To commence my less-than-ideal hippie summer, I crammed in a bang of an ending with the camping trip to Chippewa National Forest (see previous post) and a weekend dedicated to turf. I had quite the best companions: my mom and Ms. Cindy Yang. What started as a wedding weekend plus camping got changed in the last minute because my mom needed a driver to Missouri. (I am really sad I missed the wedding though. It would have been beautiful.).
The drive down to Missouri was no picnic! It poured in Iowa all the way through Story City to Ames, which are normally horrible driving spots anyhow. I charged through the rain even though there were plenty of cars and trucks pulled out along the wayside, but I figured the rain would have to stop at some distance given it'll stop at some time. The rest of the ride was pretty smooth, and some where along the way, I switched with my mom and slept all the way to Diamond. We arrive roughly at 3am.
Sleep was short, but I seldom sleep long when its not in my own bed. We were up cooking breakfast by 8am and out to the fields by 10am. We rode around in my dad's truck chasing the cattle, and seeing all the calves. Took a quick peep at the turkey barns, and went back to the house for a shower and change before we hit the road again for good ol' Texas.
We departed my old farm at about 1pm and headed south on 44. It would end up a longer road than we anticipated, but we were basically ready for anything.
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