On the Farm

We made it! We pulled into the family farm on Friday afternoon about 3:00pm. About a day ahead of schedule because of the weather across the country. A "white knuckle" trip for a lot of the way but we made it.

We parked the trailer at Don's barnside RV park and bistro. Enough travel for a while. The RV park has all the amenities including water, electricity and sewer hookups. Brother Don has done a super job of setting it up for us.

The weather is COLD! Spring in Minnesota is somewhat different than spring in Sacramento...... say about 40 degrees different.

On Saturday we took Dad for a airplane ride as a 90th birthday present. We saw the farm from the air as well as all the local sights. What a super time.

On Sunday we celebrated great niece Rachel's 5th birthday with all the family gathered for dinner and a party. A special evening included dinner, birthday cake and presents.


























This week is a week for celebration. Dad is 90 on Wednesday and loved ones are flying in from Seattle and Houston for the event. More reports at the end of the week. So..... for now ......send long underwear.... I'm freezing back here.

On the road again .....Part two

We spent a delightful evening Tuesday with our friend Pam after a easy drive from Winnemucca. It was great to see her again and catch up on everything. Wednesday morning dawned with light rain and a forecast that looked really bleak. So.... after much hand wringing we headed east on I-80.

This is what the canyon east of Salt Lake looked like from the front window of the truck. It doesn't look too bad except the road is covered in slick slush.

Part way up the canyon I had to use 4WD and from there on it was 25MPH and keep it on the road time.

We stopped at Little America about 150 miles east of Salt Lake for fuel and this is what the front of the truck looked like. It was totally covered in ice as was the front of the trailer. After the canyon event we did another 40 miles and ovenighted last night in Sidney, Nebraska. This morning it was on the road early and we are now near Omaha.

Tomorrow morning it's off to the farm... we should arrive there in the afternoon if we have no problems.

....... More from the farm later

On the road again

We left home Monday morning .... this is what we left at home. A gorgeous spring day after a weekend storm.

A short hour later this is what we saw.

And this! What a sight! 2 feet of new snow at the top over Sunday. The road was good and we spent the night in Winnemucca, Nevada

Today it's Salt Lake. The weather for the next two days looks a little shaky so we'll make a decision tomorrow morning to head East or spend a couple of days here.