Sharp's Travels

We had another night of not sleeping very well. We just took our time, enjoying our coffee and deciding what was on the agenda for today.

Gay’s uncle lives about 10 miles from our campground and we drove over but found no one home. His car was there, but he and the dog were gone. He had left the windows open and the door unlocked so he hadn’t gone far. It is turkey hunting season here and that’s probably what he is doing. He loves to hunt and fish.

We headed over to Ash Hollow State Historical Park. We had seen a lot of it when we were here a few years back, but it was nice to revisit it. Ash Hollow is where the pioneers passed through as they were traveling the Oregon Trail west. The park museum was very nice. We also took a look at the small rock shelter on the side of the bluff where the early man and plains Indians took shelter. They have unearthed a lot of artifacts there. A rock school house is also on the grounds. We visited the Ash Hollow Cemetery. Rachel Pattison, one of the early pioneers is buried there. Her trailside grave was the beginning of this pioneer cemetery. A monument preserves her original gravestone. This is also where Gay’s aunt is buried and we spent some time by her grave.

We had lunch at the campground store and then it was back to the 5th wheel where I ironed and Gay washed the 5th wheel and truck.

About 3pm we tried Gay’s uncle again, got no answer and had hardly hung up the phone when he drove in by us at the campground. We visited for a few hours and then Max went back home to drop off the dog and came back to the 5th wheel and we all went out to eat.

We plan on going to church with Max and he’ll be here at 8:30am tomorrow morning to pick us up.

Gay has uploaded pictures from today. Album: Ash Hollow