the South Platte and then the Platte all the way east to Omaha. Crossed the Missouri there and drove on to Des Moines.
Stopped for a blizzard in Lincoln (no, it wasn't a snowstorm, just a DQ for lunch). The Platte River is like that old saying - "Too thick to drink and too thin to plow".
One of the few glitches on our trip occurred when we left Paul and Sandy's. You know how I'm always saying you can reach us via my cell phone, well, that ain't exactly true for the next several days. I left my cell phone at P&S and they are sending it to Tim - our next family stop. If you need to get in touch with us, you'll have to call on Vi's cell phone (775-742-9732).
Made good time today and we hope to get through Chicago into Indiana tomorrow. May stop and play golf, but we'll see how the traffic is. Looking forward to our next stop in Rochester at midweek.
"too thick to drink and too thin too plow" has got to be a saying you heard from Vi.
ReplyDeletewe urbanites never heard that expression