THE DRIVE BACK HOME NEW ORLEANS TO SEATTLE Monday, October 2, 2023 They love their beef in Nebraska So here we are at Farewell Bend State Park, just north of Ontario, Oregon, with one day to go to get back home. Back in New Orleans, we thought the third leg of our Mississippi River Road trip would take five lengthy days—instead it will take eleven sometimes trying days. Several of the added days are due to avoiding interstates and instead taking the two-lane highways laced with quaint small towns, and following the roadways of our favorite guide book, Road Trips USA . We also took in quite a number of sights along the way and Roger did manage to stop at (quite) a few historical points. The Broken Leaf Spring Another reason for taking longer was a blessedly brief one. As we were driving through Liberal, Kansas, on our way to Dorothy’s (of Wizard of Oz fame) House, a passing motorist alerted us that we were spewing sparks and smoke from our trailer. Our right leaf spring ...