We're now in Colorado Springs, CO, for just one night.  We're staying at a Cracker Barrel again.  We dined out at our first ever Red Robin.  The food was actually pretty good :)  This is a view from our trailer.  That's Pikes Peak in the background.  The 14,115 foot ascent will not be attempted this time!  We're currently at 6478 feet and I can tell you it had an affect on our 1/2 mile hike to Red Robin.

Our first time staying at a Cabela's.  Wendy called ahead to verify they allow overnight stays in their parking lot, most do.  This one actually had a campground with full service so we opted for that.  We're in Sidney, NE, where Cabela's is headquartered.  Bass Pro Shop bought them out in 2017 but elected to keep the Cabela name.  They make $3 billion per year...yikes!  After Wendy and I purchased a membership we kindly contributed to that figure :)  We enjoyed our 2 night stay and after a quick trailer washing Mother Nature followed up with another washing :)

I'm gonna rant... on our way to Miletta Vista Harvest Host winery in St. Paul, Nebraska we had to drive through Omaha.  NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!  I have never seen so many dangerous drivers in one town.  I won't even begin to describe the spectacle.  I told Wendy I would Google the town and see if it was just a bad day, or what.  Well, they were ranked the worst drivers in the nation last year... surprise, surprise.  DO NOT GO THERE!!!!!!!  Here ends my rant!

This was a very scenic and relaxing stop :)

On our way here we took this photo of John Wayne's birthplace and childhood home in Winterset, Iowa.

After the world's largest truck stop we made our way to Covered Bridges Winery in Winterset, Iowa.  A one night stay and we were on our way, with a couple additional bottles of wine :)

On the way to our next Harvest Host we were advised by our wonderful friend, Dwaine, to stop and see the worlds largest truck stop...so we did. This is their website ​https://iowa80truckstop.com/
​We didn't visit the majority of the grounds but we did spend some time in the museum.

Here are a ton of pictures inside the museum...I hope you're watching, Norm :)

​I like our camper better :)

Next up was Bellview State Park along the Mississippi River, in Bellview, Ia.  We stayed 2 nights in order to visit the Field of Dreams.

The park was quiet and very well tended to. We'll probably visit here again.

We took a hike in the morning and later went to the Field of Dreams.

Again, Sasquatch shows up:)

We never figured out the reasoning for tying a pine cone to a tree and there were several hoisted in this fashion.  The trails were marked with paint hashes on the trees already.

This pretty much captures the movie's mood.

Our next stop was to visit a Harvest Host in Atlanta, Illinois, specializing in producing and marketing various chocolate delicacies.  Yum!  We had no problem supporting this host.

No midnight raids permitted...

As many of you know, Wendy is a major pig person.  This Harvest Host is a "swinery".  The host has KuneKune pigs...lots of them.  The Mkono farm is in Bloomington, Indiana.  You can visit ​https://mkonofarm.com/ for more information.  Wendy was in Hog Heaven!!!

For some reason these little guys would not leave Wen's ankles alone.  They kept knibbling away, nothing serious...just tickles:)

This fawn showed up and followed Amanda's dog around.

Check out this video from the "swinery" :)

This beautiful cat is in charge of mouse keeping (instead of house keeping....sorry, couldn't resist :) )

The rally went way too fast!  It was sad in that everyone went their own way but exciting that we were all starting a new journey :)  We stopped at a distillery, a "swinery" and now are at a candy factory for the night.  All 3 are connected with Harvest Hosts, the largest collection of small business campsites in North America.  There are over 6,000 hosts across the country.  Usually no charge to spend the night but you're expected to buy something from their list of products.  No water or electricity, usually, is provided which makes it boondocking time.  Soooo.....it wasn't very difficult to find items to buy at the distillery, swinery (brats and salami) and the candy factory.  I think it would have been much cheaper to have used a regular campground but then we would miss out on so many wonderful experiences.

Over 100 trailers and 230+ people were at the rally and we shared an opening night meal together.

Vendors and group discussions help everyone with answers to problems.

Our most excellent CGI team, minus Colin, taking a lunch break :)

We did have a couple jam sessions to enjoy.  The weather just didn't cooperate.

Of course the weather didn't bother these guys!

An overnight stop at a distillery exposed my ignorance concerning all things bourbon. 

We took a short trip to Hohenwald, TN for a little repair work on our air conditioner.  Then on to Tunica, MS for 2 nights.  It was the first time another traveler had taken "our spot".  They put us in the north 40 so to speak.  We washed clothes and vehicles.  Naturally, that brought the rain.

We made it to Lake Guntersville, AL for the Oliver rally only to find out major electrical work was underway on our campsite.  We were fortunate to find another site.  This place gets pretty busy, especially on Mother's day weekend.  BTW...happy Mother's Day!!!

We'll be here for a week and will post some pictures of the rally soon.