November 24, 2012 – Travel to Oklahoma

We left the Moose early this morning – we are now in Central Time but our bodies are on Eastern Time. 

Continuing our travels on I-40 West – we are now in the area of the country where we can see miles ahead:

 

Oh my, we are near home – LOL – Pottsville, AR:

Continuing our journey into:

 

Where we saw this:

Did you notice the cow to the left of the bus – maybe she is waiting for the hay to fall? – :-)

And so many rivers and lakes:

Spending time in Oklahoma is also on my bucket list..

We passed old oil rigs:

And new/working oil rigs:

And the wind was blowing – notice the flag:

The windmills were producing today:

 

This is west of Oklahoma City – check out the direction the trees grow.  Hmmm…seems like the wind must blow this way all the time…

We made our way to Elk City, Oklahoma, City Park – free, electric, and water available – can’t beat that.  And we will be here for two nights – need to take a driving break and this is a great place to do it.  I promise pictures tomorrow.

Stats for today

Miles Traveled:  458 Miles  - Yep, another long day!

Arkansas: SR-176; US-67: I-40

Oklahoma:  I-40; I-240; I-44; I-40; SR-6; Lakeview Road; Washington Avenue; Elk City Lake Park

November 23, 2012 Travel to Arkansas

We left the SKP Park early this morning after saying goodbyes to some new friends and headed west, passing thru some rain showers:

 

Into glorious sunshine – :-)))). 

One of the things on my bucket list is the travel Skyline Drive, then the Blue Ridge Parkway, head back to Tennessee to do the Bourbon Tours and spend time in Nashville before heading down the Natchez Trace Parkway.  I may plan that for late next summer.

We have chosen to travel I-40 across the U.S. mostly because it is a pretty route, less crowed than I-10, and a little warmer than I-70.

In Tennessee, we went past many rivers and lakes:

 

With boats:

And birds:

And my Andy goofing off – LOL:

Cotton fields near ready to be harvested:

And this interesting building in Memphis:

Here we go into Arkansas:

Over the mighty Mississippi River:

And past fields of birds – that black area in the photos are birds – WOW!:

Past fields of beautiful lavender flowers:

With the sky so clear, we could see the jets (white streaks in the photos):

We pulled into the Wal-Mart in Lonoke, AR where we were told we could not stay – another Bummer.  So we went on to Sherwood where we stayed at the local Moose – a good move on our part.  We were welcomed with open arms, a site with 30 AMP, and VERY FRIENDLY folks.  They even served turkey soup and corn bread for supper – YUM!

 

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 512 Miles (LONG DAY!)

Routes Traveled:

Tennessee: I-75; I-40; I-440; I-40;

Arkansas: I-40: US-67; SR-176

November 21-22, 2012 Happy Thanksgiving at Raccoon Valley SKP Park

  

We have enjoyed our time here at Raccoon Valley SKP Park – did I say how much I love SKP Parks – :-)).  We got the motorhome cleaned – inside and out; did laundry (love doing laundry at the SKP Parks – clean and good prices), updated the blog, enjoyed meeting more SKPs at Happy Hours and dinner and just taking it easy.

Our site:

Our Thanksgiving companions:

So tomorrow we will continue our journey south and west to our lot in Casa Grande, AZ.

Stay tuned.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends, family, and blog readers. 

November 19 - 20, 2012 Travel to Tennessee

Today we left our cozy spot at Delaware Seashore State Park and headed south thru the DelMarVa Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia):

Maryland:

 

 

Lots of chicken farms and chicken plants on the eastern shores of Virginia:

 

Yep, did you see those shore birds on the top of that tank at the Perdue facility?  Hmmmmm….are you thinking what I am – LOL???

Isn’t this an incredible house – their backyard is the Chesapeake Bay – WOW!:

Over the Chesapeake:

Under the Chesapeake:

 

The waves were really choppy and high – there was actually a small craft warning for this area of the Bay when we went over.  That is Virginia Beach in the background:

 

  We continued west thru Virginia:

COTTON – we are in the south now – :-))):

Monday was a long travel day for us – but what a beautiful sunset in North Carolina:

Our initial plans were to stay at a Moose Lodge – turns out that we arrived and found a “For Sale” sign on the property.  I called the number and no answer so we moved on.  The Wal-Mart in Winston-Salem said “NO” to overnights, even though they are listed in a few places as an overnight.  At that point, it is 7 PM, we are tired and we start to call places.  The manager at the Wal-Mart in Mocksville told us to “Come on in, we would love to have you stay” – so that is where we stayed (and spent some money in his store too).  We are thinking now that when we do long days, to call ahead to the places we may stay – just in case.

Tuesday morning, we were on our way towards Tennessee thru the mountains of western North Carolina:

 

Into Tennessee:

  

We made our way to Heiskill, Tennessee – north of Knoxville, where we are staying at an Escapee Rainbow Park for a few days.  It is always good to stay at a SKP Park over a holiday – :-).   Once we settled in and did a few things, we went to Happy Hour and met a few people in the park.  Afterwards we went into Knoxville for supper and to see the movie Lincoln.  Great movie!

I will leave you with one more from the road picture:

 

 

 

Stats:

11/19/12

Miles Traveled: 454 miles

Routes Traveled:

Delaware: SR-1; SR-54; SR-387

Maryland: SR-367; US-113; US-13

Virginia: US-13; Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel; US-13; I-64; I-264; US-58; I-85

North Carolina: I-85; I-40; US-601 – Stopped at Mocksville, NC  -  Wal-Mart

11/20/12

Miles Traveled: 244 Miles

North Carolina: US-601; I-40

Tennessee: I-40; I-640; I-75; SR-170

ENJOY TODAY!