The girls were watching some cartoons and I decided to make muffins this morning. I had only used the convection microwave one other time. This was going great until we couldn’t find the rack required for convection baking. After looking everywhere, I enlisted everyone to help me. We were all lifting and crouching in search…
Day 36 – Pomme de Terre State Park Lake, MO
Two drive days in a row is difficult. We are working on slowing down a little bit. So today Keith worked while we made pancakes, the girls found some friends on our campsite loop and I got a chance to mark out a path to Florida and research some school registration for the girls. We…
Day 35 – Leaving Topeka/Capital City KOA, KA and heading to Pomme de Terre State Park, Missouri—We’re not in Kansas anymore!
This is when I usually am annoyed that we did two one-nighters in a row, but what can you do when you need to get out of Kansas. Again, we set an alarm to get going and moved out at a pretty decent pace. As we moved, the landscape began to get a little hilly,…
Day 34 – Leaving WaKenney KOA, KA and headed to Topeka/Capital City KOA, KA
In the morning we got a late start because the time changed to Central Time (an hour not in our favor). I woke up almost at 8 am and after a work-out and pack up we slid out right before our checkout time at 11 am. The drive wasn’t as long so after set-up…
Day 33 – Leaving Standley Lake, CO and headed to WaKenney KOA, KA
We are headed out today with some quick jaunts across Tornado Alley (I know tornados can be anywhere, but Dorothy put a fear in me, and I don’t need to be in Kansas any more than we have to be! Woke up to a beautiful breeze and my loving guy brought me coffee and Anna…
Day 32 – Boulder, CO, and the South Family!! <3
I awoke to the sunrise over the lake and just laid in my bed (backward, because that is working) and listened to the geese and wind. Once we all had risen, we could still eat breakfast out of the fridge, but I realized I didn’t have ground beans to make coffee (dry camping = pre-grind…
Day 31 – Leaving Gunnison, CO and heading to Standley Lake, Westminster, CO
Driving through the mountains to get to Standley Lake was beautiful and diverse: arid, red rocky, lush forests, snowy peaks (lovely). We stopped at the top of Monarch Crest and took the gondola up to 12,000 feet for some beautiful views and crisp air. We took our time, got some free popcorn and rocks from…
Day 30 – Gunnison, CO & a Bday!
Happy Birthday, Anna! Someone had a birthday today and we filled the camper with balloons and hung the two banners we brought from home. I went out early to go shopping and got the requested breakfast (donuts) and a birthday cake. I had to go to two stores because Safeway didn’t have a bakery, so…
Day 29 – Taylor Lake Reservoir, CO with Kim, Ryan and their awesome kiddos!
We got going this morning by 9 am to head up to Taylor Lake (about a 50-minute drive) to Kim (an important friend/gang member from high school) and her partner Ryan’s campground. They were staying at a beautiful site with a view of the mountains and lake. It had a vault toilet that even smelled…
Day 28 – Leaving Red Mountain RV Park, Kremmling, CO and heading to Gunnison KOA, Gunnison, CO
Note: It’s been a while! We got wound up in the excitement of Colorado, friends, and Anna’s birthday! I’ll try to catch up in the next two days as we head across Kansas. Leaving this part of CO for another, we headed deep into big mountain territory. The climbs were fine and sometimes unnoticeable when…