[2010 Alaska]
I woke up shortly before seven Central time to what I thought were a lot of planes flying over. After I thought about the multitude of planes in my semi-conscious state I realized that there must be something else making noise since towns in the middle of nowhere don’t usually have a plane rumbling through every minute or so.
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[2010 Alaska]
Cody is slowly working his way back to his five am wake up call. He was up by 6:15. Today we finished a state and lost another time zone. As of 10:30 we were only 998 miles from home! It is hard knowing that we could be home tomorrow if only the kids could handle more driving time, but I know that they are having a hard time dealing with all of the time they are sitting as it is.
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[2010 Alaska]
Our rei base camp 6 tent has been great. The only issues are a screen tear and a some fraying at the zippers. April did some handy patchwork to fix the screen.
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[2010 Alaska]
Bear? Moo-bear
We were driving along Route 52 in North Dakota and Scott with his Eagle Eye Park Vision spotted my favorite campsite yet. Again, this was not an actual campground, but it did have some trails, and some cows. Scott recorded some cute audio of Brooke giggling because when this calf was way off in the distance it looked and moved slightly like a bear. Okay, so maybe I am slightly bear-phobic because my bear mooed. One of our favorite authors is Sandra Boynton and Moo Baa La La La is one of our favorite books. Thus Scott keeps singing, “Moo Bear La La La.” Oh, and the sun finally showed up. YEAHH!!!!!!
[2010 Alaska]
See those “moo” bears up on the hill side?
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[2010 Alaska]
Scott came up with the idea of stopping at a farmhouse and asking if we could stay on their land. That isn’t something I would ever do, but opposites attract, right? Anyway, on his quest to find a farm we wandered down a gravel road and found an “Experimental Forest”. Anyone else ever stay at one of these? The only sign marking the forest was right in front of the overgrown drive. It had a pit toilet and plenty of wide open land. We have paid $20 for just as much, and this was free. We also had some friendly cows lulling us to sleep, and greeting us to another, you guessed it, rainy morning.
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[2010 Alaska]
Look Mom our clothes are getting cleaned!
[2010 Alaska]
We made it! We traveled for eight days following the Mississippi River. We started at 117,892 and we hit the headwaters at 119,000. It has been a beautiful (slightly rainy) trip.
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