July 2010 Travels

Well, we are now officially back on the road. We left TX this morning and drove about 250 miles to the DeGrey Lake State Park in Arkansas.

Very nice park; lots of trees, and the camp sites are far apart and in trees so it’s almost like you are here alone. And because of the trees, there is very little breeze so it is quite warm. It was difficult to get backed into the site due to the trees but we made it OK. Here are a few pictures of our site and the surrounding area.

This is called a "Yurt" and you can rent them.  They are made of heavy vinyl and have windows on all sides that can be zipped open for air flow.  It even has a wooden door that locks.

On Monday we drove by Little Rock and then Memphis on into TN. We stayed at a TN State CG for the night. This one was old and but decent. Tuesday we drove to a Thousand Trails CG near Hohenwald, TN. We encountered one road obstacle about a mile before the CG:

Did not expect to see that!! It looked like it was at least a couple of feet lower to the left of the road so we tried it. We are 13 ft high.

Anyway, we made it and got to the CG. After checking in and getting some of their brochures, we found out that the bypass, which we took, was 13 ft. 6 in. high so we had 6 extra inches!!
At this CG we are about 65 miles from Belinda and Bryan’s unfortunately and it takes about an hour and 20 minutes to get there. Here are a couple of pics of the CG:

Had to stop while a "gaggle" of geese walked accross the road:

We drove in on Tuesday afternoon and spent the rest of the day with them. Belinda took Wednesday off so we went in early and were there the whole day. Went to the pool with Bailey and had a great time.

Thursday and Friday they both had to work so we stayed at the CG and hung out.

We plan to stay thru the 4th of July and then on the 5th we will head out toward Sioux City, IA to meet up with Judeen, Katie and Tim, and Alison and Eric (just like we did last year – should be fun). After that, we head to Pipestone for a few days and then on the 17th we go to Big Stone Lake near Ortonville, MN. Hope to get a little fishing in. From there we go to MPLS to see Pam and Steve and, later in the week, Nancy, Diane and Neil from CA. More later.