Today was spent dodging rain and loading up. The fridge is full and the kitchen cabinets, too. We've packed our two seasons of clothes and aired the tires. About the only thing left is to hook up Coors and load up Ditto and Joyce. Oh wait. Gotta take a bath and wash my hair tonight. Joyce gave me a haircut this afternoon and the itch is about to drive me crazy.
We made arrangements with Floyd today to look in on Oxford and the hens. The hens have just begun laying eggs, but Oxford just lays around. Not quite the same, but both will need some attention while we are gone. They'll be in good hands.
We leave out tomorrow. Our first stop - drive by, actually - is Big Brutus. I'm not sure why, but it's on the travel agenda. It's about 180 miles away so that should give Pumpkin plenty of time to tell us what hurts. If no complaints are registered, then it's on to Santa Fe Park in Chanute, KS (whoopee!). Well, that's all right. We don't want to start out too big. It might make the rest of the trip a let down. Onward and upward! South Dakota or bust.
