Monday and Tuesday were traveling days. We left the RV park in Rapid City, SD, and drove about 11 hours to Jetmore, KS, where we parked for the night between the big trucks at a gas station. The route took us through Western Nebraska and Eastern Colorado. The roads in NE were at times rough and bouncy, but the roads in CO were even worse for driving an RV. Our RV coach is built on a Ford truck chassis so it rides pretty hard on bumpy pavement. The trip through Kansas was much more enjoyable as the roads were good. Tuesday evening we arrived in Mineral Wells, TX, and parked at a Walmart for the night.
Besides rough roads, the winds were fierce. We heard this is one of or the windiest year! At one point Heather was driving on a flat area of the country. Suddenly, without any warning, a violent wind gust pushed her into the oncoming lane on a 2 lane highway. Any oncoming traffic would have been a head-on collision. We really appreciate and don't take for granted any prayers you offer for us. (She looked in her rear view mirror and saw the semi following had the same thing happen - forced immediately into the oncoming lane.) Generally traffic has been light - a real blessing.
We found it interesting driving through "cattle country" much of the day. We saw large herds of cows grazing. We saw cows crowded into feed lots and the accompanying smell. We noticed signs advertising abattoirs, the cow's last stop before the butcher and your plate.
After another long day of driving, we are now about two hours from visiting our daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Scot on Wednesday. He's having another diabetes surgery on his foot.
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