It's time for our road trip! We started out with the camper, heading west to Moose Jaw for a visit and to attend the Meatloaf concert, which had been sold out, but we had managed to get tickets for. The morning we left, we were fighting a strong SW wind, which made the going pretty slow...just the start to the jinxy day.
We made it to Moose Jaw, went to the campground that we had booked a spot in, only to find out there was no sewer hookup for our spot and the campground was full. No problem, they told us, they have a dump spot that we can use. We decided to dump all the tanks before we got parked and after looping around a couple of times to get the camper facing the right direction through the narrow aisles...the dump station was locked and there was a sign stating we needed to get a key from the office. We would do without dumping.
We get to the camp site, get backed in to the spot and start hooking up the water. The valve must have frozen during the winter because the water was spraying from several locations which cut the main pressure down quite a bit. No problem, we just snagged water from the neighbors.
We took a tour out to the Sukanen Pioneer Museum, south of Moose Jaw, to check the lay of the land for the upcoming Pioneer Days and Red Power Roundup in July. We will be setting up some tables of toys, along with Roger and Linda Miller, July 16 & 17. They have primitive camping and we thought we would see if it would work to just stay out there during the show, but opted to stay in town.
The museum looks like it will be quite interesting to nose around in while we are there and we were surprised to see the field across from it in heads already!
We were all ready to see Meatloaf. Al had secured parking that was not too far from the stadium, so we proceeded to walk over. Marilyn got a text from her friend who was already there which said "the show is cancelled, Meatloaf is sick". We didn't believe her until we started walking a bit further and the foot traffic coming back from the stadium was heavier that those head to it.
We asked a few people and it had been confirmed. We sat on the parkbench on the corner of Main St., watching everyone go by for a while, then went back to the camper. It had not been a good day.
Sunday, we packed up the camper, got the key and cleaned the tanks before heading south. We could have taken a shorter route, but opted to add about 15 miles to the jaunt so we could cross the USA border at our old familiar spot. We kind of know what to expect there.
Once we were through the gates and waved on, we made Minot our first stop. Pizza Ranch and supplies at Walmart. We left there at 7pm and started driving, thinking we would at least get into South Dakota and stay at the campground in Herried. Nope. It was full, so we kept driving til midnight when we pulled into the town park at Gettysburg.
Today we were hoping to make it to Lacrosse, KS and even though we started out a lot earlier, it seemed Nebraska would never end. It was hot, but at least the traffic was light and we made good time. The sun was just starting to hit the horizon when we made it to Phillipsburg where we decided to pull the pin for the night. At least here we have enough juice to use both airconditioners, water pressure to paste you to the shower wall and an unlocked dump.
And we finally got our Sonic milkshake...
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