September 12--From Big Springs, MO to Big Red Barn RV, Carthage, MO
September 13--From Big Red Barn RV to Cheney State Park, KS
Our original destination for these two days was Big Springs National Park in the Ozarks, one day for getting here and one day for resting. This is a beautiful park. The Ozark River is a little ways behind us. We settled in and were enjoying just being still.
Paul cooked chicken on the new Blackstone griddle, and I had put rice in the crock pot earlier in the morning. It was so good!
While relaxing, we had time to think and discuss the current problem with the DEF sensors on the RV. Paul looked up where the next Mercedez dealership was. He found one in Wichita about forty-five minutes from our next park. He went online and booked an appointment for Monday morning at 8:00. Originally, the driving time on this day would have been nine hours. So, we made the decision to leave
this afternoon and find a park about half way to shorten our driving time.
So we packed up everything and headed on our way.
The odometer flipped over 60,000 miles here.
We've had Little House four years and have put this many miles on it.
Sunday morning worship.
Whenever I see a piece of equipment out in a field like this I think of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel--Brandon's favorite book when he was little.
After seeing so many red barns along the way, I wondered how it got started to paint barns red. I asked Paul--He didn't know either. So I looked it up and here's the answer. New England settlers didn't have enough money to paint their barns so they needed a cheap way to protect the barn's wood. They mixed skim milk, lime, and red iron oxide to make a red, plastic-like coating. The coating protected the wood and kept the barns warmer in the winter. Now we know.
Settled in for the night. We'll see how things go tomorrow at Mercedez-Benz in Witcha.
I remember those trees and we called them cigar trees.
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