The driving to and from different cities combined with going to a new museum, national park, or educational site etc…has left us with less “free” time then I thought we’d be having. Don’t get me wrong, it’s all been for the most part pleasurable , but it’s also been a lot of work and “grind”.

It’s a little pathetic but we bought pumpkins on Halloween and partially because we decided to drive from Wisconsin to Minnesota and partially because it’s been so cold we never carved them. So it’s been a week and was definitely…carve them today or throw them out.

We had a great little camp spot on Lake Shawnee in Topeka Kansas and more importantly there was ☀️ sun. Sunday was a beautiful day too, but we were at the game. Anyway, we had a mellow morning and carved the pumpkins in t-shirts, in 60 degree weather. Very exciting let me tell you.

Of course we then let them climb on top of the RV to drop them down and have them explode

Where are we going now? Where are we going next? St. Louis? I’ve been wanting to see the Missouri go into the Mississippi, but we look at the weather and it’s supposed to rain the next 2 days…

We have been planning to come home for Thanksgiving so we decided to head west and do Colorado and Utah while it’s still nice. We looked at the weather forecast and even though the night temperatures are cold it gets nice during the day so we’re taking advantage. So happy we did an about face because on our drive over this came up as a trending article.

Record lows dating back to 1872. Lovely.