May 24-26, 2022 The weather forecast included lots of rain for the days we were to be in Meridian so we headed for Bonita Lakes as soon as we got to town after our drive from Alexandria, Louisiana. Alabama’s oldest geocache lay on our route from Meridian to Chattanooga. Did Read more…
May 22-23, 2022 We try to schedule our stops so that our travel days aren’t more than about 300 miles. The drive from Memphis, TN to our campground south of Alexandria, LA was over 400 miles. Into a headwind. Using about 60 gallons of gas. The truck’s navigation system gave Read more…
May 17-20, 2022 Jane lived in Memphis in 1975-76 while she was completing her Master of Public Administration degree at the University of Memphis. Her three-room apartment was a few blocks from campus and from her porch she looked out onto an overgrown backyard. Our purpose in visiting Memphis was Read more…
May 15-17, 2022 A thunderstorm with gusts of 50 miles per hour tested the trailer the evening we arrived. We were grateful for the big Class A motor home beside us that served as a windbreak. The trailer shook a little but kept us safe and dry. French explorer Jean-Baptiste Read more…
May 16, 2022 Arkansas’s [yes, apostrophe s–we looked it up] second capitol was begun in 1899, occupied in 1911, and completed in 1915 at a cost of $2.2 million. Original plans for the neo-classicial building were drawn by George Mann. He was replaced by Cass Gilbert who designed both Minnesota’s Read more…
May 12-14, 2022 Our campground was a few miles outside of Harrison, but it had lots of trees and friendly staff. We thought our explorations would probably take us northeast to Mountain Home and northwest to the Branson area. Our first priority was finding the oldest geocache in Arkansas which Read more…
May 9-11, 2022 The drive through the Dallas, Texas area and on to Tulsa was windy with sometimes heavy traffic. We were concerned, too, that the only license plate on the trailer is, as far as we know, untraceable since it gives only the name of the dealer from whom Read more…
May 6-8, 2022 Most of our adventures were about geocaching. We were amused by a bail bondswoman’s car in a parking lot. The owner said she thinks the car is a little embarrassing but it works, and business is good. We thought it was funny that our navigation system found Read more…
May 4-5, 2022 The drive from Las Cruces, NM to Odessa, TX was 330 miles and took us: Seven hours. The rig is teaching us how to minimize sway but we’re still keeping the speed just under 60 MPH. We had to exit I-20 for a short detour and as Read more…
May 2-3, 2022 We averaged 50 miles per hour on the 350-mile drive from Casa Gande, Arizona to Las Cruces, New Mexico. We’re improving at minimizing the swaying of the trailer and are adjusting to the disadvantages of not being able to access the refrigerator or bathroom while in motion. Read more…