A week on the road

Wow, what a crazy week!

So the "what we did":

We took off from the Des Moines area Monday morning, thinking we'd just drive as long as we could.  We knew we'd have to stop around 4:00 in order to get the camper all set up before dark, and warmed up before bed.  So, after we drove through Kansas City we started looking for a place to camp.  Which involved me on the "smart" phone, trying to find RV parks that accept kids without an extra charge, and were open at that time of year, and didn't cost too much, and most importantly, were right on the roads were traveling.  This was not too hard, once Nick jumped in to help me figure out what to look for and how to look for it.  I don't think I could do that again, but we did find a decent place.

I wish I'd taken pictures.  It was obviously normally a terrific place to stay.  It was your typical RV park- about 5 feet between RV pads, just rows of places to park.  Which was just what we wanted for a one- night stay.  already level, no- brainer.  There was a pool (closed) and mini golf (closed) and a swingset (under water- not that that stopped us), and laundry facilities... and free internet!  I was very impressed.  But, we were just there for the one night, and then off again as soon as possible in the morning.

We found out that night, the electric heater we brought is PLENTY of heat for this camper.  It was about 17 degrees that night, but we never turned on the gas heat.  in fact, I think it gets too hot in here.  Which is saying a lot!

The next day, we were only a couple hours from Tulsa, so we had to decide- drive to Tulsa as planned, or push through to Oklahoma City?  We decided to jump in the car and drive, and see how it goes.

As you can guess, not as well as the first day.  The kids were REALLY sick of being in the car.  Who can blame them?  So, we took it easy, had fun, and made it to our campground in Tulsa with time to cook dinner and enjoy the sunset.  We were very close to a lake and two playgrounds.  I thought it was great!

However, the next day we spent the entire day picking tiny, sharp burs out of our pants and socks and feet.  The city came in and tore down one of the playgrounds (the one with baby swings and anything Mary could play on).  And it got windy.

We had fun anyway.  We learned quickly to wear mud boots everywhere, and coats with hoods, and layers.  We went on a super super long walk and found an awesome playground to hang out at. We went to the zoo.  We learned how to share this space without killing each other.  It was grand.

This morning (Saturday) we woke up, planning to have some time with daddy, but he decided to check the radar before going on a walk in the morning, and then discovered that tomorrow would be probably too windy to drive.  So within an hour we were on the road again.  That was a hoot!  I can't wait to be better organized so that when we need to take off quick like that, I can find what I need when we get set up again.  I'm finding things in the weirdest places because we had to just shove stuff wherever we could secure it.

So, now we're in OKC, for a week or two- we're not sure yet.  Again, we're next to a lake, this time one that takes much better pictures (which I will post if I ever find a laundry mat with WiFi- in the mean time, I will post pictures to facebook.  If that doesn't suit you, I can mail them to you from the phone if you ask nicely).  Tomorrow, a church we are very excited to visit.