Pulling Up Stakes

It was time to start our journey back home.  I checked Pumpkin's vitals and we got everything ready to roll.  I stopped at the dump station and did just that.  While there, we hooked up Coors, but ran into some difficulty with the lights.  I think there may be a loose connection inside the plug that plugs into Pumpkin.  I got it to working and it seemed to hold, so we'll try to get home with it as is.  I'll just have to keep a check on it.

So, here is where we spent the last four days at Ellsworth AFB.  A nice place for our headquarters.

Next stop was Minatare State Park near Scott's Bluff.

This was NOT one of Joyce's favorite spots.  While Ditto and I were at the park office checking in, Joyce got stung by a yellow jacket in the meaty part of her upper arm.  She had apparently trapped it there and it wanted out.  It got out.  Joyce was understandably a bit skidish the rest of our stay here.

But, we did get out for a Jeep ride out on "Lighthouse Point".  Nice spot.

The only problem (besides the yellow jackets) was the lake level was very low.  The lady at the office had explained the lake is filled by water off the Platte River, but only when floodgates are opened to do so.  Whoever controls it had let the water level go way down for some reason.  Then to add to it, the lake level had been way up over the summer, flooding much of the park.  So, when it went back down, it left a lot of debris and trash that had yet to be cleaned up.  I'd say on a more normal season this would be a very nice place to stay - if the yellow jackets move on.