On the road again...

Yes, after a beautiful summer in the Colorado Rockies, the Leos are on the road again. We hooked out (an old field artillery term from my days in Vietnam) about noon today. We're headed to Sadella, Missouri for Escapade, the annual rally of the Escapees RV Club. In route we are taking our time and enjoying the ride. We've got Willie's Roadhouse tuned in on SiriusXM and are rollin' along the route of the Santa Fe Trail,

Taken between Pueblo and La Junta, Colorado

The Santa Fe Trail ran between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. We picked up the route at Pueblo, Colorado headed east. We are following the Mountain Route, which follows the Arkansas River through Kansas. Since today was our first day out, we have a lot to learn about this historic route as we make our way to Missouri. We are taking it in small increments, so we will have time to explore some of the historic points along the way.

As the signs states, this is a designated Scenic Byway. However, the scenery is somewhat different from that to which we have become accustomed during our summer in the Rockies. As we headed eastward from Pueblo, we quickly found ourselves on the Great Plains ( or what was originally called the Great American Desert).

Taken from the same location as the Scenic Trail Maker signs above.

 Remember, there are all kinds on scenery in our Land, and the Leos enjoy it all. It isn't a big streach to imagine this rolling prairie land teaming with Bison. In fact, over the next few days,we will be traveling across the mid-section of the area that has been proposed as the Buffalo Commons.

The Buffalo Commons proposal is to create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles of the drier part of the Great Plains to native prarie and reintroducing the American Bison to the shortgrass prairie.It's a fascinating idea.

As we rolled along we imagined ourselves being travelers of the 1870's in our own covered wagon.

"Wagon Ho!!"

In fact, we didn't have to look far to see time moving backward.

Covered wagon circa 1948, I think it's a Spartan Manor.

After about five hours on the road, we pulled into our overnight stop at a state park. It was nice to kick back and relax for awhile before composing this post.

It's interesting that we have no TV or cell phone connection at this location, but my handy dandy Verizon hotspot gets me on the World Wide Web. So, post I shall!!!

And tomorrow, we're "on the road again..."


P.S: Congratulations to Maggie and Jonas...Love you two!