After spending Thursday night at Interstate RV Park, in Davenport Iowa we arrived in Howell about 4PM on Friday. This is actually my mom's back yard, I sort of do another workamping stint as I do maintenance and lawn mowing in exchange for a place to park.
Really good to get back to the old stomping grounds, we got to spend some time with our oldest daughter, my Mom and Linda's parents last night. Today will be spent getting things set up again, doing laundry and just recovering from the ~2500 mile dash from Oregon.
We are just short of 20,000 miles on the coach and the motor seems to be loosening up a bit. The computer tracks mileage and we have gone up anther tenth on this leg of the trip, were now up to 8.2 MPG. I don't think that too bad for a 30,000 lb vehicle that 8 feet wide and 12.5 feet tall.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Omaha, NE
Spent last night in North Platte, NE. Linda got to get her Walmart fix for the week.
Today we made a stop at the Great Platte River Road Archway. I was not sure about stopping but Linda has wanted to visit it since last year when we passed through moving Manda to Oregon. They do a nice job of telling the story of people passing through the area on their way to the west coast. Beginning with the Mormons, the Oregon Trail, and the Lincoln highway. Not a whole lot of depth to the story but I thought it was well worth the 1 1/2 hours we spent there.
We are spending tonight with Cabela's. It cost us more than if we had just gone to a campground but I guess that's why they let you hide out in the back parking lot.
We have gotten our best mileage ever, between going down hill through most of Nebraska, and a good tail wind out of the west, we managed to get 9.4 mpg for the last 650 miles.
Weather has been good today, I do see some thunderheads in the sky around us, but still sunny where we are. Temps in the 80's today, sure feels good to be able to run around in shorts and T-shirts again.
Today we made a stop at the Great Platte River Road Archway. I was not sure about stopping but Linda has wanted to visit it since last year when we passed through moving Manda to Oregon. They do a nice job of telling the story of people passing through the area on their way to the west coast. Beginning with the Mormons, the Oregon Trail, and the Lincoln highway. Not a whole lot of depth to the story but I thought it was well worth the 1 1/2 hours we spent there.
We are spending tonight with Cabela's. It cost us more than if we had just gone to a campground but I guess that's why they let you hide out in the back parking lot.
We have gotten our best mileage ever, between going down hill through most of Nebraska, and a good tail wind out of the west, we managed to get 9.4 mpg for the last 650 miles.
Weather has been good today, I do see some thunderheads in the sky around us, but still sunny where we are. Temps in the 80's today, sure feels good to be able to run around in shorts and T-shirts again.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Rowlins, Wyoming
No rain today! We did wake up to ice on the puddles on the slide toppers, but the sun has been shining pretty much all day. We are staying at RV World Campground, and can see snow on the hill side behind us. It's 52 degrees and the wind is blowing at 30 or some miles an hour so the wind chill felt like it was down around freezing while I was getting the water, electric and cable TV hooked up.
Made about 380 miles today and finally caught a tail wind. Crossed the continental divide a couple of times and saw elevation of 7500 feet. Saw lots of sheep, cattle, antilope and even a few Wyoming ground squirrels.
Made about 380 miles today and finally caught a tail wind. Crossed the continental divide a couple of times and saw elevation of 7500 feet. Saw lots of sheep, cattle, antilope and even a few Wyoming ground squirrels.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Snowville, Utah
About 75 miles North-west of Ogden Utah. Kind of a different little campground, nobody in the office, you take the paper work, pick your site then fill out the paper work add your payment and drop it in the slot at the office. Lots of antiques, stuff hanging on the fence and on the porch. Old farm machinery and vehicles parked around the outside of the park.
We are still at 4600 feet, with hills and mountains all around us. At the high point for the day we saw a sign at one of the passes saying we were at 5630 feet.
This was another day of rain, saw a little lightning, a little hail and a lot of up hill. The forecast was for a 30% chance of rain along our route, but we ended up with 30% of the day without rain. The one really nice thing was the sun came out when we stopped for lunch so we had the chance to walk around the Devils Washbowl and get some nice pictures.
We are still at 4600 feet, with hills and mountains all around us. At the high point for the day we saw a sign at one of the passes saying we were at 5630 feet.
This was another day of rain, saw a little lightning, a little hail and a lot of up hill. The forecast was for a 30% chance of rain along our route, but we ended up with 30% of the day without rain. The one really nice thing was the sun came out when we stopped for lunch so we had the chance to walk around the Devils Washbowl and get some nice pictures.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Huntington Oregon
We did about 390 miles today, I was starting to get a bit tired and I had enough rain and drizzle for the day. We have stopped at Catfish Junction RV Park, a nice little campground on the Snake River. Inexpensive with very nice hosts and the view would be hard to beat. We are surrounded by mountains with the river in front of us and farm land to the south.
Linda HAD to stop at the gift shop at the Multnomah falls on the way up the Columbia Gorge. She did pretty good time wise and not buying too much, Bud ended up getting a stuffed beaver to play with. It was fun shaking it and tossing it out of his chair, then grabbing it and jumping back in. Only problem was he got tired of the jumping out and then back in so it didn't take long before he was staring at Linda to pick it up for him when he tossed it out. It sure seems like he want to rule our lives.
Linda HAD to stop at the gift shop at the Multnomah falls on the way up the Columbia Gorge. She did pretty good time wise and not buying too much, Bud ended up getting a stuffed beaver to play with. It was fun shaking it and tossing it out of his chair, then grabbing it and jumping back in. Only problem was he got tired of the jumping out and then back in so it didn't take long before he was staring at Linda to pick it up for him when he tossed it out. It sure seems like he want to rule our lives.
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