Late April, 2019

Another state that we had not visited yet- Missouri…pronounced “Missour-a” by the locals, and now us! Roaring Rivers campground – cool little place along a once roaring river, but now a lovely stream packed with trout. The river is sourced by a deep, deep spring and so flows all year round. There is a fish hatchery near the spring that keeps the river in trout, which keeps people coming here.
Then on to Oklahoma- Twin Bridges campground- this one was a challenge, especially with our Rhylee. A major busy road runs right through the campground one way and a major highway runs through it the other way, with a bridge on either side and a very busy railroad all night long…needless to say, this was a setback for Rhylee sleeping at night. However, there is always something fascinating wherever we go- these two rivers- the Neosho and the Spring are full of Paddlefish- they have a long spoonbill- and are pretty much pre-historic. They can grow to 125lbs! The state tags them and you must have a special permit to fish them and must report online if you catch one.
We couldn’t decide how to get through Kansas to Nebraska, and then could not find our AAA map of Kansas (before we left Maine the first time, while I still belonged to AAA, we picked up every map of US and Canada, or so we thought). There are no diagonal roads thru Kansas, so we decided to go west through Oklahoma and then turn north once we are beyond the busier east side.
Osage Cove Campground– Army Corp of Engineers massive Kaw Lake on the Arkansas River for flood control and now power generation with nice campgrounds on the shore.
Have I mentioned the tremendous thunderstorms down here in the south? Another one line of storms took the night passing through with incredible long, rolling booms and bright flashes. It let up long enough for us to leave and then drive through another band of heavy rain and thunder.
Supply Lake, another Corps of Engineers campground, Oklahoma. Quiet campground strung out along the shore of a flood control lake.
Kansas! another new state for us. Winter wheat, fields of sunflower stubble, corn and windmills…and…who knew? Pump Jacks for oil! We needed two new tires for the trailer and found a nice dealer in a small town that fixed us up. Cedar Bluff Campground in Ellis, KS- very quiet here, half empty, even on the weekend, and lovely warm, sunny weather.
Nebraska- well, we didn’t see much of it, but spent two nights at a state park that was rather lackluster, however it was very quiet and we got some much needed rest.

We still haven’t figured out how to get Rhylee to sleep through the night- trying an herbal anxiety remedy now…and that didn’t work and threw off his digestive system. He has an appointment with a vet in Park City when we get there.

Not many photos, huh? We did enjoy our time passing through these states, the weather was nice; we kept repeating spring. However, I guess between being over-tired due to Rhylee, and the scenery being nothing spectacular…we didn’t take photos…just you wait though 🙂