Driving Days

Day 2    4-6-2015

Not much to say about today except that we woke to a rain that kept us from doing any walking.  As we hit the highway the rain intensified.  The next 80+ miles into Memphis were really wet.  Luckily, most folks were driving sanely.  As we drove by Mud Island in Memphis, Jan got to see the “Pyramid”.  At that point we could see the Arkansas line sign on the bridge crossing the “mighty Mississippi”.  Good by Tennessee we will see you in a few weeks.  The next 40 miles into Arkansas were like experiencing a 5.5 earthquake.  Maybe Arkansas can talk with their former “first lady” as she runs for President to improve their road system.  The day ended in Russellville, AR in the foothills of the Ozarks, beautiful rolling hills with lots of lakes.

 

Day 3   4-7-2015

So far so good.  Most of my concerns concerning the RV have been proven to be false.  YEA!!!  This morning we hit the road for Oklahoma.  One of the only problems we had was that I set a pair of socks on one of Jan’s uncoverd pens.  Since ink was wicked into the heal of the sock.  The result was that I became a “blue healer”. 

The bad roads of yesterday were almost equaled today.  Along with the all bad roads we were met with some rather strong winds(25-30 mph).  The winds worked magic on my ability to keep the RV headed in the direction of the “white lines”.  They also caused the transmission to work considerably harder.  All along the road today were Indian owned casinos.  Some were very beautiful.  As we arrived in Oklahoma City the road improved and the winds subsided.  What a beautiful city.   The interstate was groomed by colored concrete on the bridges and overpasses.  Last night at our campground, the fellow next to us recommend that we stop at a city park in Sayre, OK.  He hit the nail on the head.  The little park is beautiful.  But it is a “dry heat”.   Tomorrow we plan to be in Palo Duro Canyon for the next couple of nights.

 

Day 4   4-8-2015

The campground has golf, swimming pool, playground, miniature golf, walking track, RV campground, ball fields and last but not least a rodeo arena.  I’ll bet this little town doesn’t have 5000 people in it.  Jan and I walked early and then hit the road.  Daylight does arrive until after 7:00am.  We just had a 4 hour trip to Canyon, TX.  About 12 miles east is Palo Duro Canyon.  When we arrived and setup, we drove over to PD Canyon.  This is a beautiful place.  We had originally planned on staying there, but had changed our mind when we saw what we would have do to camp there.  First, the grade and curves into the canyon were more than I wanted to put up with, second, there is no cell coverage and no wifi.  We have come to expect these pluses as a necessity.  While in the canyon, we scouted out some trails to hike.  We have picked out two that some other hikers recommended.

The weather today has been fairly good.  Up on the “high plains” the temp reached the low 80s and down in the canyon the temperature was in the upper 90s.  The temperatures were not the issue, the wind was horrendous.  It blew dust everywhere and the little bit of rain made it into sprinkling mud.  Our RV now looks not so good.

I hope to have some pictures online by the weekend.