{"id":199,"date":"2018-05-25T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T22:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2018-05-25T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T22:35:51","slug":"the-friendliest-place-on-earth-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/the-friendliest-place-on-earth-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The friendliest place on earth, so far\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s world, it is sometimes easy to loose faith in ones fellow man, woman, child, etc. And to be honest, I was starting to wonder if our idea of traveling so we could meet all kinds of different people was only a pipe dream. At campgrounds, we have met a few nice people, but the majority of people have been very stand-off’ish. We have been stared at, had our picture taken by people doing \u2018drive-bys’ and sometimes totally ignored (Darrin, the optimist says they must not want to intrude).<\/p>\n

Then we stumbled into, completely on a fluke, a small state park in northern Nebraska. We were making a quick exit, well as quick as our little Rover can go, from predicted storms in Iowa, tornadoes are not on our \u201cmust experience list\u201d.<\/p>\n

We looked at weather forecasts and the area we had thought to go in northern Iowa was under flood alerts, so Darrin suggested Nebraska, not a state we had intended to enter. I pulled out our 20 year old atlas and there in the very northwest corner was Ponca State Park.<\/p>\n

We checked their weather forecast and it looked much better, so we packed our stuff and headed out. What a great decision!<\/p>\n

We met the nicest people! Our campground host, the park staff and our fellow campers were all amazingly friendly and helpful.<\/p>\n

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Bob road his bike by every day to visit. We also met his wife Marlene who told great stories.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sherl and John, our campgound neighbors, shared their fire and stories with us. Thanks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They also shared their dog, Sophie. Hi Sophie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steve an Kris shared their company and great knowledge of the area. Steve even went out of his way to find us a NE map. Thanks! And Cookie, their dog.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And the best for last. The person who made Ponca SP a really welcoming place, Tony, our camp host. He helped us find a site, drove us around the campground and even took us downtown to the grocery store! Thanks Tony! We really enjoyed sharing a meal and Oreos with you. Hi to Asta…give her a scratch for us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are just a few of the many people we met during our 5 day stay. Many other people stopped by to visit. We enjoyed meeting each and everyone.<\/p>\n

Happy trails everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s world, it is sometimes easy to loose faith in ones fellow man, woman, child, etc. And to be honest, I was starting to wonder if our idea of traveling so we could meet all kinds of different people was only a pipe dream. At campgrounds, we have met a few nice people, but … <\/p>\n

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