Blog for Trip to New Mexico. 10/3/14
12:30 pm. Day 1
Heading south and then west. Southern Iowa is different from the northern part. Many hills and deep river valleys. It is definitely not as fallish with the majority of foliage still green yet starting to appear a little crispy. Lakes and rivers are full to capacity due to yesterdays rain. Big gusts of wind as we drive south. It is pushing us usually but occasionally we blow sideways as do others on the road. Pays to be alert.
610 miles
10:00. Day Two
No pictures taken yesterday, even though we went through Wilson, Kansas, the Czech Capitol of Kansas and saw the worlds largest Czech egg. We passed many sorghum fields. We are in open country presently on the Santa Fe Trail. This morning we took in the historic marker of Pawnee Rock which is an unusual rock formation that signaled the half way point on the Santa Fe Trail from Independence, Missouri. Passed through a small town of Burdett, Kansas (population 237) that was the childhood home of Clyde Thombough, the astronomer who discovered Pluto. You may know or not that I met Clyde Thombough in 5th grade in my elementary school in Long Point, Il where he talked about Pluto and the discovery. I was gravely disappointed when they turned Pluto into a dwarf planet. But I digress.
We stayed last night in a Days Inn motel. We had originally decided to tent camp on this trip. We packed food, tents, sleeping bags, etc. What we didn't count on was the of night low temperature of 35 degrees. We were not prepared for that. Therefore we stayed at a nondiscript motel. We ate at a Mexican Restaurant recommended by someone at the motel. It was packed with people and the food was good. They were also serving $1.00 margaritas. We did not indulge in more than one.
Beersheba
Passed a cowboy rounding up some cattle and a ditch full of large tumbleweed.
Passed a prairie patch that was once the town of Beershiba that was founded by a group of Russian Jews. They could not make a go of it and it is now once again prairie.
Used a roadside outhouse that was completely compostable. No odor. Why are there not more of these? It uses sawdust as an organic material to break down refuse. I was impressed.
Blog for Trip to New Mexico. 10/3/14
12:30 pm. Day 1
Heading south and then west. Southern Iowa is different from the northern part. Many hills and deep river valleys. It is definitely not as fallish with the majority of foliage still green yet starting to appear a little crispy. Lakes and rivers are full to capacity due to yesterdays rain. Big gusts of wind as we drive south. It is pushing us usually but occasionally we blow sideways as do others on the road. Pays to be alert.
610 miles
10:00. Day Two
No pictures taken yesterday, even though we went through Wilson, Kansas, the Czech Capitol of Kansas and saw the worlds largest Czech egg. We passed many sorghum fields. We are in open country presently on the Santa Fe Trail. This morning we took in the historic marker of Pawnee Rock which is an unusual rock formation that signaled the half way point on the Santa Fe Trail from Independence, Missouri. Passed through a small town of Burdett, Kansas (population 237) that was the childhood home of Clyde Thombough, the astronomer who discovered Pluto. You may know or not that I met Clyde Thombough in 5th grade in my elementary school in Long Point, Il where he talked about Pluto and the discovery. I was gravely disappointed when they turned Pluto into a dwarf planet. But I digress.
We stayed last night in a Days Inn motel. We had originally decided to tent camp on this trip. We packed food, tents, sleeping bags, etc. What we didn't count on was the of night low temperature of 35 degrees. We were not prepared for that. Therefore we stayed at a nondiscript motel. We ate at a Mexican Restaurant recommended by someone at the motel. It was packed with people and the food was good. They were also serving $1.00 margaritas. We did not indulge in more than one.
Beersheba
Passed a cowboy rounding up some cattle and a ditch full of large tumbleweed.
Passed a prairie patch that was once the town of Beershiba that was founded by a group of Russian Jews. They could not make a go of it and it is now once again prairie.
Used a roadside outhouse that was completely compostable. No odor. Why are there not more of these? It uses sawdust as an organic material to break down refuse. I was impressed.
