Day 190 – Beginning of Week 28. 35 degrees this morning at 8 a.m., partly cloudy. We hung around the RV in the morning, catching up on some things, then left for Louisville.
Month: March 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Day 189 – We wanted to get a fairly early start today because we’d be crossing into Eastern Standard Time and losing an hour. 35 degrees at 8 a.m., very cloudy. We departed Harmonie State Park at 10:10 a.m. after dumping & filling with water. The girls were like, what the heck? We just got here!
Saturday, March 17, 2018
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!
Day 188 – Saint Patrick’s Day is a really big deal in St. Louis – big parades, everyone in green, parties & celebrations – we’d been warned about the possibilities of traffic problems, so we went around the City & it worked out well. We were starting our trek towards Louisville, KY.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Day 187 – The weather changed dramatically yet again – very windy when we got up, very cloudy, 41 degrees. Looks like it will rain any minute. Today we are going to see Jake do his thing at the dog show.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
AUGUST A. BUSCH MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA.
Day 186 – Beautiful day, no wind, clear sunny skies, 41 degrees when we got up. We hung around for a bit, packed a lunch, and went to a great wildlife area about 20 minutes from the campground.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Day 185 – We got up at 6 a.m., 25 degrees. Gayle picked us up at 8:00 and we all went to take Jake to doggie school. This was an agility class. It was quite interesting; it’s not just the dog, so much depends on the owner’s ability to communicate their wishes to the animal and the way they work together. And it’s good exercise, physically & mentally, for both the dog & the owner.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Day 184 – When we got up this morning, it was 26 degrees and sunny. We left at 10:10 a.m. after dumping tanks & getting fresh water. Five Deer ran alongside as we left the State Park, their fluffy white tails blowing in the wind.
Monday, March 12, 2018
MINGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
Day 183 – Beginning of Week 27. Frost on everything this morning. 30 degrees, sunny. And when the wind blows up on this ridge – BRRRR! Continue reading
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Day 182 – Beginning of the seventh month of this trip. Daylight Savings Time, we lost an hour AND we slept late. We left the grizzly park at 11:15 a.m., very humid, 48 degrees, light rain. We stopped on the way out of town to fill up with propane. We’re going north & the weather will be colder; gonna need that heat.
RECAP – End of Month 6, Trip #3
Six months, wow, amazing. One month ago, at the beginning of our sixth month straight on the road, we were at Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. It was high desert country with incredible red rocks & cliffs all around us, dry and warm and dusty. We are, one month later, in northeastern Arkansas, flat farmlands with flooded fields & rushing muddy rivers, Quite a difference and oh my, the beauty we’ve seen. Utah was outrageous, so full of color, but we had to leave due to winter storms coming in from the north. We will SO be coming back to see more! New Mexico, only a small part of it, and we spent so much time running from the high winds. We will come back here, too. Up into the panhandle of Texas, and as quickly out of Texas into Oklahoma. Buffalo and Texas Long Horns at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, never to be forgotten. Playing hopscotch from one Wildlife Refuge to another throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas. What a great month it was. We travelled 2,408 miles in the RV last month, lots more miles if we add what we travelled in the car, too. We stayed at 14 different campgrounds in UT. NM, TX, OK, & AR. During month #7 we’ll be visiting relatives in Missouri & Kentucky, and after that we haven’t decided yet whether we’ll go back to Georgia to visit the alligators again, or maybe go back to Louisiana – both two favorites from last year. Or maybe we’ll do something new, like the Great Smoky Mountains. Mostly it will depend on the weather. We’ve found weather conditions play the biggest factor in where we go and when. We do know that we are enjoying every minute of our adventure and cannot wait to see more.



