CHAPTER 28
Your Backup’s Gone Now
Bright and early the next morning they ate breakfast, refueled the small vehicle and continued on the last leg of their journey.
“Look at all those tall leafy blades, fanning all over the place,” Priscilla said out loud. “Where’s the traffic? I don’t even see any farm equipment, nothing.” She had thought that yesterday’s drive was monotonous, but this was much worse. “Please let it all end soon, please.”
They all grew dizzy from the drive through what Priscilla thought were crops of corn, wheat and barley.
“The really tall stalks are corn,” Priscilla said. “That much I know. Anyway, daydream, that’s what I’ll do. Just pretend you’re somewhere else, folks. Lord knows, this is nowhere.”
Suddenly, she said, “At last! A sign for Missouri, the end of our
