Our Location:
Walmart, Osceola, Arkansas
The day started with the wheels slapping the I-30 blacktop at 7:30 am. We rolled along all day with no issues other than the last hour has been a windy one. However we knew it would be like this, so it wasn’t a surprise. Predictions are it will calm down within the next hour! Can you hear us? Of course not the wind is blowing too hard but we are saying…..yes….please stop very soon!
The roads were very good overall, some rough patches but mostly very good. We started at Greenville, Texas on I-30, caught I-440 at Little Rock for about 10 miles, hooked up with I-40 East for a while and then grabbed on to I-55 N at West Memphis.
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| Lots of green and leaves, spring is here in Arkansas. |
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| The fields are waiting… |
This route took us a grand total of 438 miles/705 km, we stopped 5 times, time spent travelling today approximately 8 1/2 hours. We averaged 57 mph/92 km, using approximately 27 gallons/102 litres. We had a side wind/tail wind, which helped push us along, my math says that’s around 16 mpg, I’m a very happy driver. The Igloo faithfully followed us over hill, down the valleys and around all the corners. I’m very happy with the new shoes Igloo is wearing.
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| Dualing big US flags. |
No slow downs on our side of the byways but the other side slowed considerably when a bumper tow travel trailer sat amid extreme smoke with only the front nose still intact. We did not see any tow vehicle attached, luckily they managed to unhook it. Lots of smoke for a few hundred feet, parts must have been falling off along the way. Lots of pretty flashing lights of various colours.
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| Arkansas rest area near Forrest City. |
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| A few miles up the road, the new leaves aren’t showing yet…we’ve left spring behind. |
As I type this the thunder is crashing, the rain is falling, the lightning is flashing and we are thankful to be off the road. We are anticipating this to pass quickly.
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| However the grass is green. |
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| Maybe because of all this water. |
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| A rainbow, I think the rain is over. |
Until next time……
Take care, stay safe,
Deb
Glad you are Safely tucked in for the night. It's always sad to see any RV up in smoke.
ReplyDeleteStay Safe and Enjoy the adventure.
It's about time.
Thanks and yes, it is always sad to see a loss of any kind.
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Arkadelphia has a great water tower. It is always so sad to see a RV that has caught fire glad to hear it looked like they got it unhooked from the tow vehicle. Sounds like you mostly had a good travel day. You two are certainly moving right along. Continued safe travels.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the water tower, it is tastefully decorated.
DeleteAlways sad to see issues while travelling.
We are moving along but will stop soon for a bit.
Thanks.
Deb
All too often we see and hear of rv fires around us. Glad you made it to a destination before the storm.
ReplyDeleteVery true, I think things must have started in the back, it was the most damaged.
DeleteThanks.
Deb
That is a good travel day. I could almost hear the thump, thump of the road from your description.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t think it was that loud! Lol. But I do thank you for the sympathy, it’s very kind.
DeleteDeb
Made great progress and stopped just in time. Glad you had a great travel day.
ReplyDeleteWe had an excellent day.
DeleteDeb