OH YEAH……we are on our way!!! Leaving home at 10:30am this morning was later than I had hoped, but……the 1st Lady sent me to the Post Office THREE times, as well as the bank, the school office, and to the funeral home(don’t think morbidly) to take a donation to an organization. We waited for our mail to be delivered….and finally just gave up and left without getting any mail for three days. What the hell difference does it make anyway…….it will either be bills or junk mail….or BOTH!!!!
Anyway…..the first 65 miles to Poplar Bluff down US Hwy 67 was just fine….lots of beautiful hills, but the road is good. However…….HOWEVER…..the last 20 miles of Missouri and the first god-awful bunch of miles in Arkansas was…..well, GOD-AWFUL!!!! We must have looked like a damn porpoise as the truck and TheHowserHouse bucked and jumped with all of the horrific road surface repairs…..I could NOT find a speed that would solve the problem…..tried faster and then slower and then hitting the brakes when it REALLY got bad. It was just the length between the axles of the truck and those of the trailer……UGH!!! STAY OFF of that road if you are towing!!!
We had a quick lunch on the go, after getting gas at a truck stop. Flew right around Little Rock about 3:30.…and then decided to make the rest of the miles to Texarkana, TX where we are hooked up with our umbilical cords to electricity, water, and sewage for the night. We decided on this KOA, which we normally do NOT camp at, because it has WIFI……HA!!! What a joke!!! It is sooooo slow that I can barely upload or download anything….horrible.
I had to de-winterize TheHowserHouse when I arrived here this evening……..doesn’t take long, but did do as much checking of connections, etc. on the plumbing to make certain there are no leaks. Then we headed across the frontage roads to an IHOP for a quick bite to eat. It wasn’t tooooo bad……….
Still having trouble with the tv reception……and even after I had it in Kansas City this fall to have repairs made….including the tv reception. I really believe it is in the wiring in the wall, but can’t seem to convince any repair service men that that might be the trouble spot.
The people at Nationwide there in KC said they fixed it…..BUT….it is NOT fixed. Guess I will have to call them and complain…..hate to do that, but they didn’t get the job done!
Think we will stop in either Austin or San Antonio tomorrow evening……depends on the roads, traffic around Dallas, and the weather. It is supposed to rain tomorrow……that will slow us down for sure!
There are LOTS of us “snowbirds” on the road with our rv’s!!!!! Everyone headed south or west to escape the winter…….which doesn’t seem to be happening with all of the global warming ( oh yeah, Goldie).
Soooo, will close this first chapter of the journey…….And as usual,
Life is GREAT…..and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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