Jan 12, 2014 - We're Off!!!

Well, we did escape Kenosha on Saturday morning at 8:10 AM. That was after one of the most harrowing hookups we have ever done. When I first drove up to the trailer, I applied the brakes and slid right past it. The storage lot was a sheet of ice. Fortunately I brought along a container of Kitty Litter, and after liberally spreading that around our truck and across the lot. We go hooked up and carefully followed the trail of kitty litter out of the lot. From there on the roads were good and we were off. We got to within 40 miles of our first...

Dec 23, 2013 - Van Buren (Ft. Smith), AR

Got up at 5:15 a.m. this morning to say goodbye to Mike and Denise before they went to work. Said goodbye to the grand kids last night so they wouldn't have to get up so early. We got on the road at 6:00 a.m. and missed the morning rush. We saw several deer on the side of the road that had been hit by vehicles so we kept our speed down. We also saw a wolf crossing the road right in front of us and later saw another one that didn't make it. I didn't know they had wolves in Tennessee but these were way too big and furry to be coyotes or...

Dec 7, 2013 - Little Rock AR

12/7 We get up really early in Amarillo TX. We clean up have Breakfast and are on the road by 0500 headed east on I-40, It was 7 degrees when I woke up. We reach Oklahoma before sun rise. Through Oklahoma City early afternoon. Then it went bad, the remains of Cleon were every where cars and trucks off the road and abandoned every where and ice still on the road. We end up in a long line of trucks and a few cars going the best we can but at times that is only about 30. Driving I am kind of used to but not driving an RV pulling a van on a...

Nov 17, 2013 - Lake Village, AR

Last night we discussed our route. We decided to head northeast and try to parallel the interstate. This does not sound like us. Contrary to popular belief, we do check the weather. Northeast will take us toward bad weather. We head east instead. The roads are good. There is no traffic. We travel through forests. Although past their prime, the trees still have fall color. We see rivers and lakes with water in them. In fact, the entire state looks like it has had a lot of rain. We travel on a Civil War Trail and the Trail of Tears. We do...

Nov 16, 2013 - Day Trip: Crater of Diamonds State Park, AR

It does not rain today. After breakfast in town, we head to the Crater of Diamonds State Park. We visit the museum. There are samples of what we should look for. We see pictures of the bigger diamonds that have been found here. We head downstairs. We watch a video on how to wet sift for diamonds. We rent our equipment. We are ready. The diamond crater is huge. There are many people here but plenty of room for all. It becomes obvious that a lot of luck is needed to find a diamond. We pick a spot. They have recently plowed the fields. We dig...

Nov 15, 2013 - Murfreesboro, AR

Our RV Park is new. It is part of a casino complex. The restrooms are very high end! Nonetheless, since we are not here to gamble, we move on. We travel east across Oklahoma. We parallel the Red River that is the Texas border. Slowly, the terrain is getting greener. We cross the creeks and the rivers that run south into the Red River. They have water in them! We cross into Arkansas. Our destination is Craters of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, AR. The weather is not good. Today it is overcast and we see some rain. It may rain...

Nov 10, 2013 - Arkansas

Early Halloween morning, we unhooked the RV in some fairly heavy rain and took off for Arkansas. We crossed the Mississippi and drove the rest of the way to North Little Rock, Arkansas where we had reservations for a week in the Downtown Riverside RV Park right on the Arkansas River that divides Little Rock and North Little Rock. This was our first experience in an urban campground and we really enjoyed it – mostly because we are right on the river and the Little Rock skyline is right outside our picture window/windshield! We are also right...

Oct 29, 2013 - Clinton Presidential Center

Nous avons eu une très belle journée aujourd'hui, température dans les 25°C ou 80°F, pas trop humide, une bonne brise et un peu de brouillard ce matin sur la rivière Arkansas. Après une bonne nuit de sommeil, malgré la proximité des autoroutes 30 et 40 et après un bon petit déjeuner nous sommes partis, Agnès et moi, vers le "Clinton Presidential park Bridge" ou le pont piétonnier qui nous amène dans le parc de l'autre coté de la rivière et à la "Clinton library". On y a passé une excellente journée, l'endroit est le repositoire de toutes...

Oct 29, 2013 - Quincy, FL

Just a quick post while the generator is running. This morning we had a traveling breakfast of a bowl of cereal. We made the bed and got things stowed away for travel. We pulled out of Camp Wally World at 8:30am. I drove us across the rest of Mississippi and into Alabama. We went through the tunnel at Mobile at 1:00pm. As soon as we entered Florida we stopped at the rest area/welcome center for lunch. I was fixing us a sandwich and Jackie was going out to check on the car. I heard a kind of thump and noticed the door was swinging open. I...

Oct 28, 2013 - Little Rock, AR

Petite journée tranquille, nous nous sommes levés ce matin avec du brouillard sur le "Old man River", on ne voyait même pas de l'autre coté du fleuve. Le départ c'est fait vers 10h30, on a eu la visite d'un voisin qui venait du Manitoba et on a jasé jusqu'à ce que je lui dise que la route nous attendait. Nous avons parcouru 130 milles sur la I40 qui a beaucoup de construction mais nous avons été chanceux pas de pare choc à pare choc, donc après 2h15 de route on arrivait au Downtown Riverside RV Park, un camping municipal, pas cher, sur le...

Oct 28, 2013 - Jackson, MS

I woke up at 7:15 this morning and Jackie was already up and having breakfast. I reluctantly got up and made the bed and got busy. At 8:15 we were pulling out of our site. We hooked up the car and left the park. We stopped at Flying J and fueled up the coach at $2.99 per gallon. Only $120.00 to fill up the tank. At 9:30 we were pulling onto the interstate. We had a little delay in North Little Rock as we were merging onto I30. Traffic was at a standstill and it took several minutes to clear out. No other problems though for the day. We...

Oct 27, 2013 - Mud Island Memphis

Depuis qu'on vient ici à Memphis on a jamais été capable de visiter Mud Island Park, car la saison commence vers la fin d'avril et fini à l'Halloween. On a donc la chance de visiter le park. Mud Island est un centre de type écomuseum sur la vallée du majestueux fleuve Mississippi. Il y a un musée sur l'histoire du Mississippi, elle commence en 10 000 ans BC jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Tout y passe: les indiens, les sinistres, les crues, la maladie, les bateaux et les espèces envahissantes. Il y a aussi une maquette extérieure du fleuve sur plus de...