Columbia Mo. to Lincoln Ne

Left Columbia Mo at 9:00 AM and arrived Lincoln Ne at 4:00 PM. We are spending the weekend with my sister who lives in Lincoln. The route we took was north on 63 then west on 36 to I 29. Then north on I 29 to route 2 then on to Lincoln about 325 miles. David


Here we are waiting for Jerry's trailer to be repaired in Jackson Ms

 

Here we are standing in front of Elvis's Gate to Graceland. The guard said Elvis was in Kalamazoo.

 We stayed at the nicest campground last night.  The weather is very nice today but getting a little chilly.  I may have to switch to long pants again today.  Right after leaving Graceland we stopped and we switched back to shorts.  We saw a lot of farmland today, some flat and some with rolling hills.  We did finally see the Loess Hills in Missouri.  We learned that the hills are made almost entirely of windblown soils.  Toward the end of the ice age, winds picked up soils that had been ground as fine as flour and formed dunes along the ancient waterway that became today's Missouri River.  They are unique to see and we enjoyed looking at them.  We made it to Jeff and Tricia's late in the afternoon and they made us a wonderful dinner and we're about to call it a night./Marilyn

Grenada Ms to Columbia Mo

Left Grenada Ms at 8:00 AM and drove to Columbia Mo about 480 mile. We stopped and seen Elvis in Memphis. We had lunch in Osceola Ar. and dinner in St Louis. We will travel to Lincoln Ne tomorrow. Great day and weather. David 
So far we have traveled about 1350 miles.  We been through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri.  Not bad in three days.  We saw a lot of places that are still flooded from the last storm.   In one place we saw only the roof of a softball dugout. In Missouri the farmland reminded us of the farmland in Michigan.  It's so flat, and you can see for miles.  In fact, we watched the crop duster fly over the fields and spray from one side of the field to the other.  Once we were approaching the St. John Bayou it was almost over its banks.  It looked like it was in some places.  They had sandbagged by the road and pumping water in other directions.  The southbound lanes were backed up over a mile trying to get into the one lane that was opened.  The gas prices haven't been too bad ---- seriously  lol  Diesel
has been as little as $3.84 a gallon and as much as $4.05.  At least we are getting 13 to 14 miles per gallon at 65mph.  We're very happy with that.  Doc and Reva and Dave and I are tired tonight, but we had a very nice day. /Marilyn

Pensacola to Grenada Ms

We left Pensacola about 8:30 AM and traveled about 400 miles to Grenada Ms. We had planned to have dinner in Memphis tonight but we're not able to make it that far. We did get to talk to Andrea's son Ben on the phone and had hopes of having dinner with him.  We've never met him and he had never met us and it would have been great.  Jerry had trouble with his trailer wheel bearings.  The bearings gave up the ghost in Jackson Ms. The people that repacked them had overtighten them causing 2 of them to burn up. Luckily they failed a mile from the repair shop. Very nice day and otherwise a great ride. David

Last night ended with our flat screen TV falling off the shelf, hitting the edge of the chair and then fell to the floor.  Needless to say, we through it in the dumpster this morning.  It had a lot of colorful wavy lines all over the screen.  We went through Mobile, Alabama and saw the Battleship USS Alabama.  As we drove on, we came to Hattiesburg, Alabama, known as a certified Retirement Community.  Now here is one for you---Dry Creek Water Park - really?    When Jerry and Reva's trailer began smoking, we were just a few miles from Jackson, Mississippi.    Once their trailer was fixed we were in rush hour traffic but it still wasn't as bad as New Jersey.    We finally made it to our camp grounds about 8:15p.m.  Tomorrow were heading toward Memphis, TN.  We might run into Elvis!!!Marilyn

First Day On The Road

Left home at 8:00 AM and drove about 500 miles to Pensacola Fl. We are traveling with our friend Jerry and Reva. They have a 26 foot Four Winds trailer. It was quite windy for the last 2 hours of the day. In addition to that it's a cross wind which gave Jerry a hard time. Glad to say the Dodge gave us 13.5 miles per gallon pulling our 28 foot Airstream. Hope this holds up. /David
We decided to take a different route due to the storms that were coming across Georgia. We hope to only catch the tail end of those storms.  So we took 75 to 27 and then ended up on 10.  We went through Oldtown, Turkeytown and Niceville.  Saw a few wild turkeys but not in Turkeytown.  Not sure what tomorrow will bring, but we hope it will be sunny and calm winds.  Want to take bets when we change from shorts to long pant and sweatshirts!!!!!/Marilyn

Loading up!

We have the trailer at the house and we're loading up.  The house and garage are empty and we can't close the trailer door!

Getting Started

This is our first attempt at blogging. We plan to write about our travels. Our first big trip will be to Alaska. We will be on the road for about 5 months starting Wednesday.




Of course when you leave on a trip you have to say good-bye to neighbors. We will miss him.