April 5
Left Elkhart in the rain, it’s supposed to snow here today, and drove all day in cold rain. Elkhart to Chicago on Illinois Toll Road then met IH-80 for an exciting ride with more trucks than found on IH-35. Turned south on IH-57, had a stop along the way for a DQ hamburger and blizzard, continuing on to Effingham, IL to spend the night. No cable, no satellite (too many trees), no over the air TV so we read a while and then to bed.
April 6
Rained all night with high winds. No movement of the motorhome on the new leveling system. Rain actually stopped but drove in high winds all day arriving at Portageville, MO to a campground that had very poor instructions to find it. This including going down a very narrow road ending at the levee of the Mississippi River where we had to disconnect the car to get turned around. Finally found the campground and the office was closed. We found an empty spot and got set up for the night, called the number for the office and were told they would be in the office tomorrow at 8:00 AM so we could pay. Set up the satellite dish and enjoyed the evening.
April 7
Drove from Boot Heel RV Park in Missouri through northeast Arkansas on IH-55 then when we turned west on IH-40 we stopped at a nice rest area to fix a sandwich for our lunch. Arrived Maumelle Park on the west side of Little Rock to find that we had been misinformed about arriving one day early as the campground was full. But the nice lady on the desk began calling and found that someone had cancelled a reservation so we were put into a spot designed for families. We changed our clothes and headed off to see Ann and Richard at Yaya’s for dinner. The food was really good. Expensive. But a nice visit with Ann and Richard. Back to the motorhome we discovered that the neighbors had arrived and were getting set up. We watched a little TV before getting in bed. The neighbors were tenters so voices carried loudly until they finally went to bed. After that it was tranquil. Tomorrow we can move to our selected site with river views and lots of space between sites.
April 8
Leisure morning including a trip to Starbucks for wifi to catch up on some business requirements. Later we got the motorhome moved to our site on the Arkansas River with great views of the water. Late afternoon we visited with Mac and Carol at their house for drinks. We had a good time talking about the past in Little Rock. Back to the motorhome and early to bed.
April 9
Sunday morning spent getting ready for our day with son, John and grands, Sean and Shea. For lunch we tried a new Mexican Restaurant close to Maumelle Park called Señor Tequilla and it was good, so much so that we decided we will go again next trip. After our lunch we made our way to the Purple Cow for some desserts, chocolate fudge cake and ice cream. We all enjoyed that. When it was time for us to go back to the motorhome we spent some time preparing for our departure toward home.
April 10
Drove from Little Rock to Dallas where we spent the night at Tradition (200+ independent living apartments), home of our friend Dave who we used to motorhome with several years ago. Dave is now 90+ and enjoys life at Tradition. Bob would move there today. For dinner we went to El Fenix, close to Tradition and had Mexican food again. Maybe our Spanish will improve.
April 11
Left Tradition early and using the toll road, North Dallas Tollway, we were through Dallas during rush hour without any problem. Arrived Waxahachie early so went to HEB to replenish our coffee and chocolate supply, get fuel in the motorhome and arrived at Lee and Vicky’s (Bob’s niece) on time. We had a good visit, caught up on their happenings and then went to a new place on the square for lunch. If you stop in Waxahachie look up Farm Luck Soda Fountain, good for sandwiches and soups. Back to their house and we departed for our drive to Georgetown. At Temple we sat for 75 minutes on I-35 without moving more than two miles. Water being the problem over the road they closed the freeway and forced us west so Iris re-routed us on small roads to get around the problem. We re-entered the freeway at Belton and from there it was clear sailing. Arrived home after 6 PM so our normal trip of 3 hours turned into almost 5 hours. Glad to be home, all seems OK with the house and yard except the star jasmine looks like it will have to go.
GREAT TRIP!
For anyone interested in our leveling jack installation this is the link supplied by the installer:
Bye until next time.
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