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Oops

 It got me again. I got so wrapped up last night in explaining how I forgot to update the clock, I forgot to update the clock.  Not only that, we sat up in the windshield drinking coffee this morning and didn’t notice for an hour.  Again.  It might be hopeless. We’re at Haworth Park, south of Omaha.  Yesterday we crossed the Mississippi.  Today, we’re right on the Missouri River. 2017 trip map This is a county park with lots of RV spaces.  Not very crowded tonight. The windshield view. It’s wide open tonight, but won’t look like this tomorrow.  Friday will start the weekend and they’re totally booked. Mild evening weather. No campfire later; but fireflies. 
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The time zone change got me

 I set the alarm for seven and got up when it went off.  Judy was a little slower to wake up.  We were up for an hour, drinking coffee in the windshield, wondering why no-one else in the park was up, when I finally looked at a clock in the front room and discovered my mistake.  When we crossed back into Central Time the day before, we reset all the clocks except the one we wake up by.  It’s not like I didn’t mean to reset that one; that’s my job.  As we were going to bed, I picked it up to reset it, discovered it was dead, found the right plug-in to recharge it, brought it back to life, set it for seven, and went to sleep.  I got a little distracted and missed one little step. We’re at Elk Rock State Park on Lake Red Rock, southeast of Des Moines. 2017 summer trip map The campground loop has 21 spaces.  We took one and that left the other 20 spaces open.  This is a very nice yard to have to ourselves.     Warm and comfortable outside.  A campfire later. 
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Whoever thought concrete freeways would be a good idea

 …should be consigned to drive an RV on them every day for the rest of their life.  (We drove on a lot of concrete today in Michigan.) But we’ve left Michigan behind.  We passed through the top left corner of Indiana and are halfway through Illinois at another charming KOA campground.    We’ve been on the tanks for days and were ready for hookups to dump and fill.  Tomorrow, back to state parks.