Wisconsin at Last

We finely made it to Wisconsin on Monday. We couldn't get into our campground until Tuesday though. After we left Topeka on Sunday our next stop was in Des Monies, IA for the night. We stayed at Cutty's Camping Resort. From there we only had another 400 miles to go so we went for it. By the time we made it to Wisconsin we were both tired. The winds were strong and it made driving OWFISH a challenge. After we get settled in we'll take the Shangri-La out of storage by the end of the week and hopefully have her in the water by the end of next week. Click HERE for updates.

Our summer campsite at
Hilly Haven Campground
Cascade, Wisconsin

Topeka

We left Oklahoma this morning continuing our trek to Wisconsin. You couldn't ask for a better day to travel. There was no traffic and the weather was beautiful. Today's travels takes us to Topeka, Kansas for the night where we checked into the Capital City RV Park. This wouldn't be a bad location to visit Topeka if the sites were level. When I got the rig level the right rear tires were 4" off the ground. While here we visited with a cousin for dinner. If you like Mexican food El Agave Mexican Restaurant at 2222 SW Washburn is very good and there was no line to stand in on a Saturday evening. Tomorrow morning our trek north will continue taking us into Iowa for the night. We only have 652 miles to go but we can't get checked into our summer campground until Tuesday May 1st.

Everybody Loves a Circus

Yesterday we attended a circus with my sister Lovina, daughter Evon, 2 granddaughters Kristella and McKenzie, and our daughter's boyfriend's 2 children when the Carson & Barnes Circus came to Seminole, Oklahoma. Everything was wet and muddy as a thunderstorm pasted through before they set up the Big Top. Oklahoma's red clay mud was everywhere. Before the circus we visited with my Uncle Junior and Aunt Virgina and my cousin Ron and his wife Judy all from Seminole.

89'er Days

At high noon on April 22, 1889, the first of 5 land runs began that opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to the settlement of unassigned lands to white settlers. Some 50,000 people lined up upon the banks of the Canadian River which now is the small town of Lexington, Oklahoma. Yesterday the Town of Lexington celebrated this event with their annual 89'er Day Festival. It's been years since I last attended the 89'er Days so Barb and I took our 2 granddaughters Kristella and McKenzie to share in the festivities. The city closed off some of the streets and they had carnival rides and bands and street dancing. There were carnival food vendors, an auto and bike show, a parade, and gun fight reenactments in front of the bank. While there we hooked up with friends that we hadn't seen for awhile.


Afterwards we took a trip to Bricktown in Oklahoma City to see a movie and a walk along the Riverwalk. To end the day we had a Vietnamese dinner at The Lido Restaurant in the Pasio district of Oklahoma City.

Made it to Oklahoma

Well after driving 255 miles yesterday we finely made it to Oklahoma. We were going to leave Canton, TX on Sunday but after our friends came in from Presidio, TX on Saturday we decided to stay 3 more days before leaving for Oklahoma. Our daughter's boyfriend has some property on the out skirts of Norman where he put in an electrical hookup next to his barn. After I got the satellite dishes up this morning we headed into Oklahoma City for a Vietnamese lunch and then a movie with our 7 year old granddaughter. We plan on staying here for at least a week or longer.

Today marked the 12th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing that happened on this day on April 19th, 2005. I remember the day very well because I was just a couple of miles away when it happened.

This weekend we plan on attending the 89're day festivities in Lexington, OK. The 89're day festivities is a reenactment and celebration of the Oklahoma Land Run that started there in Lexington in 1889. The state is also celebrating it's centennial all this month after becoming the 46th state to join the Union in 1907.