Sat, April 12, 2008

We managed to get out of the house by 7:00 am, due to the fact that Dave got off work at 6am and we were mostly ready to go. The only thing we’ve discovered that we forgot is the fresh batch of juice sitting in the fridge. We had hoped to transfer a sleeping boy to the RV in order to get some driving in before he woke up, but Aidan was awake when we went in to his room. He was ready to ride in the big RV! He was very excited just to be riding for the first few hours. We took a brief break at a rest area, and then stopped for lunch at the Ankeny Diner. Aidan ate at least half of a pancake that was about 4” wide. The place was good, and it was fun to eat at a non-chain. Then one stop for gas before we rolled in to Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, near Ashland, NE. We arrived at about 3:30 pm, got checked in, and went to explore. It was too cold to do anything outside, in fact it was snowing before the end of the evening. We did stop to try filling our water tank, but the water keeps overflowing even through the tank is empty. We decided to check out the Activity Center. It was basically a big indoor playground, which was just what Aidan needed after riding all day. He played in the ball pits, and climbed up and down the various slides and things. We played for a couple of hours, and headed back to our campsite for dinner in the RV and Harry Potter 2 on TV. We put Aidan to bed in the back, but then converted the table to a bed and moved him there when we went to bed, so we won’t have to climb up top this trip.