The Long Road Home

We woke somewhat early Wednesday morning, most suffering from the effects of spending an evening with college age kids.  At A - A the workers can not hang out with the guests unless they are invited by a guest.  So after a delicious dinner, we invited a few of Justin's friends, via Justin, to hang with us in the Round Room.  We enjoyed an evening of good conversation, and drink.  I wish it had been cool enough for a fire, because dead center in this huge round building, is a very large round fireplace.

Jeremy, and Mark took advantage of the time we had before lunch, and went fly fishing on the river.  Kelsey, and Terri went along for the adventure, but with no extra fishing poles and a bit of chilly rain, we opted for playing games in the Round Room.  Lunch was served, good-byes were said after a quick photo op, and we were on our way.

Our evening was spent in a KOA near Grand Island, it was a nice campground nestled in the cornfields of Nebraska.  3:00am, YES AM we were rolling again!!!  We awoke to the sound of raindrops on the roof, and a bit of thunder, plus a lightening show that put the 4th of July Fireworks to shame.  This storm kept us entertained for the next several hours, well into daylight.  We felt somewhat like storm-chasers.  Being held this week was the big bike ride called Ragbrai http://ragbrai.com/tag/ragbrai-2011/ . Check out the website, it's a pretty popular event for Iowa.  Maybe one day we'll try it!  As we catch you up on yesterday; and today's events we are at this moment in Kickapoo, IL.  We hope to make it to Indianapolis this evening.  For an easy on, and off we have been using KOA Kampgrounds for our traveling rest stops.  The ones we've encountered thus far have been great, a bit of road noise since most sit right off the highway, but all in all great places to stay when traveling.