We are underway in the morning from New Mexico, passing through the Oklahoma Panhandle and into Kansas. We’ve been debating our route as we head more or less homeward. We’ve considered heading much further north into Nebraska and Iowa but looking at the weather forecast there is a strong cold front and associated winter storm headed across Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota with snow and lows close to 20 degrees. The storm will be upon us on Sunday into Monday. Weather like that can be a bit dicey.
With the information we have we make a plan. We are heading to the middle of Kansas to a large National Wildlife Refuge on Friday and going birding there on Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we will then head south and east to avoid the worst weather.
After leaving Clayton we head into Oklahoma with the first town being Boise City. We stop for gas. Wells pumps the gas then remembers Boise City is the home of Ginger. We met Ginger a year ago while staying at an Oklahoma State Park and very much enjoyed meeting her. Wells decides to send a quick message to Ginger letting her know we are passing through town and we are thinking of her and her family. Two minutes after he sends the message Ginger replies that she and her husband were driving past a gas station, saw a pickup and small Airstream with NY plates. They actually wondered if it was us. It is a small world! Maybe someday in the future we will pass through Boise City and meet up with Ginger and her husband.
Onward we head northeastward towards the middle of Kansas passing miles and miles of irrigated farmland and at times large numbers of wind generators.
Tonight we are camped in a municipal park where we can explore the National Wildlife Refuge in the morning.
Seeing North America 