By 11 a.m. on our 43rd anniversary, Butch was backing Maverick into the Cabin's driveway! I'd made reservations at Okoboji for the following night & we planned to leave Friday morning. His dispatcher didn't seem to know the difference between one day & the next, having scheduled him to make a delivery before midnight, the 9th. He would have had a wait to be unloaded, then have a three-hour drive to Omaha. After an intense phone conversation, his dispatch changed & he dropped the loaded trailer at Nationwide for another driver to deliver. This is the one time he expects to get home when he's scheduled home time weeks in advance. It's been an on-going issue & it's difficult to make reservations.
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| Butch is Home! |
I didn't know for sure when he'd be home & was mowing when he arrived. Butch got out of the truck, after hours of driving & finished the job for me! I finished packing & made lunch. Later, we enjoyed a rare evening sitting out on the deck, before dinner.
Friday morning, we dropped Finn off with Doris. He was a little unsure when he met Doris's daughter & niece - who were visiting too! (Celebrating Doris's 94th Birthday!) Doris said later, it didn't take Finn long to make new friends.
It was a perfect fall day & I was looking forward to the drive. We stopped in Spencer for lunch before arriving at our hotel to drop off our things. We drove to
East Lake Park on the shore of East Okoboji Lake. We unloaded our bikes & left on the
Great Lakes Spine Trail. I realized I'd forgotten my Garmin... (I took a photo of my bikes odometer mileage & used that to log our rides.) Our first goal was the Tatanka Trail head.
Admiring the views, we noticed things appeared dryer here than at home. The colors we'd enjoyed last year weren't in evidence. The leaves were dry & littered the trail. It was just before 6 p.m. when we reached the Dickinson County covered trailhead in
Spirit Lake. Taking the same trail we had last year, we didn't have too far to go. We were out about five miles when we came to the barrier in the photo below.
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| Trail Closed... |
We'd seen pipe going in several places along the trail, but there was no notice of a closed trail posted. We turned back, disappointed. It was just before 7 p.m. by the time we'd returned to the Bronco.
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| Back at the shore of East Lake Okoboji~ |
Our plan for Saturday, was to leave from the Tatanka Trailhead & take the newest trail due east to
Silver Lake. According to the map, 14-miles one way. We'd ridden out a few miles last year & hoped to complete the route this time!
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