Oct 31/2018 Weather Uh oh. Too many nice warm days and now the storms are rolling into the area. We finished up at the RV Fog Dr and at 2:30 they said we were ready to go. Well we are usually in the 2:30 club but not like leaving at 2:30! High of 80 today, night 57.
We quickly called ahead a hundred miles to a campground to make sure we could get a pull thru for tonight and then headed out. We were hoping to miss the storm coming in but no luck. Head on into the heavy rain and then about 30 miles west it was rain but not so bad. Instead of running down into Little Rock we cut the triangle across to I40 and stopped in Russellville, Arkansas at Ivy's Cove RV Park. It was a good overnight stop with lots of big pull thrus. Billy got us hooked up and was soaked. It rained and rained and rained. Maybe 3 inches or more, and north and south of us got 6 inches. Good thing we had our caulking on the roof resealed. Timing is everything.
Nov 1/18 Weather high of 66 and low of 48. In the morning it was still showering when we left but as we drove west on I40 the rain subsided, the clouds came out and then the sunshine. It was cool but dry. We pulled in for the day before hitting Oklahoma City, in Choctaw KOA. Good overnight stop. The tornado shelters made me think "well there is an amenity we don't usually see in a campground"! Talking to a local she reminded me this is Tornado Alley so it is a very good thing to have.
Interestingly enough we must have passed 10 casinos on the interstate. One of these days we are going to overnight in a Casino. We just never have it on our radar as a place to camp. Where is that Casino Camping book I bought last year?
Moving on past Oklahoma City, we headed for Amarillo, Texas. The panhandle of Texas is wide open space and you can see forever. A stop at the Amarillo KOA and the free limo service to the Big Texan Steakhouse sounds like a plan.
Tonight we saw a fellow attempting to eat the 72 oz steak dinner in 1 hour. Oh my that is so much food, how does anyone do it? This guy was not up to the task. It's a fun place to go and the meat is great.
We quickly called ahead a hundred miles to a campground to make sure we could get a pull thru for tonight and then headed out. We were hoping to miss the storm coming in but no luck. Head on into the heavy rain and then about 30 miles west it was rain but not so bad. Instead of running down into Little Rock we cut the triangle across to I40 and stopped in Russellville, Arkansas at Ivy's Cove RV Park. It was a good overnight stop with lots of big pull thrus. Billy got us hooked up and was soaked. It rained and rained and rained. Maybe 3 inches or more, and north and south of us got 6 inches. Good thing we had our caulking on the roof resealed. Timing is everything.
Nov 1/18 Weather high of 66 and low of 48. In the morning it was still showering when we left but as we drove west on I40 the rain subsided, the clouds came out and then the sunshine. It was cool but dry. We pulled in for the day before hitting Oklahoma City, in Choctaw KOA. Good overnight stop. The tornado shelters made me think "well there is an amenity we don't usually see in a campground"! Talking to a local she reminded me this is Tornado Alley so it is a very good thing to have.
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| the tornado shelters at the Choctaw KOA |
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| Skyline of Downtown Oklahoma City from I40 |
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| Now there is the BEEF ! |
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| little rosey sitting in the BIG TEXAN ROCKER |
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