July 6, 2010

View of the day-Checking the rigs over outside Norton, KS just before we turn north to take the detour.

We got to sleep in again because we didn't have a lot to do until 3pm when we would be leaving town for good.

Marilyn decided to do laundry before we left, just in case we wouldn't have time to get any done right away at Winner. The laundromat had 6 washers and two dryers...perfect...there were 6 loads of washing to do. Marilyn started getting the first three washers loaded, then two harvesters came in and swiped the other three, so that was the end of doing all the laundry.

We went for lunch while the clothes washed, then came back to put them in the dryer...the harvesters had taken both dryers...missed getting them by 'that much'. We through the other three loads in and took the wet clothes back to the camper and constructed a makeshift clothes line out of the awning and some rope and hung them out to dry...without a wind.

Al got dropped off at the General to do a bit of fixing and cleaning while Marilyn went to rescue the washed clothes from the laundromat and discovered the dryers were free. She filled them with the clothes, then went back to the camper to get the ones on the line and throw them in the dryers. Once they were dry, she went back to the camper to get it packed up and ready to go...slides in, jacks up...ready for the truck to hook up and go.

After picking Al up from the fairgrounds, we got the camper hooked up and Al went to pay the tab. The lady with the bad memory who gave away our original camp site, told Marilyn it would be $15/night, then charged Al $20/night because "power rates had gone up"...in six days?

We went up to the fairgrounds to get the shop trailer hooked up behind the camper then set off for points north. The detour was pretty busy and there doesn't seem to be a shoulder past the white lines on the side of the road making for some surprises on the top of some of the hills...and there are a lot of those along the way.

We got to Ansley around 7pm and parked the General next to the Freightliner and discussed where we would stay for the night. There doesn't seem to be a lot of campgrounds and when we went through last year we had to drive to the next town to find someplace to park the camper. Al figured we might as well drive the extra miles in the other direction to Broken Bow and park at a motel for the night...no driving for internet. We got to the Americas Best Value in and ended up getting a suite with a whirlpool at a greatly discounted rate...bonus.

We walked over to Pizza Hut for supper and now Al is looking for the number on the back of the receipt to rate how the service was...needless to say they won't be getting a lot of "5's" on the 1-5 scale...he was not happy. First we were ignored, then when she brought the pasta, she set Marilyn's down and just has Marilyn had put a thick layer of chili peppers on top of it, the waitress told her she got them mixed up and that was "I don't like anything spicy"-Al's meal. Still, it was tasty...but they are going to hear about it.

We watched all day as the high storm clouds were forming to the north of us and are hearing about the severe weather that is happening around our destination of Hamill, SD.

Tomorrow could be interesting...