We changed our plans and are staying in Iowa for two days. We are between a giant soybean field and a massive solar panel field. It’s a nice park and there are lots of cute sculptures and a couple of chicken pens.
This will give us a chance to regroup and rest. We arrived early, just after check-in at 1:00 p.m. and we have no plans, except maybe go see the new movie Fantastic Four tomorrow. Or we’ll just rest in our home and stay out of the oppressive heat. That’s the joy of taking some time to rest. We don’t have to go anywhere if we don’t want to. We’ve been in the truck for too many hours and it was wearing on us.
We did have some road construction today. Tom and I had a disagreement about the zipper merge. He hates it and I think it works well. He says it allows people to go all the way to where the road is closed and then cause problems. Which by the way what you are supposed to do using the zipper merge. I said if you do it right, it works well. I do agree though that people don’t do it right. But his repeated NO was enough to make me give up on that conversation. We passed Madison County and I would have loved to have taken a side trip through the covered bridges but I don’t think our 5th wheel would have been welcome. Another time, I guess.
On another note, I had forgotten how much I hate humidity. Living in Washington State for the past 18 or so years has made me soft, I think. The temperature is in the 80’s but the humidity is so high it’s like taking a shower outside. We had more rain today. There was a downpour at our site in Kansas and some along the way as well. We’re near a highway and I kept hearing what sounded like thunder but it was just the traffic.
I have ringing in my ears, (which I have feared getting since I was little). While I don’t much care for it, the good news is it sounds like cicada’s and crickets. So, I always fell like I’m at home in Oklahoma when it is at it’s worst. Last night I asked Tom if he could hear the bugs outside or was it the ringing in my ears. He said he could hear the ringing in his ears but then we decided there actually wear loud bugs near our campsite. It’s no fun getting old, my friends.
The sun is setting, (it sets a lot earlier here than it does in Washington) and we are comfy in our home for the next two days. It was a good journey today and I’m hoping your journey was a good one as well.
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