After a fairly warm night at Blue River (seems we had a few issues with our generator and a/c), we had a hard days drive before of us. Surprisingly though, our first stop was a really neat fabric store, named Prairie Moon, somewhat out in the country side. I say “surprisingly” with tongue in cheek. I don’t think there will ever be a trip where Meriam will miss going to rug hooking, weaving and/or fabric stores…and they don’t necessarily have to be along our route! Fortunately, Prairie Moon was on our route (or was it the other way around)?

In any event, Meriam went in and met the owner, Ginger Jackson, while I waited in the truck. I should have known better.

A few minutes after we arrive, cars started to pour in. Seems today was a gathering of Ginger’s “Farm Chicks”, a group of like minded ladies who seem to love all thing fabric like Meriam. In any event, Prairie Moon is quite a shop…room after room of just the things Meriam loves! Pssfff…we were ready to leave only two hours later!

Following the photographs from Prairie Moon, we have inserted a couple of random shots from locations as we continued our trek north and slightly west. Captions on the various photographs will explain why we thought they were worth including.

Leaving Prairie Moon, we consulted with Google Maps as to the route we wanted to take to our next destination…Museum of the Fur Trade in Nebraska. We trekked across the panhandle of Oklahoma, through the plains of Kansas and into the high plains of Nebraska. This route has taken us along a path through places in America we would probably never traveled.