Seibert, CO-August 6, 2011

We never, ever dreamed we would spend our anniversary in Seibert, CO. Our intentions were to stay in Goodland, KS, but that did not work out so we kept on driving. When we checked in to this nice quiet little park, we asked where we could go eat tonight? She replied, "Sit down or burgers?". Hmmm, think we will celebrate when we get to Derrick's house. We're in state #14. As we have moved about in these 14 states, the change in scenery has been stark. We went from the coast with palms trees, to trees dripping moss that hung over the streets, to interstates with huge thick trees on the side, to short trees growing crooked from a constant south wind to no trees at all. The crops have changed just as much. We saw our first sunflowers, as a cultivated crop, in a long time today. We have seen more acres of corn and sorghum than we've ever seen before. Corn is finally worth the effort for farmers to grow. And the gigantic wind farms have reappeared. There's one in Kansas that goes as far off the highway as one can see and runs about 20 miles or so in length beside the highway. It was puzzling to us why only about 1/4 of those turbines were turning. You would think with our country's pathetic power grid and the extreme high temps, that they would want more power generated. However, it is a catch 22. It takes electricity to turn the wind turbines on, to govern them and to shut them off. So, maybe it is less taxing on the power grid to leave them off. It is in the low 90s here, dry and extremely pleasant. It's just an overnight stay. The people next door are from Florida and are on their way to Loveland. It is a small world. Tomorrow is Sunday. I wish all of you a blessed day of rest.