Day 70, Friday, Nov 11: CB Martinsburg, WV to son’s house in dutchess county ny
Left cb around 6:30 to arrive to our home base today (ah the full time life a good 1.5? months in sons driveway and daily access to grand boys…almost 2 and almost 3). SOOOO glad to be not driving any more (really passengering/navigating/
That is all for now!
Day 69, Thursday, Nov 10: Cracker Barrel, Nashville, TN to Cracker Barrel, Martinsburg, wv
I had only read the first part of the review on allstays for the cb in Martinsburg…”best cb ever” so I selected based on that. When we were driving by it I remembered it as one we had not stayed in because RIGHT next to I-81 (always lots of trucks but maybe less on weekends) but I had nothing less to give in the way of sitting in the rv any more. We stayed. I cranked the fan up to high by my head and shut windows and slept fine.
Day 68, Wednesday, Nov 9: Broken Bow, OK to Cracker Barrel in Nashville, TN (just west side)
We had fog in the morning for maybe a couple of hours…not a big deal. The road to route 30 from Broken bow (route 70 as well)…was weaving and winding and surface wise okay. Little Rock AZ was the biggest problem with construction squeezes and curbs through a section that were about 6 inches from the white line on the right…didn’t want to make any wrong moves with our 8’ 6” wide class A! We were both glad when that ended. There were LOTS of trucks on route 40 (typical!) and if we had a choice this time it was going to be driven on the weekend but family matters prevailed so we had no choice but weekday. After Memphis the trucks thinned out dramatically going east…a good thing.
We ended the day at the Cracker Barrel in Nashville, TN just east of Nashville. I wanted to miss Nashville traffic in morning and get as far as we could today. We were all glad to stop for the night!
Note to self: avoid Nashville and do the beltway (860?) that totally avoids Nashville no matter what time of day. Route 40 thru Nashville has a lot of weaving and get in left lane, then right to stay on 40…more than we’ve seen anywhere…might explain the long accident problem.
Day 67, Tuesday, Nov. 8: Cracker Barrel in Gainesville, TX to Friends home in Broken Bow, OK
Twas a not very quite night. David claims the road itself was just noisy when cars/trucks were on it. I woke up HOT/MUGGY last night as we had shut the AC off before bed…so 1:30am…I opened windows and lots of road noise but cooler air…YES!
First stop was gas $2.96!!! and then walmart to just be somewhere to take showers, shopping as needed. We drove today to stay the night with fellow volunteers from Florida State Parks. Nice to see them again…did it last year as well.
Day 66, Monday, November 7: Valley of Fires Recreation Area to Cracker Barrel in
Another scenic day of driving (mostly)…Part of route 380 is rather picturesque but some skinny ass lumpy roads but not horrible.
We continued on 380 up until Brownsfield, tx and then route 62/82 took over, then 277 into Wichita Falls, Tx…all mostly flat with cotton, oil fields, some cows. Route 82 took us thru a bit of hill country and a very quiet I-sure-hope-we-find-gas soon road. We arrived at dark with rain…not fun but we weren’t traveling in those conditions for very long thankfully. Enough driving and navigating for one day! Our home tonight is the Crackerbarrel in Gainesville, Texas…roomy right by highway but doable.
We are making time to get home on a family not-quite-emergency but help is needed. So zooming back to NY in 6 days..originally it was going to be later and like two weeks, then cut to 8 days, then 6 days.
Day 65, Sunday, Nov 6, 2022: Son’s house in concho/show Low AZ to Valley of Fires Recreation Area, NM
Although we had a later reservation (by a couple of weeks) that we cancelled, we found no way to remake a reservation…maybe their system is changing? Anyway we left at 7am with a 5 hour ride and after a quick grocery stop and gas stop, we arrived around 12:30pm at Valley of Fires and went to find a site. We pulled into one available spot (there were not many) and one that we had used before. While david was getting ready to pay for it, I found another one that was better suited to dog on long line and we snagged it. People were arrived up thru dusk (around 6pm) and not sure everyone found a spot because they were all filled later on. A short walk, grilling some chicken and I was done for the day…
