Sun, April 13, 2008

It was really cold overnight! We’ll have to try cranking the furnace up a bit tonight, and will have to check temps before deciding to stay anywhere without electricity. We figured out that it would cost roughly the same to pay for an RV park as it would to run the generator 8 hours, making the “free” overnight parking not much of a deal. We got up just before 7, thanks to Aidan. He also got up once overnight and carried his pillow back to our bed. Dave gave in to the cuteness and let him in, but we soon put him back in his own spot so we could get back to sleep. In the morning, we had some breakfast and got some work and playing done in the RV. Aidan pointed to the TV and said “Harry Potter” for the first time. We had to explain that it was not on this morning. We finally made it on the road around 9:30. We stopped for lunch at a rest stop. It was slightly warmer, but we still weren’t leaving the RV for much more than to run in to the bathroom. We took a long gas stop in the afternoon to let Aidan run around a bit, and try to check out a few things online. Still no luck fixing the water. We figure there’s a valve somewhere that didn’t get opened again when the RV was de-winterized. The drive across Nebraska is very straight, flat, and boring. It was good for being able to use the cruise control, but not good for entertaining either driver or child. There were a lot of cute baby cows, though. We ended up at Cabela’s Campground in Sidney, NE for the night. It was finally warmer! We were out walking without jackets on. We stopped into Cabela’s to register and picked up an indoor/outdoor thermometer. We then tried to have dinner at a local restaurant, but it was closed on Sundays, so we ended up heading to Perkins. It was a nice walk to and from, past a pond where we saw many ducks and geese. Aidan loved all the birds. By the time we got back to the RV it was getting close to bedtime for Aidan. The campground is nice, but nothing too special. They have a good playground that we might have taken advantage of if we would have been in earlier. The water is not yet on for the season, so we had to make do with bottled water for the night, since our tanks are completely empty. We’re surrounded by restaurants and a Wal-Mart. There is some highway and train noise, but not bad. We’ll see what it’s like overnight.