This was a stretch of about 1200 miles. I do the driving because I like to drive. Tony's day goes something like this: Have breakfast, "break camp", program the GPS for the next stop, take his mid-morning nap, wake up, go potty, make a few phone calls, take his late morning nap, stop to pump fuel and clean the windshield, have lunch, take his afternoon nap, arrive at next campground and hook up, have a bourbon, take a nap, eat dinner, shower and go to sleep. What a country!
We briefly passed through Arkansas, and stayed one night in Oklahoma, and Kansas on our way to the Colorado Springs area. Passed the 2000 mile mark for the trip so far.
This was the view from our campsite outside of Tulsa, in another Corps of Engineers Campground - this one was a whopping $7.50 for the night, thanks to Tony's Geezer Senior Pass. It's the Keystone Lake dam.
Passed an area with hundreds of windmills, and acres of corn framing it; It showed the juxtaposition of the past that we expect to see in Kansas, combined with new technology of today.
The night in Kansas brought a windstorm so bad, that the 15 ton motorhome was pitching and rolling. Being in Kansas, all I could think of was the tornado in The Wizard of Oz, but instead, our motorhome being pulled up the tornado! What an imagination! Tony closed the "slide outs", but I was so scared that I said the rosary!
It's been over 2 weeks now, and we are living in about 400 square feet. We can't escape! Within 24 hours, Tony knocked over red wine all over the counter, and dropped his shampoo which leaked all over the floor! What a klutz!
Today, he got me up at 5am so we could leave Kansas early, as we had an appointment for late am in Colorado Springs. We left before dawn, and lo and behold, we pass a roadside sign that says: Entering Mountain Time. So now it's an hour earlier! It was like getting up at 4am. Not funny.
Here's Tony cooking dinner:
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