We got back to Bend April 25 and discovered some winter damage. The water line to the trailer must have frozen because when Robert turned the water on, it started bubbling up through the ground, and it wasn’t “bubblin’ crude, oil that is, black gold, Texas tea”. Robert spent a few days replacing the line and putting it deeper while I put up the canopy and curtains on the deck.

Ditch digging.

Heading home to Bend. We stopped along the Platte river at Louisville State Recreation Area in Louisville, Nebraska.

Sunset on the Platte.

A one day stop in Chicago turned out to be the best day of Spring so far! We were treated to Cowboy Cookin’ in the backyard.

Steaks on the grill! Better than Fire Walking!

We headed to the great white north, as in still white with snow, to Aunt Tootie’s in Michigan.

The trees are still bereft of leaves or even buds!

There was no snow on the ground, but we drove through a snow and sleet storm in Indiana on the way up!

Our last look at the historic, iconic features of BSL.

The 100 Men DBA, on the Mississippi Blues Trail.

St. Rose de Lima Catholic Church.

“Christ in the Oaks”, the mural in St. Rose de Lima Church. The church was founded in 1926 as an African-American Roman Catholic church. Today, it is a racially mixed parish, heavily influenced by the African-American culture.

Our favorite Live Oak to sit under.

“I’ll fly away”.