Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Our tent is AWESOME

There were two raccoons fighting (we think), what sounded like a few feet from our tent through much of the night. The park was pretty packed with wildlife, actually -- just driving the campground loop we saw some raccoons, narrowly missed a skunk, and a MYSTERY BEAST climbing a tree. And of course the giant, roughly spherical raccoon at our site. MYSTERY BEAST aside, nothing unfamiliar to the East. Looking forward to those prairie dogs in Wyoming.

It poured overnight but the rain abated long enough for us to set up and break down the tent. Nothing much today -- on 80/90 through western Ohio, Indiana (our first time zone change!), and into Illinois (we'll post this from Chicago).

Lauren biting a giant apple at a cute roadside stand. Which sold California-grown fruit. (The locally-grown strawberries were pretty good, though.)

Indiana!

Lauren loved these irrigators. I took this picture just after she got yelled at for climbing on one and steering it around the circle.


We pulled off 80 onto a genuine dirt road.

I'm wearing a San Francisco t-shirt. Yee-haw!



By the way, this is how stuffed the car is.


(Oh and Lauren didn't really climb on anything, Katie.)

-- Donald

Miles traveled: 773 (is that all?)

5 comments:

Papertowns said...

Mom: Smoking weeds are bad for your health. she also says to call your mother...often.

Carly: um...ok mom, anyway, it sounds like fun, and i expect much squealing when you see prairie dogs. (aren't they cute?) love the huge apple too.

Unknown said...

Love the blog, but the personal call this morning was GREAT!

Bbear said...

I like that the East Harbor State Park has on its homepage a picture of a beach that wouldn't be out of place in a Caribbean island brochure.

Congrats on the progress! It sounds like a bunch o' fun.

Bbear said...

Oh also, Anjee is from Indiana.

tara said...

im glad to see you packed your helmets, my loves! lauren..you better wear yours!

looks like they are doing a good job protecting the rest of the luggage.