BIRTHDAY and a Great Time in Ashland, Nebraska

We are at Mahoney State Park in Ashland, NE. We left Iowa on Monday after an enjoyable week of visiting with relatives and seeing a few "sites". We drove to Pender, NE to Blue Ox to have a new hitch and gravel guard mounted on the motorhome in preparation for the roads(?) in Alaska. Last evening, Tuesday we arrived here at Mahoney SP and finally have all three coaches together to start the trek north. This is, by far, one of the nicest state parks we have ever visited. It's comprised of more than 700 acres of well-maintained land with spacious sites, a riding stable, a lodge with restaurant, a theatre, a marina, a giant pool and several hiking trails.

Today was Pat's birthday so we started with a group breakfast at the lodge then went to Camping World and Costco - there always seems to be something we need - and then Judy put on a great birthday bash. We had steaks on the grill, baked potatoes, buttered peas, salad and chocolate cake with chocolate icing. It was all of Pat's favorites and now we all have to walk twice as much for the next few days!!

While we were sitting out enjoying the evening, a photographer from The Omaha Globe newspaper came by and took some photographs for their pre-Memorial Day edition. As soon as we get the link we'll include it here for your viewing pleasure. It ought to be a real hoot. Here are 5 women driving three big rigs all the way to Alaska. I'm not sure the newspaper guy quite knew how to present it :))

We're off tomorrow morning, due west on I-80, to Sydney, NE for the night.

More soon,

P&J