Day 228 – Up at 6 a.m. again to get ready. They are supposed to complete the front end suspension work today, and we’ve asked them to look at the RV to see if there is some way they could do the back end also at another time. Depending on what time they finish today, we will either spend another night, complete with friendly greeting dog, or begin our journey back to NY.
IA
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Day 227 – We got up by alarm again, this time at 6 a.m. They said they’d be coming to get us at 7 a.m. After their breakfast, the poor kitties were closed back into the bedroom with the litter box, dry & moist food, and fresh water. Here we go again, they said. We feel so bad.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Day 226 – We got up to another warm day. Went to the Bakery and got two loaves of the freshly-baked Crunch Bread. They had just pulled out from the oven a piping-hot batch of melt-in-your-mouth Pecan Rolls. We HAD to get one of those. O M G !!! So yummy. Then we went to the General Store and got several more knives. (Last time we were here we bought a fantastic knife for chopping; it had been such a great knife that we knew we had to get others if we ever came back. AND they’re quite reasonably priced!) We also had time before campground check-out to drive to Iowa City to a health store to pick up some protein powder for Rob’s breakfast shakes. Back to the RV, we packed up and much to the cat’s surprise because they thought we were settling in at Amana, we departed for Oskaloosa.
94 miles
Monday, April 23, 2018
HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY, CAROL & TED!!! ENJOY THE CELEBRATION!!!
Day 225 – Beginning of Week 33. Mostly sunny and nicely warm this morning; wish we could stay here longer, but we have to be at Oskaloosa, Iowa Tuesday afternoon. The campground host was still not at his trailer, so while Rob was dumping tanks, getting more fresh water & throwing out the trash, I went over to the Park’s Office and paid for last night. They didn’t know he was gone, so we’re wondering who’s minding the shop now, LOL.
195 miles
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
TRUCKIN’.
Day 9 – We figured we’d be putting some extra miles on the RV today, and we did. What was totally cool was that we crossed into Mountain Time & gained an hour towards the end of today’s trip – we didn’t know that was happening yet so that was a nice surprise. It was nice to have an extra hour after a long day of driving thru Nebraska. We’ve gotta admit, the idea of driving for hours through NE had been daunting. Like Kansas, we thought it was going to be miles & miles of nothing; yawn, boring (no offense intended to people living in the midwest). But it turned out to be more interesting than we’d expected.
373 miles
Monday, September 18, 2017
ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
Day 8 – Beginning of Week 2 and last week we put 1,174 miles on the RV & travelled from the Hudson Valley in NY through PA, OH, IN, IL, & some of IA; visiting 6 states & staying at 5 different campgrounds. We saw lots of farmlands, went to a winery, visited an RV museum & a Raptor Center, and spent a couple of days with friends. Rolling hills, trees, lakes, flatlands, farms, & corn. We’re looking forward to the changes that this coming week will bring.
232 miles
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Day 7 – We got up at 6:30 a.m., 60 degrees, light wind. Pretty wet out from all the rain last night. Rob stuck the Iowa sticker on the travel map, new territory for us. We left at 8:30 with Mark & Donna; it had become quite windy out, otherwise a gorgeous day.
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Day 6 – A few more campers have come into our loop but it’s not at all full (the weekend hasn’t quite begun yet). When we were driving out, at the dump site near the entrance, that loop (by the Lake) was completely full. We got up at 6:15 a.m. because we wanted to get an earlier start. We’d been warned that there was a big football game in Iowa at 2:30 which could effect traffic on I-80W. Before leaving Illinois, we added the State to our travel map. We left Illini State Park at 8:30 a.m., 69 degrees, clear & sunny.
