SvobodaKC: Sunday, July 29, 2012

Time to Get Away

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My wife took off from work so we could get away together for a day in Bennett Spring State Park, Missouri.
Check out the Bennet Spring Trout Cam from their web site....
http://mostateparks.com/page/58502/trout-cam
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We arrived in Bennett Spring State Park after traveling across Missouri half way from our home in Kansas City, we took BETSI (Big Expensive Truck) with our dog, Tima. At a fuel stop, I admired the Airstream Trailers for sale.

At some point, since we have the truck, we will aquire a camper trailer -- probably not an Airstream, but something we can get cheap but still have a good camper. This trip to Bennett Spring convinced us of that. We passed through the Missouri Ozarks and Tightwad, Missouri. I wish we had time to take a picture by the bank like a lot of other tourists have done.

In Bennett Spring, we decided to get a room at the motel. They have a variety of rooms from cabins to motel rooms, or rooms on wheels -- they provide the spot, and you bring the wheels. We looked over the RV grounds and thought that would be a nice way to go because, we found out, that dogs are not allowed in State owned rooms. We had to sign a contract saying that we wouldn't have a dog in the room with us. So, we had to let Tima sleep in the truck during the night, which was fine. Thought it was blazing assed hot through the day, the evenings were pleasant.

We got our schtuff in the room and then we took advantage of the time we had to hike one of the trails and explore..

Like intrepid campers of yore, we came prepared not and thus we had to journey to the magical kingdom of wallyworld to pick up some edibles and a small grill. We cooked on our little patio out in the back of the room with our trusty hound by our side but not in the room.

Our neighbors got up at the butt crack of dawn -- actully oh four thirty do you have to talk so loud when you get up some of us are sleeping. We got up around 0 seven is too early thirty. We decided to break our diet again and eat at the restaurant they have -- but we hiked in to burn of the calaries before we injested them...