Ramlins

I sure did miss everyone .. as most know my Verizon data card died a very quick death .. Only I didn't know it .. I knew I wasn't getting a data signal but figured it was due to the remote areas we were in. I suspected something was wrong when we stayed in Golden, CO. I had 1 green bar and I thought I should do better than that as Golden is a suburb of Denver. But I confirmed it's death while in St. Louis, MO ..

We finally stopped at a Verizon store in Evansville, IN .. replacing my PCMCIA Data card with a USB Data connection .. which is newer technology.

Our travels were fairly uneventful and wonderful .. we pretty much stayed on 2 lane roads .. you see so much more and the difference in fuel mileage was about 1.5 mpg less than if we were on the interstate .. but we wouldn't have seen such great things and our travels would be over sooner.

Now finding diesel, hmmm .. prices sure did vary, so we'd go by the higher priced stations hoping to find less, which we usually did .. or we'd find a good price only to find we couldn't get in and out. One time we found a good price, did a U-Turn got in, only to find out it was off road diesel. This was on a main street in a big city.

At one point in MO we thought for sure we weren't going to find a station. I could not believe for over 100 miles no station. We were in farm country and you'd think they used fuel. Ken said since most owned farms they probably had their own fuel so they could fill up their farm equipment. We finally found a station. We took 33.5 gallons and we have a 35 gallon tank .. talk about close.

After we pulled out of that station we found 4 more, one after the other.

Our trip isn't over but it is sadly winding down. I don't have more oddities on my list to see, but that doesn't stop me from looking. I will continue to shoot as many pictures as possible. Most of them being shot through the windshield of a pick up truck.

I'm so pleased you have enjoyed our travels and the pictures I've taken. I've sent out many albums and have more to send.

If you've missed any, you can go to this link and see all the albums.