Spring Break 2022! I haven't gone anywhere for spring break since maybe 2005, when I last participated in one of the Upper Midwest's most prodigious institutions for learning. (an English major I was not) When Jr. North had a gap in his April school schedule, so we packed up the Vista Cruiser and headed south in search of spring. The snow followed us to about mid Iowa. We did find it eventually, in Bentonville Arkansas. The 10 - 12 hour drive to Bentonville, Arkansas was broken up with hotel stops in KC on the way down and Des Moines on the way back up. Thankfully, a hotel with a pool is all we need for a successful and entertaining layover. Stop #1, skateboarding in Des Moines. That night we stayed in Independence, Missouri near the Bass Pro Shop. It's a destination shopping area but we were there for its proximity to the freeway and the indoor/ outdoor pool. Jr and I swam outside in the cold sunshine and we took an after dinner walk around the "lake," watching