So home we go. We pulled 500+ miles to land at the Fishberry Campground in Valentine, NE on Monday night. We barely pulled in and a big rain storm hit. No wind but just the wonderful sound of rain on the roof. These small RV parks in the middle of nowhere USA are amazing. No, they don't take a credit card when you call. You just pick up an envelope under the front porch of the office and put $25 cash in it to stay the night. It's off-season so the rate is low for such a charming campsite with a full hook up...except for TV of course.
We pulled out around 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday and headed to Armour, SD to meet up with some friends we met at Gulf Waters, Sharon and Carter Weise. We pulled in just in time for lunch, walked to the local restaurant, where the blue plate special of the day was a special local sausage, sauerkraut, bread with butter and macaroni salad. Carter and Sharon are very interesting people and the former mortician's in town. She currently has a huge antique store, while Carter manages several buildings in town. She is very active in the Mayflower Pilgrim Society, for decedents of the Mayflower.
They live in a charming old home where her grandparents lived in the historical district of this small middle of nowhere town. We had a wonderful tea type dessert at their home after lunch, said our goodbyes and then headed out to our last stop on the trip.
We drove a few hours to Summit, SD, where we first missed the turn to the RV park and ended up having to back across a road to turn around (always an adventure with 55' rig), but where Google Maps directed us, we would have wiped off the AC from the top of the rig going under the local train bridge.
Finally, ending up at the County Line campground, we were greeted by the hosts, who were both missing all their teeth, but they were incredibly, nice and hospitable folks who helped us settle in and later came by to make sure everything was okay.
As I type, the chocolate chip cookies are baking, the sunset to the West was magnificent and we are sad to say 'goodbye' to our last night on the road for this trip. What a great journey and adventure we're blessed to have had this year in our rig with each other.
Gil is busy reading a tractor magazine he picked up, and the cookies are calling. Another night with no TV but that's OK. Tomorrow we head a short distance to Fargo and then roll home to the lake saying goodbye to the adventure for now.
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