Day 7, Fort Kearneyl state, recreation, area, Kansas, 9pm

Made it into the tent before the storm hits. When I see the tent, in this case, I mean the back of the Grenadier. Thank God, we’re not in the tent. The sky is filled with lightning, flashes, and displays, the likes of which I have never seen before. And the displays go on in 360°. Annie is having a very hard time with the heat. Very hard time. Had I known that it would be this bad for her, I would not have made the trip until the weather started turning colder even though that would’ve limited our options. If we weren’t so far away, I would turn back. The option is, of course, to start heading north as soon as we can. I may delay my bivouac at this camp for another day or so. It is one of the most pleasant camps I have ever stayed in. I still need to relay my story about what happened today. There were some lessons learn in it for me, which I will have to apply not only for the rest of this trip, but for the rest of my ownership of the grenadier. I apologize for apples lousy transcription of my dictation. I would try to spend time proofing these posts, however, it is very difficult to correct errors on an iPhone. Sent from my iPhone