Day 3
Elk City, Oklahoma to St. Clair, Missouri
( 550 miles)
We did have a little frustration at the end of the day. When we were all tuckered out and ready to call it quits, we headed to an Elks Lodge that has one RV spot. We didn't call ahead since we figured if the one spot was taken, we'd just dry camp for the night. Well, the one spot was taken and the parking lot was sooooo sloped, we couldn't find a spot that we could set up the camper! Wow, now that is sloped! We had to drive another 15 miles or so to get to the local state park.
Day 4
St. Clair, Missouri to Fremont, IN
( 454 miles)
Today’s exciting observation was signs of spring- the bright, vibrant green of new leaves on the trees…
Later in the day we started to feel like we were on home territory, as we passed Ball State University in Muncie Indiana. Our daughter went to college there and we spent many a day driving to and from this school, back in the day.
We almost made it all the way to our destination on day 4, but when we called the RV park we want to stay in, they were closed for the day and we couldn't confirm availability, and since we would have been really pushing it, and arriving at 8 pm, we decided to call it a day.
Day 5
Fremont, IN to Ypsilanti, MI
( 121 miles)
This is more like the travel day that we are used to….as fulltimers, we usually adhere to the 2-2-2 rule; travel no more than 200 miles, arrive by 2 pm, and stay 2 nights. In other words, slow down the pace. When we are on a “mission” that doesn't happen, and we can, if necessary, travel as fast as possible. But we don’t like it.
Once we arrived at the RV park, we checked in, and got permission to take the camper off the truck. That doesn’t seem like a big deal, but some parks require you to keep a truck camper on the truck and many parks don’t allow truck campers at all.
Notice that although yesterday we had trees full of new leaves, in Michigan, spring hasn’t really sprung yet, and the trees barely have buds on them.
Our first priority is the boat. Come hell or high water, it’s coming back to Arizona with us, and since it’s been sitting for so many years, we need to check the trailer, tires and brakes.
We remember that we packed it full of stuff-we vaguely remember that the yard rakes are in there, but we have no idea what else is under the shrink-wrap, and it isn't worth removing it just to take a peek.
After giving it a couple of test laps around the parking lot, Paul deemed it road worthy and we took it back to the campground with us so he can finish working on it there.
That’s one less thing we are paying to store!
That was enough excitement for one day so we put off going to the storage unit for another time.
