Kansas Prairie and on to Nebraska

Today we got a late start because I left behind a bag with some essential items and had to make a quick Walmart run to replace them.  Quick meant twenty miles each way.  Once we got rolling the roads were exceptionally good and almost empty and we made pretty good times.

I am always surprised at how much open, uninhabited land we have in the United States.  We traveled several hundred miles today and most of those miles were through wheat and corn fields, stretching as far as the eye could see.  Harvesting was going on in the wheat fields and the combines blew beautiful arcs of golden dust into the sky.  The corn is intensely rich and green.  

We decided to make a few extra miles today and ended up in Grand Island, Nebraska, famous for the hundreds of thousands of cranes who migrate through each spring.  We stayed at the county park in a beautiful large spot with full hookups.  Fifty amps is essential right now so that we can run both air conditioners. The very bright sun and 90 degree temperatures make it difficult to keep the motorhome cool.

The park was on a well paved bike path that followed the river and flood diversion area and went through the college and downtown   

I didn't feel up to cooking tonight and just defrosted the last of this year's crawfish bisque.  Breland had no complaints.  By the time I got to take a photo of his bowl it was almost gone!

 Mileage today 347 miles

37.6 gallons in the tank this morning

$2.82 a gallon  for  a total of $106 

Yesterday's MPG 7.82  because we ran the generator for most of the drive.