This morning we left Colorado, heading for Nebraska. It was a much easier drive with flat roads. The scenery wasn’t much to speak of with miles and miles of corn.
Speaking of corn, while we were watching the weather there was a story about how corn is making the heat worse because it sweats. An acre of corn can release 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water a day which increases the humidity. There are many Midwest states under a heat dome right now.
We arrived in Broken Bow, NE around 3:30 after losing an hour with the time change. We had barely gotten inside when the rain began. The local weather channel reported there was a tornado producing storm 9 miles east of Broken Bow heading south. We were thankful for that.
I have been in tornadoes when I was young and they are scary. While I was inside listening to the rain I heard a train. I panicked. Tornadoes often sound like trains. Tom was coming inside and I asked him if it was really a train. He assured me it was. There is a train track close to our campground. I am still on guard. The rain has brought the temperature down and I turned off the air conditioners for the first time since leaving San Diego.
But it was not all good today. Last night I smelled something funny, almost like WD-40. Tom thought he had gotten some ant spray on his clothes. We took off this morning and I still smelled it. We stopped for a break at a rest area and I saw something leaking but Tom said it was just the water from the air conditioner.
When we arrived at the campground, Tom left to get fuel and discovered there was a hole in the fuel filter and diesel was pumping out all over the engine. I’m not sure how we avoided a catastrophe but thankfully the local auto parts had a replacement and Tom was able to fix the problem. We should be good to go tomorrow.
One last thought, every morning Karen (our RV Life APP) always says “let’s go” after we turn it on. Her voice is lively and starts our day. I will admit this morning I was not ready to “go” at all. These long or stressful days of travel and only stopping one night are hard on all of us, cats included. I’m looking forward to Kansas City. We’ll be there two nights. It will give us a chance to rest a little.
Our journey was long today and filled with a little excitement but overall it was a good day. We are safely at our campground and the storms are moving away. May your journey be a good one as well.
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