Sunday on the Road

September 30, 2026

After enjoying a breakfast of oatmeal and hot tea, we set out on Day 3 for the local church. Our Savior Lutheran Church in Platte City, Missouri, welcomed us with open arms.

We then headed for Nebraska for the first time together although we had each been to Cornhusker State separately in the past.

Terry shared several stories with me on the way of his previous experiences including the one about a tree growing out the top of a silo in extreme northwestern Missouri. And I saw it for myself, just south of the Rock Port exit on I-29, although I was too slow to capture a photo of it.

We then headed west to our Harvest Host site for the night, Deer Springs Winery, just east of Lincoln. We enjoyed a late lunch picnic platter and a bottle of Stargazer wine under a canopy of shade trees. Our hostess said it was their first day without rain in over two weeks! It seemed the bugs were very glad it had stopped raining.

We then retreated to the van to relax and enjoy the peaceful evening.

As dusk settled in around us, an owl serenaded us from the woods as we tucked in for the night.