A short day today….

 

Our Location:

Empty Store Front, Greensville, Texas

We had a plan that it veered a bit off course today, but that’s okay, we liked it anyway.  I will admit the sleep last night wasn’t the best, lots of noise at the Walmart in Mineral Wells. We weren’t in a hurry this morning and entered Walmart to get a few things. I asked a few local fellas what they thought of our plan to continue north to Jacksboro and cross the top of Dallas on US 380. They thought it was a bad idea, so we took their advice and motored along US 180 to Weatherford, back on to I-20 East, connected to I-30 around 10 am at Ft. Worth and rolled along through Ft. Worth, with one slow down, into Arlington, with another little slow down, into Dallas with a big slow down and managed to come out the other side at 11:45 am, unscathed, laughing and feeling pretty good. Traffic was actually pretty light and except for the usual “ lane ends get over” but nobody does until everything is at a stand still crap, everything went very smoothly. We arrived at our current location around 12:30. 

We travelled approximately 130 miles/209 klms, using approximately 13 gallons/49 litres, averaging around 55 mph ( not including slow downs), we travelled approximately 3 hours. Due to some hilly country starting off, and stop and go in a few places, some city driving, 10 mpg isn’t great but not bad. 

Rock wall means you are either just about to start or have just finished driving in Dallas.

Rockwall is just to the east of this body of water.

Warm sun, no breeze, and not a cloud in the sky, we are content here. I am even charging the battery for good measure. 

Until next time…..

Take care, stay safe,

Deb

Sweetwater to Greenville, Texas.....

 

 

 Our Location:

Empty Store Parking Lot, Greenville, Texas

We had a good day yesterday, a nice afternoon and evening to rest up from the last couple of hectic days of driving. The Walmart parking lot was slanted and one could not find a level parking area but for future reference, there are some nice rest areas on either side of Sweetwater that would be great for an overnight stay. Temps this morning started off around 55F/13C and as I write this it is 66F/19C. A bit breezy on the road but not bad. We left at 8 am CDT and arrived here at about 1 pm CDT. We called it a day as the drive thru Dallas was a bit stressful for only about the last half hour. Ft. Worth and Arlington and the first part of Dallas were a breeze but the last bit was stop and go, humpy, bumpy and construction made the lanes very narrow. Certainly not any worse than driving thru Cincinnati or Toronto. The Big Dog was pretty efficient today, sipping down about 20 gallons of juice. I filled up before we left Sweetwater for $3.39 gallon. I like those ones!

 

Forgive the mirror but spring is present in those pretty bright leaves and bright blades of grass.

 

 

Some blooms too, and the green here is darker, the leaves are bigger, they've been out longer.

 

We travelled 273 miles/440 km, we travelled for approx 5 hours with rest stops included. We have in the last three days travelled 978 miles/ 1600 km, we are not quite half way home yet. We still have 1,149 miles/1850 km until we cross the border. We consider that to be 'home' as we will actually not get back to our summer spot for another few weeks and many more miles. We have approximately another 730 miles/1173 km after we cross into Ontario. That includes a bit out of the way to get to Roseneath, Ontario to Buttercup Ridge for 10 or so days while it continues to warm up at our summer spot on the Rock. We are no longer in the desert as you can see by the photos and the temps are nice but the humidity is evident.

 

We are heading into Ft. Worth, Texas.

It was an easy drive. See that tower way off.....

we passed it a bit later on.

Chatted with my dad when we arrived here to let him know we are off the road. He informed me that sister's partner Rick has suffered a heart attack and is currently in Sudbury hospital. He has no other news. 

Love the overpasses. We are in either Ft. Worth or Arlington. This is only two, earlier they were like spaghetti.

That looks like a Fedora, doesn't it?

That is Dallas off in the distance.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've all had wonderful days. 

Until next time....

Take care, stay safe, 

Deb