We were able to meet up with Scott and Jackie Mersch and their three children, Emma, Westley and Elsie at Ft. Robinson State Park in Nebraska. What a great time we had!!
We were slowly pedaling along when a van drove up honking full of waving people. Hooray! We stopped a few miles ahead where we ate a great lunch that Emma and Scott put together. It was GREAT to eat fresh whole wheat bread that Emma had baked. We had been surviving on gas station food and the random restaurant where vegetables and whole wheat were non existent. Emma also made ginger snaps and great chili. We enjoyed them all!
They went ahead to the campsite and we were close behind. We hadn't seen each other in over 2 years but the kids went off exploring right away. I think the kids had the best rest day of the trip. I just enjoyed relaxing with Scott and Jackie and we were able to catch up on lost time.
We had campfires and Scott kept busy feeding everyone. He even brought along his camping espresso pot so I enjoyed the luxury. They gave us dried fruit, bananas and energy bars!
On our way out, they stopped and Scott gave Cedar a quick juggling lesson in how to juggle 4 balls on the side of the road in Wyoming. We left well fed and full of great memories.
It's so nice to see that you are actually alive and smiling!! It probably helps seeing such wonderful people and have a nice time to boot! Love the pictures and the stories.... leeches yuck, I think I would stay out of the water too, just think we just have sharks in SoCal :)
ReplyDeleteNeat you got to see the Mersch !
ReplyDeleteMersch family that is.
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