
Kathy here. Charley discovers grass! And loves it. Last night was spent in a remote, but beautiful state park in Nebraska on a lake and Charley and McKenzie rolled in the grass...McKenzie remembered what it was, but Charley was startled by this amazing new, soft phenomenon. Woke up this morning and spent our first hour driving around Lincoln Nebraska looking for some place to get our propane tank filled. Once that was accomplished, Paul got an important (aren't they all?) phone call and I had to take over the driving (I am confident on the highways, but not great in cities) and I must have come a little too close to some gentleman. Obviously a candidate for an anger management course, he then proceeded to follow me, flip me the bird, pull in front of me and slow down to 20 mph, make some more obscene gestures, etc, etc. This went on for about 5 minutes, with Paul completely oblivious. I thought all folks in the Midwest were friendly and all the nasty drivers were on the East Coast! Yuck..anyway, I pulled over and he finally tired of his games and moved on. Finally got on the Interstate 80 in Iowa only to get pulled over for having tinted glass on our windows, against the law in Iowa. Were we going to be moving to Iowa, the sheriff asks us? (does anyone actually move TO Iowa??) No sir, we are just passing through. Anyway, I escaped that confrontation (oh, he so kindly did not give us a ticket..??!) The rest of the driving was uneventful and rather boring...how many farms does Iowa have?? The only remotely interesting sights were a number of large, beautiful windfarms...hundreds of beautiful windmills, one after another, sitting majestically on large hills on both sides of the highway for miles. I saw this in the middle of Spain, but haven't seen comparable numbers here in the US...needless to say, we sure need them. (even in Nantucket Sound!).
OK, enough for today..I'm making Paul clean up from dinner. The doggies have been great...Charley can get a little anxious when meeting new dogs, but seems to be getting better. McKenzie could care less...she just want to know where is the food?
Off through Illinois tomorrow, landing past Toledo Ohio on Lake Erie somewhere. Wish us luck! We've had some tense moments and I wouldn't want to do this permanently, but it's been fun so far.
I have to say I love the labels associated with this post: assholes, grass and wind power.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a DANGLE family reunion....
Hey Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI remember some huge wind farms in the Mojave right there in your neighboring state. They are quite a sight and not an eyesore--especially relative to the alternatives. Is Iowa just corn? Wheat is more fun--you know, the amber waves of grain. So how about some details...birds, what do people do around there, photo of the sheriff sharing a coffee while discussing window tinting, etc.
See you soon,
Tom