Our main
focus for today is buying a month’s worth of groceries before we park in Sioux
Falls, SD tomorrow. We know we will be
there through Labor Day in order to get all of the paperwork done to establish
our new state of residency. This is kind
of a test for us to see whether or not we can plan and carry enough food with
us for a month or more and still be able to eat as we normally do. Being able to do this keeps us from having to
make frequent grocery trips on the bike when we are parked for long periods of
time. Keep in mind that we don’t usually
eat out, so I plan on being able to get 40 breakfasts, 40 lunches and 40
suppers from what we bought today. We
also have to factor in toiletries, cleaning supplies and paper products.
We headed
north out of Kansas City this morning.
The trip through Missouri was filled with fields of corn and
soybeans. For a while the fields were
planted on rolling hills-very pretty. I
lost the best picture of the day when I forgot to put the data card back in the
camera. It perfectly captured the
rolling terrain, the sun and shadows were just right to accent it. Then the fields turned to huge flat fields
you couldn’t see the end of. At that
point Highway 29 seemed to be in a flat valley between two hilly areas. This corn is taller than it looks, the highway is raised above the field.
When we
crossed into Iowa I was amazed by the number of small to medium lakes and
swampy areas. To me the area wasn’t very
pretty, there were a lot of bushes and trees that were leafless and dead. Things just didn’t look as vibrant as they
did in Missouri.
Council
Bluffs, Iowa was our destination for today, just across the river from Omaha,
Nebraska. That will leave us with about
180 miles to get into Sioux Falls tomorrow.
We found the
local Wal-Mart and made our purchases.
Needless to
say, the freezer, fridge and pantry are filled to capacity. I was surprised that we only had to store 3
bottles of juice and some paper towels and toilet tissue underneath in the “basement”
storage area. After putting all of that
away I’m too tired to go out and take pictures of where we are this evening.
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