Day 7 On the road (again)!

Day 7 Madison, WI to Lincoln, NE

 Our detour out of Zeus’ way took us across a swollen Mississippi River, thru the land of the wind turbine, sprawled across the hills of western Iowa.  They were soo large, yet graceful.  By and large, an uneventful drive to Nebraska.  This was Dad’s first full day of riding, so he was feeling a bit queasy by the time we arrived in Omaha.  We found that sleep can cure all that ales you!

There were a few Triple D locations in Omaha, Nebraska (can you believe none of them were steak places?), but the good spots closed early that day or the ratings were so poor it didn’t really warrant a stop.  One of the good spots, Mama’s Kitchen, offered to take our order and have it for us an hour after they closed if we could make it in time.  It was one of those days we were praying for a time change so that we could make up the hour needed to put our hands on some good ole southern cooking!  It was not to be….

In order to make Dad feel right at home in the heartland of America, we stopped at a Korean restaurant and enjoyed a pretty good Korean meal!  Who’d of thunk it?

Traveling further down the road to Lincoln, Nebraska we began to realize that there was no way to avoid the chill of the front coming through even with the detour that took us further south.  Our RV, let’s call her Betsy (nothing says Americana like Betsy, right?), must have figured something was up because after checking in to the RV Park and hooking up, the propane tank failed to connect (meaning instead of the warm toasty heat we’d experienced the night before in Madison, we had cold air blowing…yikes!). 

Uhhh, 22 degrees and no heat for the evening?  Not my idea of a fun night of camping…After several attempts to make the heater work (we even changed sites), we placed a phone call to Cruise America, which resulted in more testing, to no avail.  This led to a late evening trek to Walmart to pick up personal heaters (an authorized purchase!).  Once back at the site, wouldn’t you know it, the short run got everything all fired up and working again.  So there were a couple hours out of our day to make the night an interesting (yet WARM) one.  BTW, remember sleep being the cure all? Dad slept thru it all and felt quite refreshed the next morning;-)

Bailey's Perspective (drive to Madison, WI) 

After approximately 21 dog hours of driving, we stopped.  I had to take care of business and it was already getting dark outside.  Korean Grandpa knew I had to go because as soon as we stopped, he said “Bai-ry, let’s go.”  I know he means to say Bailey but I guess he has a hard time pronouncing Ls or something.  Its all good Grandpa, I hear you loud and clear every time you call my name. :-)  As soon as I jumped off the RV and looked around, I immediately thought to myself “we are completely lost.  This is not the right place….This had to be a mistake.”  You see, we were at a RV Park.  There was a whole bunch of other RVs and Big Buses parked all around us.  We (mommy, daddy and I) don’t like to camp outdoors and we never go camping, unless it is “Glamping” (i.e. hanging out in the park/woods during the day and sleeping at 5 star hotels at night).  With that said, it was already late and we were stopped at a RV park for the night.  What is going on here?  I quickly took care of business and came back in the RV thinking it might just be a potty break stop. But sure enough, we started getting ready for dinner…..so, I knew this was reality.  Wow, who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks….. I just learned how to camp in a RV park.  After dinner, I went to bed, hoping that I don’t have any nightmares related to camping in the woods or something crazy like wild animals trying to bite me or something…….  Nite nite.

All day drive to Lincoln, NE.

We had breakfast early in the morning and it was really good.  I had 3 strips of turkey bacon, a boiled egg and a little bit of wheat toast.  I think everyone had the same thing.  I don’t know why or I can’t seem to recall when it started …… I can’t stand the smell of regular dog food anymore.  Frankly, it smells…… what do you think? Well, it smells like dog food and I don’t like it anymore.  I love eating a mixture of human food and dog food.  And since Korean Grandpa is traveling with us, I know he will feed me really well.  After breakfast, we started driving again…... this time, we drove forever and ever.  When we finally stopped, we were at another RV park.  Am I dreaming or something? Did we just drive around in circles to confuse me? Or is this the nightmare that I was afraid of?  Either way, this is a cruel introduction to camping….. I don’t like it at all.  I MUCH prefer glamping.  Nite nite…..