Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 - Travel Day with Unexpected Destination

With plans to move to a local private horse camp, first thing in the morning Hubby and I got into a discussion about whether or not that was the best move, and after awhile, we decided to change our plans and head back to Fort Meade for a few days. The weather forecast was calling for much hotter temps in Nebraska this week, with a cool-down this weekend, so rather than rush down to where it's so hot, or pay a really exorbitant amount of money (relatively speaking : -) just to take a trail we hadn't seen yet, we decided to do something for only the second time this season... go backward. At only $4/night at Fort Meade, and with running water where we can do some cleaning and laundry, track down some hay of which we're getting perilously low, figure out how to get parts to repair the damage to the awnings from our tunnel incident, and having access to the internet, this seemed like the most practical thing to do for a few days, maybe through Monday. We headed out of camp, made a few stops in Big Rapids for supplies, stopped at the rest area to dump, and arrived at the Alkali Creek camp again by mid-afternoon. The spot we left was still open, our neighbor Tom was still there, and the rest of the place was empty, it hardly seemed like we had left. We learned that Tom was planning on leaving tomorrow because his 14 day limit was up, he was heading up to Bear Butte State Park a few miles up the road. We also learned that the campground was "reserved" for the weekend by the Air Force, though we didn't know if it was the entire campground or just a few spots. In any event, word it these flyboys like to party hearty, so it isn't likely to be a very quiet weekend even if we could stay. So I guess it looks like we'll be heading out Friday, even though the temps will still be a bit higher than we had hoped, though by Monday they'll be down again. Filled the RV with water and did a couple loads of laundry, then settled in for a double feature once we got the satellite dish set up. A relaxing evening, which was nice. The dogs really like it here, they get to run around since Tom doesn't mind and no one else is here. Glad we made that decision, it's pretty warm here, but at least it's cooling down at night!