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That Cowboy of mine done roped and hog tied me and drug me away
from all this glorious weather almost a month ago.
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Well, okay, he wasn't quite that bad. But we did leave Duluth on July 18th.
And I really didn't want to.
But next year, if the good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise, we are planning to spend 6 or 8 weeks of the summer in the cool north.
Our last day there, as Tim was doing all the hard work of getting the 5er ready to travel, I walked around the RV Park and took a few pictures. River View is right on the St. Louis River. It's not a fancy place, but we felt right at home there, and we are considering going back to that same place next year.
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| The St. Louis River. Wisconsin is just across the river. |
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| Yes. The water really was that blue. |
The rest of our trip has been pretty slow, although we have managed to do a few fun things. Our next stop after Duluth was Eagle Cliff Campground in Lanesboro, Minnesota, but we drove through Iowa to get there.
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| The courthouse in Bloomfield, Iowa. Tim couldn't even stop to let me take pictures of their pretty square (no parking for the 5th wheel), so I took these as we drove past. |
After we left Lanesboro, we drove all the way to Branson, Missouri. That was a long, long day. First of all, those Missouri hills were really hard on the old blue pickup. It just wasn't running very well. At times we weren't sure it would even make it up some of those hills.
Then, the fifth wheel had a blow out. On the driver's side. With very little room to pull over to fix it.
But Tim went right to it, and I tried to direct traffic around him, all the while praying for safety. We hadn't been at it 2 minutes when a car that had just passed us turned around and stopped behind us. The young man went straight to Tim, told him to get out of the way, and proceeded to change the tire, while Tim basically watched. His wife put on her orange vest (she's a paramedic) and stood right in front of me to direct traffic.
So don't anyone ever try to tell me that God doesn't answer prayer. Those two were a direct blessing from God. Sure turned our day around!
And you know what else? Old Blue did make it to Branson, and has been running pretty good ever since. But we're still going to get it looked at by a good diesel doctor when we get home, then we will decide if want to have it fixed or bite the bullet and get a new (or used) one. After all, it is a 2002 model. Yep, we buy 'em new and drive 'em til they cain't be drove no more.
At Branson, we kind of took it easy and only saw two shows, Million Dollar Quartet at the Welk Theater, and The Six Show at the Hughes Theater. (You can click on the titles to see previews of each show on YouTube). They were both really entertaining. But I guess Six will always be my favorite. This was the fourth time we've seen it.
My other favorite show in Branson is Smoke on the Mountain, but we skipped that one this time.
After we left Branson, we went to Millwood Landing RV Resort near Millwood Lake in Arkansas. That was another long day's drive, and now that I think of it, the pickup had some trouble on those hills, too. Again, we just took it easy at Millwood. I've posted about this campground before, we go here a lot. We did go out to eat at the Fish Bowl one night.
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| I took a picture of their sign because I thought it was so creative. The food is good, too. We had the catfish. |
So, on to Glen Rose, Texas. Thank goodness the roads between Ashdown and Glen Rose are pretty much flat. This was another long day of driving. But we did get to stop at Buccee's, and that's always a good thing.
And, now, you are pretty much caught up. It's been a wonderful summer, full of blessings and awe at all that God has created. Tim got to play a lot of golf, I got to take a lot of pictures, and we both learned some new things about our nation and the amazing people who live here.
But it sure will be good to get home!
