Well, actually we are not bound for anywhere. We are home in Oklahoma.
Yesterday was fairly uneventful as we traveled northwest up through Alabama and Mississippi. When we got to Tennessee we were able to take a bypass to the south and west of Memphis and picked up Inte
rstate 40 in West Memphis over in Arkansas. At this point we were heading due west with heavy wind coming out of the south. This was hitting our very high profile vehicle very heavily. This made it very hard to keep the coach on the road. We made it all the way to North Little Rock and stopped for the night at the Downtown Riverside RV Park. After going out to dinner we returned to the coach to relax and turn in early. The wind had gotten even worse and we were told a cold front was moving in with heavy rain. To protect the awning slide covers from the wind we pulled in all the slides except for the one that hold the bed.
rstate 40 in West Memphis over in Arkansas. At this point we were heading due west with heavy wind coming out of the south. This was hitting our very high profile vehicle very heavily. This made it very hard to keep the coach on the road. We made it all the way to North Little Rock and stopped for the night at the Downtown Riverside RV Park. After going out to dinner we returned to the coach to relax and turn in early. The wind had gotten even worse and we were told a cold front was moving in with heavy rain. To protect the awning slide covers from the wind we pulled in all the slides except for the one that hold the bed.This morning we got up to heavy rain which had been coming down since the wee hours of the morning. It slacked off long enough to allow us to unhook the utilities, dump our holding tanks and get the car hooked to the tow bar. About 9:00 am we headed out again. Drove in rain for the first 50 miles or so and then heavy wind, this time coming out of the north and still hitting us broadside. The wind really made for two very hard and tiring driving days. We arrived home about 4:30 this afternoon. Unloaded the necessary things and then locked up the coach. We'll get back to it later. Joanne did immediately start doing the laundry that has built up over the last month. We had a very good trip, saw a lot and enjoyed visiting with our friends in Georgia. Not everything worked out as planned but that is what sometimes happens when we are out on the road. That is one good part about being retired, we have the flexibility to take things as they come and rewrite the schedule as things happen.
3 comments:
Good you are back in OK if only long enough to get ready for the next adventure.
Glad you're home in one piece. I keep noticing you've not gone to Utah. One of the main things I liked about Utah was that there was very little wind there. Might make your life a bit easier if you tried it out.
We've been to Utah. Spent several days there when you still lived there, remember? We just have not been to that part of the country since we started this RV thing. The map on the blog only shows where we've been in a motor home.
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