Wednesday, July 27, 2011

North Country 2011--Day 1

"On the road again, can't wait to get on the road again." Ole Willie could not have said it better. It is great to be back on the road again.



We rolled out of our driveway just before 8:00 this morning, heading north. After a quick stop at the Flying J to top off the fuel tank we made pretty good time. We were well onto the Kansas Turnpike before noon. Made a few stops to let the dogs to their business and one stop for lunch and we were into Kansas City area before 3:00pm. That is good because that gave us a chance to get all the way around the City before their rush hour traffic started up.


Tonight we are at Miller's Kampark in Liberty, Missouri. This is just a few miles to the north of Kansas City on Interstate 35. We have stopped here before on our way north. Just a small park that mostly caters to people who are temporarily working in the area, mostly construction people. It was getting hot by the time we left home (they were expecting to set a record today with temps in excess of 105) and it was really hot by the time we arrived at the campground. We actually ran the generator in the coach all afternoon so we could have the roof air conditioner working since the dash air just was not doing the trick. Anyway, we have a pull through spot for the night with 50amp hookup. That was so we would be able to run both A/C units to get the coach cooled down but it was not to be. Had problems with the electric pedestal at the site and our Electrical Management System that I had added to the coach a few years ago kept shutting down the power. Finally had to change the plug over to the 30amp outlet and all is fine, except we are only able to operate one A/C unit on 30amp. Now that the sun is down only one A/C will be fine for the night. We'll only be here the one night. Tomorrow morning we'll head further north, searching for the elusive cool weather.

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