We headed out from Elk City Lake Park around 8:15 AM. There was a gas station just a couple of miles down the road that we stopped at. The big overhang above the pumps didn't have the height labeled, but it looked ok to go under. I slowly pulled in and when I got out, I looked up to see just how much clearance I had. And I saw our batwing antenna not 2 inches from the top! Opps! I quickly lowered it. It could have been bad. Just a foot farther, and it would have hit a light fixture. The good Lord is watching out for us, for sure!
We took exit 11 and headed down old Route 66. And stopped to find our Oklahoma geocache. Then entered Texas.
Just past Abilene, we saw the Cadillac Ranch. Cool!
Just 41 miles short of the New Mexico border, we stopped at Vega, TX, after 192 miles, and spent the night at the Walnut RV Park. A nice little Mom & Pop park with just a few RVs there.
Monday
After we left the Walnut RV Park, we again pulled off the Interstate and onto old Route 66. This stop was at the Midpoint of the 'Mother Road'. 1139 miles to Los Angeles, and 1139 miles to Chicago.
There was a neat little roadside attraction and café there. And a geocache too!
And then we entered New Mexico.
It heated up to 81 degrees as we passed through Albuquerque. The balloon fiesta was going on, but we saw no balloons. Rats!
We stopped at a big souvenir place, the Flying C Ranch, and looked around, got a fruit smoothie,..... and a geocache.
Todays stop, after 315 miles, was at the Sky City Casino RV Park in Acoma, NM. We got full hookups and paid $25.00.
We are now all set up for the Seahawks game tonight.
Tuesday
On the road by 7:30AM. After 102 miles, we entered Arizona.
We stopped at the Petrified Forest National Park.
Would have liked to have spent more time there, but at least we got our passport stamped and watched the movie.
The amount of petrified wood there is amazing.
We were going to stop at Winslow, but kept going. Then maybe the Camping World just past Flagstaff. Nope.
We were getting so close to finishing this 'speedy' trip, we just kept going.
On into California via Needles for just a bit.
And across the Colorado River and back into Arizona.
Getting close now.
We pulled into the Riverside Adventure Trails just after 4:PM, and the office was already closed. The guard shack dude collected our information and directed us into the overflow area. That's ok, glad to be stopped after 495 miles.
Tomorrow morning we will go to the office and pay for a month and get moved into our 'more permanent' site. Then we will go see Gene & Cyndi.
It is amazing how many stations don't label their heights! We had to back out of a couple after sneaking the truck in close enough to fill. We also just started geocaching, we are on #3 and loving it!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's some traveling. We've done that from time to time when needed. Glad you made it!
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