Traveling The World with my humans

We woke up because it was so hot in the van. The sun was shining and heated up the van although it was cool outside. The heat wasn’t the problem but the humidity. In the desert in Nevada we had about 5-9% humidity and here we had more than 70%. My humans got up quickly to open the windows and get some fresh air in the van. As they weren’t sure if they would meet with some balloon artists in Minneapolis today to show my master’s software they decided to have a shower. There is no way to take a shower at Walmart but at the truck stops you can get this. But the truck stops charge $12 for one person to shower and you have to wait in line. So my humans decided to stay on a campground for the night where the shower is included in the price and we would have power too so that my mistress can publish what I am writing. I am good in telling my story but my mistress has to write it down for me and publish it. We stayed in St. Paul for about two hours to find out if there was somebody that wa...

The plan for today was driving as far as possible. Remember, the van – Lupoloon Mobile – is old, to be exact it is 30 years old and the engine already made almost 370,000 miles. This means we have to stop every 100 – 150 miles to check on the fluids. And who checks on my fluids? I clearly would prefer ice cubes over water but I only get water, warm water to be precise. We left Grand Island in the morning. After a short while we left Nebraska and entered Iowa. Iowa is between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. There are a lot of cornfields here. Somehow the navigation of my master made us leave the Interstate and we drove through the countryside. One time a turtle was crossing the street. It was on the other lane and unfortunately a truck came that way a few minutes later. I hope that little turtle made it safe to the other side and wasn’t run over by the truck. Later on the Interstate we saw a deer next to the street and a lot of dead deer along the road. At lunchtime my humans...

I had a very good night and I had sweet dreams. You humans got up early. The weather wasn’t too good and it was very windy. My humans stopped at one of the Rest Areas and there was a nice lady, Judy that gave my humans some information about Nebraska. Nebraska lies in the Great Plains and the Midwestern. The tribes of Indigenous peoples that lived in Nebraska originally included the Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux), some of which migrated from eastern areas into this region. The Lakota was the tribe that fought at Little Big Horn. Back in the 1800 were a couple of trails going through Nebraska From 1804 to 1806 the Lewis and Clark Expedition took place. This was the first expedition to cross the western portion of the United States. It started in in St. Louis, passed through the Continental Divide of the Americas to the Pacific coast. Lewis and Clark were Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark ...

This morning my master had another look at the car as they found out that one light of the Van did not work. He repaired it. After that he went to Walmart to wash his hands and he saw one of the security people talking to two kids. To my master it seemed like these kids did something wrong but instead of calling the police to report them he talked to them, explained them why they should not do this and asked them that from now, every time they come in this Walmart they should come to him, greet him and tell him how they are. He couldn't help hearing all this as they stood right next to him and he couldn't step away. My master was impressed by this as to him this seems to be the right way to deal with these kids. And he told that the security man. His name is Chris. They talked for a short time and my master told him about my blog. After they had breakfast my mistress started the car. It didn't sound right, something was wrong but they couldn't figure out what so the...

This morning my humans were busy with their phones. Something about meeting some balloon artists in Denver, My humans took a shower and luckily they didn't want me to take one. We left Grand Junction and we had to cross the Rocky Mountains. I remember we’ve been in the Rocky Mountains exactly one year ago with Brooke but the Rocky Mountains in Canada are way more beautiful than here in the USA. Is there more than one Rocky Mountains? The van had to climb the hill a lot today. It didn't like it and we had to stop a couple of times. Today the highest point was 3537 m / 11604 ft. And the lowest point was 1310 m / 4298 ft. As we had to make so many stops to let the van cool down my humans were late for their appointment with the balloon artists. When we arrived in Denver Laura the balloon artist with the shop they wanted to meet at had to leave due to an emergency. They said they would meet later. I think I told you that my humans and Ken made a software for balloon artists w...

This morning we woke up from all these trucks that were leaving. My humans didn't sleep well as they were worried about the repair of the van. I don’t care - when I'm tired I sleep nothing in this world can be as important as sleeping, food and being near my mistress. First thing in the morning my master went to these people that ran the truck stop and asked for a good and trustworthy garage. It turned out that there was one just up the street. It was too early to call or go there so my humans had breakfast first. One good thing about traveling with my humans is that I get some of their food which I normally don't get. They had muffins for breakfast and my mistress couldn't finish her lemon muffin so I got what she couldn't eat. Mmmmh that was very yummie! After breakfast my master walked to that garage and he came back in a car with someone. That someone was Jim from Red Hills Truck and Auto Repair. Hep had a look at the car and it turned out that a screw tha...

My humans weren't too ich in a hurry this morning to leave. It was nice not too have hot temperatures but a chilly wind. We drove the I-15 North for another 50 miles and turned on the I-70 East. When we turned on the I-70 it was only one lane due to road work. When we went downhill finally after a couple of miles something hit the car from underneath . There was a broken tire next to the road and probably a tiny little piece was on the street. It made a big bang and it sounded like something was underneath the van. My mistress pulled over and stopped on the shoulder. When they looked around the car they could see that they lost break fluid. After they opened the hood they could see that one of the belts was broken and got caught inanother belt that was twisted. No wa we could go on. My mistress is smart and she made sure that she has internet access with her phone and could make calls. Well, if only there was reception. I could feel that my mistress and my master too were...