On the Road Again

Well we're off.

A last minute call by the dentist changed my checkup from Monday to last week and freed us up to hit the road and take a couple extra days getting out to Colorado.  It means we can do 8 hr days rather than 11 hour days...  Sweet!

Saturday we hit the road around 3pm or so and drove 3 1/2hrs to Jordan Lake State Park near Raleigh.  We drove thru a couple of big thunderstorms, and stopped for a bucket of Fried Chicken on the way.

We spent a quiet night at Jordan Lake and got back on the road at 8:15am headed towards our next stop just east of Nashville, Tn.

Here is a shot of our campsite in Jordan Lake.

Next Stop Nashville.

T-Minus 8 and Counting

Testing 1, 2. 3.

Well a week from Monday we are on the road.  Today is just a post to let you see what the emails will look like when we post to the blog.   Remember to send us a shout out or comment from time to time on the blog.  It's nice to know that our blog readers are out there.

We had a couple of last minute problems.   The campers dining room slide-out decided with 2 weeks to go to stop working and it was a real rush to find someone who could take a look.  All is better now and I know how to deal with it should it be a problem in the future so we are good to go.

Doodle Jail

The Route

A week from this Monday (May 16 to be exact) we get on the road around 1pm or so.

We will only drive about 170 mi (3 hrs) to Jordan Lake SP by Raleigh but it gets us out of town and underway.

Tuesday we'll continue our drive West out to Nashville, Tn area  500mi - 8hrs

Weds we'll be somewhere in Western Oklahoma near the Tx Border  800mi - 13hrs

(perhaps we'll even sleep in a Walmart Parking lot)

Thursday we will arrive at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado 500mi - 9hrs

At this point we'll shift down a few gears - get out of Trucker Mode - and start to smell the Cacti.

Friday and Saturday we are in Mesa Verde National Park

Sunday & Monday Arches/Canyonlands NP areas in Utah

Next the Monument Valley in Az, Grand Canyon, Zion, and points west.

Monument Valley Arizona

So pull up a chair and fasten your seatbelts.

The traveling Road Show is about to begin and we're glad you are riding along.

See ya on the trail.