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Day 19 – HD Farm, Eastaboga, Alabama
After a wonderful stay with Melissa, Mark and family, with a tearful goodbye we began our journey back to the west coast. Our first stop was at a Harvest Host location, HD Farm in Eastaboga, Alabama, near the Talladega Superspeedway. It was on our way to New Orleans, LA, where we plan to meet up…
Read MoreDays 12 – 18, at Melissa & Mark’s
We spent the next week with Melissa, Mark and four of our grandkids. Mark took the whole week off of work. During that time we celebrated Piper’s 4th birthday and Evelyn’s 6th birthday. We also made numerous memories with the family that included: A trip to the beach to find shark’s teeth and sea shells…
Read MoreDays 8, 9, 10 & 11 Arrowhead Campground, NC
On Thursday, March 25th, we traveled from Murfreesboro, TN to Arrowhead Campground in North Carolina. On the advice of the locals in Murfreesboro, we got up at 4am and left at 4:50am to get ahead of the severe thunderstorm and tornado threat. The drive was rainy and nasty until we were within an hour or…
Read MoreDay 7 – Murfreesboro, TN
We woke up at 5am and we were on the road by 6:10am. Another driving day with no rain! We needed groceries on the way to Murfreesboro, TN, so we stopped at Kroeger in Spring Hill, TN. Yes, another place named Spring Hill! It was a beautiful area. Kids were just being let out of…
Read MoreDays 5 & 6 – Fort Smith, Arkansas
We woke up at 5am, left at 6am, headed for Fort Smith, Arkansas. It rained like hell for most of the drive. We stopped at Walmart in Oklahoma City, needed some ice, water, and bought a 22 Qt Lifetime cooler. It was a sketchy area and thankfully a security guard in a car watched our…
Read MoreDay 4 – Tucumcari, NM
We woke up at 4am, left the distillery at 5am. It was dark, perfect for the neon on Route 66. We saw some nostalgic places before the sun came up. Kingman, AZ to Tucumcari, NM was the best drive so far, 75 degrees and no rain all day! Lot’s of cactus. We felt like high…
Read MoreDay 3 – Kingman, AZ
Up at 4am, Steve made a U-turn in the parking lot of the winery at 4:50am to start our day. Karen drove through torrential rain and darkness for the first three hours. We had no idea the weather in northern Nevada would be so intense, until we saw a sign that said “Be prepared for…
Read MoreDay 2 – Twin Falls, Idaho
We left Indian John Hill rest stop at 5:45am and Karen drove through dense fog and darkness for the first couple of hours. We took Highway 82 towards Yakima, crossed into NE Oregon and took Highway 84 into Idaho. Surprisingly, we drove past Bretz RV & Marine in Boise Idaho, the dealer that sold our…
Read MoreDay 1 – Cross Country Adventure 2021
Karen got off early and we left Thursday night instead of Friday morning due to an impending snow storm in the pass. We were met with torrential rain on the way up the pass, but were happy to get out ahead of Friday’s storm. We slept a few hours at the Indian John Hill rest…
Read MoreFort Casey Again!
For Karen’s birthday weekend, we went back to Fort Casey again, this time with our good friends Ed and Betty. We had site 9 and they had site 10. Both of them were dry sites, no water or shore power, but we had our Jackery! This time it only took 30 minutes to set up…
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