The Journey Home

June 11, 2021

We were up early this morning in order to leave by 6am since we had a 10 hour drive ahead of us back to Salina, Kansas. Things were going well, trying to be as quiet as possible as we were hitching up. Unfortunately in the process, Don inadvertently set off the truck alarm from the keys in his pocket. No shotguns were fired fortunately and we hurried out if there before we were run out!

We decided to drive through Oklahoma this time and all I can say is the state should audit what the toll roads are doing with the money collected. There were toll roads in Kansas and Missouri and as a consequence, we enjoyed nicely maintained roads. The toll roads that we were on in Oklahoma were terribly rough and we had to pay every few miles for the privilege!

With great weather and no problems we made it to Salina and the mosquitos welcomed us back. It seems like a little Red Robin was also glad that we were there. For some reason, this bird sat on the side mirror of the passenger side of the truck after we had parked and repeatedly flew down to the window seal and peeked in. At one point Don opened the door to make sure a bird hadn’t flown in and was locked in there. No bird inside so I guess our feathered friend must have fallen in love with his reflection!

June 12, 2021

Our robin friend was back again this morning but we hitched up anyway and bid him farewell to complete the last leg home. It had been a wonderful trip with great company. We are very happy that Gary and Karen suggested this trip. It turned out that Missouri and Arkansas were very beautiful places to visit and although it involved a lot of driving, that was truly the only way to really see the landscape and appreciate the area.

Our Robin friend