Left Oklahoma City around 9:00 this morning, heading north. After we got into Kansas noticed the engine in the coach was running a little hot. Checked the gage on the dash and it showed the engine was at 211 to 212 degrees. This engine usually runs at around 197 to 202 degrees. Stopped in Emporia, Kansas, and bought a gallon of coolant pre-mixed for diesel engines and poured the whole thing into the resovoir. That did the trick because when I got back out on the road she was running right at 200 degrees.
This is another trip out with just me and the dogs. It gets lonely driving all alone. It is almost impossible to get an AM or FM radio signal when traveling cross country. (My car is equipped with XM Sattelite Radio but I don't have that up here in the coach.) There is a whole shelf of music CD's but it is almost impossible to mess with them while hearding 30,000 pounds of vehicle down the road.
We made it past Kansas City today and are in a nice RV park in Liberty, Missouri. This is normally the place we stop on our trips north and the lady in the office remembered me from last year. Got the dogs fed and me fed and have settled in for the evening. Several years ago, before our RV days, Joanne and I stopped here in Liberty on our way to Duluth. We had seen the roadside signs many times advertising the attractions in Liberty so on that trip we decided to stop and take a look. One attraction is the first bank that Jesse James and his gang ever robbed. Also, not far out of town is the house that was owned my Jesse and Frank James mother. We took the tour of both. The other attraction is the Liberty Jail. This is where the Mormons were help prisoner when they met up with trouble while attempting to establish a Mormon community. After the death of their leader, Joseph Smith, they moved on to Utah and established themselves there. This trip I think I'll just be content in relaxing in the coach for the night before moving on in the morning.
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