1/30/2009

More driving and sightseeing. We should reach our destination tomorrow. The temps have been around 50 degrees and just beautiful. We travelled a short distance on the same route Arda took last year on her bike… she even remembered so I guess her memory is not all that bad – HA!

Arda was tired of the Wally-mart pictures so she took a couple more… here is the most exciting one!




Tomorrow Sunsites AZ…

XXX miles.

1/29/2009

Another exciting day… driving, sitting, looking at scenery and staying at Wally-mart. We did finally get out of the cold as we stayed in Amarillo where it was 50 degrees when we got there. I also had the truck and trailer washed as I was carrying more salt and mud than trailer.

403 miles.

1/28/2009

Arda and I woke up bright and early this morning to find about 6” of snow on the ground, the truck, the trailer, etc… Oh ya, the water pipes in the trailer were frozen too… We were thrilled to say the least – HA! In addition the temp was only about 11 degrees. It was a lot of fun (?) cleaning off the trailer slides so we could close them enough to get underway with the hopes that the temps would soon warm up and melt the ice. Well we are sitting in Tulsa and the temps are still below freezing as they were all day. We thought driving just over 500 miles south would solve the cold issue but not to be. Oh well tomorrow is a new day with new chances…

Driving today was terrible. Score card - Weather 27 cars and 7 trucks in the ditch… Drivers zero! What is even more frightening is we saw 13 cars and 3 trucks in the ditch in the first 2 hours during which we drove about 35 – 40 MPH.

Mary H. – Thanks so much for the comfort food as Arda calls it. It was excellent although I have a couple of very minor suggestions. First, because the snacks are so good, I am not getting very many miles to the handful… we’ve eaten them all in 1.5 days. Second, if you ever make some more for us (please, please) could you double up on the M&M’s and chocolate covered peanuts. That way there may be a few left for me after Arda gets her hands on them (I’m in trouble if Arda reads this). In any event, they were excellent.

Tonight we are in a suburb of Tulsa and yes you guessed it – at Wally-mart. At least it is clearer tonight.

We also have a quiz for you sports fans… can you guess what this picture is all about? I’ll give you a little hint – it is Arda’s doing. First one who gets it right will get a BIG surprise from us!



Anyway another good day!

503 miles.

1/27/2009

Well Arda and I started our next adventure today, Tuesday January 27, 2009 at 12:26 PM as we said goodbye to our house on Bridge Town Ln. We picked up the trailer at 9:30 AM, loaded it and took off… 30 minutes later than plan but then we started 30 minutes later so duh!
Driving was good until we got further south in Illinois where we ran into snow and a little hail so we decided to stop at our favorite campground Wally-mart in Mattoon which is about 100 miles north of St. Louis (our original stopping point).

Yes there really is a Wally-mart out there as I took the picture from our trailer door but the snow obscures it a little…


We have the generator and heaters running so we are snug as a bug in a rug with one exception… our water pipes are frozen. Hopefully we will hit some warm weather tomorrow so they can thaw out.

As I write this Arda is busy organizing our trailer… oh joy! Actually she does a great job.
Till the next time.

348 Miles