Leaving Los Alamos

Monday November 2 2015

We said our goodbyes this morning and departed Los Alamos. Millie will fly out occasionally to see her New Mexico family, I don't know when we will be back out in the motorhome. I like visiting the western states but our travel calendar is filled for the next year. We will spend winter in Florida, spring and early summer at home in Myrtle Beach, In July we head north to Canada.

Today we drove across New Mexico and Texas, stopping overnight at a small campground just over the Oklahoma border. $12 for a water/elec/sewer hookup, plus it was a pull thru site so I didn't have to unhook the jeep. Zero TV reception and weak 3g broadband signal on my phone, this place is out in the middle of nowhere.

Tuesday November 3 2015

As we continued on our journey eastward on I-40 we started listening to Bill O'Reilly's book, “Killing Kennedy”, it is very interesting. We stopped at a Loves Travel Center today for fuel and bought lunch at the Subway store there. They are having a bogo sale so our lunch only cost us $5.

After our break we continued driving, stopping around 4pm at Russellville Arkansas. We are camped for the night at a Corp of Engineers campground on the Arkansas River just south of town. With our America the Beautiful Senior Access Pass it only cost us $10 for the night.

After setting up the motorhome and feeding and walking Maggie we drove the jeep to a nearby Pizza Hut for Dinner. They were having a sale, two medium pizzas for $6.99 so we bought two, one chicken supreme in a deep dish crust and one chicken pineapple on hand tossed. Tasting from both of them for dinner we still have plenty for lunch tomorrow. We also ran into Walmart for a few items.

Wednesday November 4 2015

We stopped for fuel at Flying J before getting on the interstate and heading east across Arkansas. If we didn't have the audio book the ride would be getting boring, but the Kennedy story is occupying our minds as we roll along. Shortly after crossing the Mississippi river we stopped at another Flying J for lunch and to top off the fuel tank. Lunch was left over pizza, it tasted just as good today.

We arrived at our destination for the day early in the afternoon, We decided on a short run (300+ miles) today because once we cross the Alabama border there are no RV parks until you get to Birmingham and the ones there are not convenient to our route. We are parked for the night in another Corp of Engineers Park in Fulton Mississippi. As most all of the COE parks are, this is another very nice campground offering Electric and water for $10 with our senior pass. We are in a pull thru site and did not have to disconnect the jeep, dinner was left over pizza again. Like all COE parks this one is adjacient to a body of water, todays scenic view is of the Tennesse Tom Bigbee Waterway.