On the road again

     We left on Wednesday and today are in Oklahoma.  Every day heading south we found interesting things to stop and explore.  The rig is traveling well.
    In South Dakota we walked to Spirit Mound north of the Missouri on the tall grass prairie.  It is where Lewis and Clark walked to get a better view.  You get the feel of the 6 foot high grass prairie walking there.  You cannot see a distance over the grasses.
    We stayed away from interstates and traveled well kept roads with crop after crop being harvested.  Corn in king in the midwest and milo is second.  In Kansas we learned that they have skyscrapers in every town (silos and grain elevators are called Kansas skyscrapers) and they have Kansas mushrooms in the central hills - bolders shaped like giant mushrooms left from the glacial age.  They also have fence posts made out of sandstone.  Wood was scarce but rocks were not in the glacial region.
     We visited a Pawnee Museum and learned that the Pawnee had permanent earthen lodge villages they used spring and fall for crops.  They were nomadic the other two seasons.  We stopped along the old Santa Fe trail to visit Ft Larned.  It was not restored from ruins for the fort was sold after 17 years to ranchers who through the years kept the stone buildings and used officers row as housing for themselves.  In 1961 the buildings were still in decent shape.  It was the best of the forts of the many we have visited so we spent 3 hours there having the rangers to ourselves to answer questions.  What great travel adventures!  I have bought a new camera so pictures are coming.  Sure wish I had a camera the last few days.