Focht Family Blog

Tonight we will be able to add a couple of new states to our map. Last night was spent in the truck yard at the Mc Cormick center in Chicago, IL. Not a bad deal. They let you stay overnight for $20 with the containers and car parking and they patrol the lot all night. After leaving Chicago this morning in heavy traffic Nathan has decided that for the part of the next trip that he has to be at Mc Cormick we will just stay there. It is close to downtown so next trip we will disconnect the truck so we can go exploring.

I have promised Samantha that the next trip will include a day out for her and me where I will take her to lunch and a show at the American Girl store with her Samantha doll if I can get reservations and if she is done with 3rd grade! :) I think we can get the school work done. I just need to check the dates and see if I can get reservations for the show and lunch. I have also found a restaurant that delivers your food by train that is right outside of Chicago that I have promised them we will go to the next trip.

This trip was spent doing schoolwork in the parking lot while Nathan walked the show site. I tried to Photoshop the “new” picture of our RV and truck being towed on Nathan’s computer but when I went to save it, it crashed. I will see if I can get Nathan to work on it tonight. Today we have been driving in snow (just for a bit) and very heavy winds. We are almost to Des Moines, IA where we will be stopping to get a valve for our water (we are leaking) and fill up on water so we can do dishes and shower before everything starts smelling. :)

We went past a Speedco when we were just coming into Iowa and it reminded us that we still need to get an oil change on the generator. We had one scheduled at the Rally but they were over run and never got back to us to do the work. I called a Cummins shop in Des Moines but the couldn’t get us in until tomorrow so I called another Cummins in Omaha, which is one of the big hubs in the area. I asked if they could do an oil change on the generator first thing in the morning and they said no problem and they even have hookups so now I don’t have to look for a Walmart in Omaha. :) Tonight will be spent at the Cummins shop hooked into power and tomorrow morning we will get the oil changed on the generator at 7:00am and get on the road heading towards Colorado.

I think we will end up reaching Colorado before we were planning so I will have to see if I can add some days to our reservation. We will have time to do some sight seeing in Colorado so hopefully I will have lots of pictures to post in the next couple of weeks.