(DISCLAIMER: Stop reading if the thought of legless reptiles bothers you)
On my bathroom once we were in the campground, I came about a foot from stepping on a pretty decent sized snake. I just sidestepped it and kept on my way, then regretted not looking at it more closely since I don't even know if it was a rattler or not. It wasn't startled by my presence at all, which I guess was a good thing. We have been watching where we are walking very carefully now.
-Miranda
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Yesterday we went to the Pipestone National Monument. Nothing too exciting, but the trees were neat, and lots of pink rock.
We drove a long time yesterday to reach the Pierre National Grassland. This isn't too far from the Badlands. We are going to stay here for the day since it is a holiday weekend and we have great internet. The Grassland is basically like National Forests in the sense that you can basically 'camp' anywhere, except there are no trees. . . Also, it seems people can farm? Weird. The first road we went down and almost parked down was right along farm fields. It was really weird, so we decided to cross 83 (the main highway that runs through the Grassland) and take the more rutted, non-graveled road. We are now parked on top of a hill. We have let Lucy and Curly out to explore. It's pretty windy and they are just hanging out by the RV.
-Miranda
Our parking spot in the Grasslands.
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We drove until about 10:45pm, until we reached the Rum River State Forest. We drove down a rode and found a parking area, so we stayed there last night. Unfortunately, the kitties were noisy, it rained and we were woken up by mosquitoes, so Joe and I didn't get much sleep. Jenny is apparently a heavy sleeper.
We decided to head out since we were afraid that we were letting in tons of bugs. We left at 6:20am. We are currently sitting at Pipestone National Monument while Joe naps. While I was starting to type this, I heard Zoe playing, so I looked over and she was playing with a live mouse.. . . Well, I guess we don't have to worry about that mouse that I saw running around in here before we left that I couldn't get to anymore. Instead of letting her kill it, I brought it out across the road and into the grass. It's definitely nice not having that problem to worry about like we did last time.
-Miranda
Here are photos of each of the kitties during our first night of travel.
Pickles hid in the 'kennel' underneath one of the table's benches. She didn't come out until long after we stopped moving. She's been better today. I took this photo by just sticking the camera in there and hoping to get her.
Zoe decided to hang out down there too most of the time. She now wanders the RV a bit while we are driving. She even comes up to the front meowing. If you pet her, she turns around and heads back. Apparently that was all she wanted.
This was Lucy's favorite spot before, so it looks like she's claimed it again for this trip.
Curly doesn't seem to sure about this whole thing. He lays basically wherever.
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We spent the day cleaning and packing up the RV some more while we waited for UPS to show up with a package. It didn't arrive until about 5:45. I didn't get the house cleaned up (sorry Mary), but we were otherwise ready to go when the package arrived. We left at about 6:00, drove down 13 about 1 mile, then realized that we had forgotten Joe's wallet at the house. So, we had to head back to grab that, then we were off again! We are now heading through Jay Cooke State Park. We will be heading down I-35 until Hinckley, then taking 23 diagonally across MN until we reach I-90. Because of the late start, we'll have to find someplace to stay along the way.
So far, the cats are all doing great in the RV.
-Miranda
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Well, we have decided to drive Jenny back to Salt Lake City via the RV rather than buying her a plane ticket. We plan to stop in Rochester to visit Rebecca and Andrew and then we'll be heading through South Dakota to see the Badlands. Jenny has to be back by June 4th, so we'll have some time to check things out along the way back and even stop in Colorado to visit Fara again.
So, my job today is to work (as usual) but also to get the RV packed up and clean the house. Woohoo!
-Miranda
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