Onsted, MI

We made it to our sons place and are with Randy, Kristi & DEVYN!!!!! We arrived Thursday afternoon after having our homes axles straightened and adjusted in Elkhart as one tire was wearing excessively. We also stopped in White Pigeon, Mi at Quadra Manufacturing to have some warranty work done on the hydraulic leveling system, Big Foot. It would always level the 5W but sometimes it would take 2 or 3 tries. The black box was replaced. We are staying in their house as we haven't set the 5W up yet. I think tomorrow I'll park it by the barn and plug into 20a service so we can run the fridge on AC rather than propane. We have been having a good time with Devyn. We are being put to work here! The last I remember work was a four letter word.

Elkhart, IN

We arrived in Elkhart early in the afternoon and are at the Elkhart CG. We have heard a lot about it but it's just a CG that's overpriced at $31 a night in our opinion. We are here so we can have the trailers axles checked and aligned tomorrow morning.

Utica, IL & Iowa 80 Truck Stop

I stop at no expense to show my wife a good time! I took her to the worlds largest truck stop this afternoon, Iowa 80. Why, it's the mans equivalent of the Mall of America. Even bought her a hamburger! Tim Allen would love it there.

The worlds largest truck stop and the trucker next to me parked in the travel lane!! Guess he/she couldn't find a parking spot huh?

We made it to Illinois mid afternoon and set up in a nice park southwest of Chicago.

Urbana, Iowa

Looooong day today. 290 miles. The trip on US20 in Iowa wasn't as nice as Nebraska. The first 50 or 60 miles in Iowa was VERY rough before it smoothed out. We are in some flat land as we could use the cruise control some yesterday & today, the last time was in Arizona. We were going to stop at a county park after 200 miles but we decided to keep going so the next 2 days will be under 200 miles each. We have an appointment for Thursday morning in Elkhart to have the axles checked as one tire has excessive wear. Friday morning we have an appointment in White Pigeon, MI to have the Big Foot checked out as it is taking 2 or 3 tries before it auto levels.

Laurel, Nebraska

We had a great trip today, 200 miles, on US20 from Valentine to Laurel. We went from the Sand Hills area, large hilly grasslands with LOTS of cows and rolls of hay to small easy rolling hills with corn and, I think, beans. We were going to stay at a state park in South Sioux City but passed by a nice city park with 5 cement pads and 30a service so we filled our water tank from a city faucet and set up home. Ya can't beat a nice $5 a night site like this one. We went into town but the side walks were rolled up and locked away for the day.

Judy even drove for the first time in several months. Our neighbors are from St Augustine, FL but are originally from Detroit. They are in a class B on their way to Alaska. We are looking forward to another nice drive on US20 in Iowa tomorrow.

Valentine, Nebraska

We pulled out this morning at 8:45 and arrived in Valentine, Nebraska mid afternoon Central time. This is a one night stand, an economy ($15) Passport America CG next to the BIG cattle auction yard, that's our neighbors in the picture. The auction house plays a recording of oldie's & country songs and fair ground PA recordings all the time, I assume it's purpose is to calm the beasts. It's working on me too. Judy doesn't like it here because the BIG flies like her too much.

All these cows are making me hanker for a nice steak.

Custer State Park

Today we visited Custer State Park with Deb & Gary on our last day here. The park is known for it's tight tunnels and wildlife. The tunnel picture was of the taller & wider tunnel. There were so many people crowding around & taking pictures at the tightest tunnel I didn't think it was prudent to stop there so ya got pics of the roomy tunnel. Tour buses were even squeezing through but scrapping their mirrors! Gary was disappointed, me too, that we didn't get to see a large herd of buffalo but he did get acquainted with a couple burros.