We got to the campground last evening around 6:30. This is the alternative camping spot with internet, showers, and full hookups. We will spend a couple days here and move to the start of the ride on Monday (we ride out of there Tuesday morning).
Our third day we drove across Wyoming and into Kimball NE. We found a great little fairgrounds that hadn't seen horses since September so there was no chance of infection. The horses had a huge arena to run and roll and eat the grass along the fence line. Lincoln had rabbits to chase and Hula had grass outside the trailer to lay in. Best of all we found it by calling a KOA and asking where we could camp with horses, and one person sent us to another and on until we got a guy who said "Sure use our fairgrounds. We will come over to turn on the water." Great people here in the mid-west.
Forth day we actually drove across Nebraska - one big ass state. But it is flat and so the 520 miles were doable. And the views were wonderful, along the North Platt and then the Missouri river bottom lands. The audio book Doc kept us happy, and the horses loved the warmer weather: they finally had their windows open and blankets off.
The big event was the weather when we got here: tornado warnings and huge lightening storms. The Storm Chasers were right here on the road at the entrance to our campground!
The campground is actually not a horse facility but just a regular RV park with lots of acreage and a lake. They decided they could work with us here and we are slowly imprinting their pristine sites. But they couldn't be more accomodating and our 3 horses are in a big field in their electric fence, happy even through the (very warm) rain and lightening and wind. Hula and Lincoln get to run around and of course take full advantage of the lake.
Today is chores, laundry, gluing on the horse shoes and practicing our GPS skills. And hanging out with new friends - there are lots of folks we know and lots of new faces but the group dynamic feels great. Meet Ray and Holly from Virginia: Holly has done only 100 endurance miles to this point but always wanted to ride across the country. Ray is a retired phone company cable layer with lots of not so great stuff to say about unions.
I've set up our hotspot so Steve should be able to get internet access while I'm riding: keep those cards and letters coming.
Cheers.
Hi Debbie and Steve, congrats on making it out accident-free. Probably and hopefully the most dangerous part of the trip. Hope the weather clears up - nice and sunny here in SC although the ground is still soaked (been planting trees). Look forward to more of your adventures.
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