Learning

Today wasn't our best travel day.

Of course, nothing bad happened. So, in that respect, it was a great day.

Another way to look at it is we got a very late start and had a long way to go when we were both already tired. We fought wind across a very boring state of South Dakota. And, bugs! Oh, God, the bugs! Add to that a time change where we instantly lost an hour, and by the time we arrived at R&R Campground in Mitchell, SD, we were beat. The plan was to spend a quick overnight and then move on tomorrow.

Then, we caught our breath.

You see, this is a decent park. It's not a destination place by any stretch of the imagination. But, it's a pretty spacious place with a level site, rock solid 50 amp power, smokin' hot wifi and decent cell service. In this first real town we've seen since leaving Rapid City late this morning, this place has everything we need. There's even a palace made of corn!

One of the things we want to learn in our second year as fulltimers is the art of slowing down.

So, sports fans, we're gonna' try it.

We've already decided we're going to spend at least two nights. We'll spend tomorrow stocking up on supplies and picking up at least one South Dakota cache. I might even roll the dice and get a hair cut. Then, we're going to watch the weather. It looks like Wednesday, our anticipated arrival day in Forest City, Iowa, might be filled with storms of the big, bad, nasty type. If so, guess what we're gonna' do?

Yep. We'll hang out here for yet another day.

When a planned overnight stop stretches into a two or three-nighter, isn't that a sign that we might just be learning to slow down?

We sure think so!