Oct 24/16 Weather 80 high, low 58 to North Little Rock, Arkansas KOA
Oct 25/16 Weather 79 high, low 57 to Sallisaw, Oklahoma KOA
Oct 26/16 Weather 80 high, low 51 to Elk City, Oklahoma KOA
Warm all the way across, about 15 F degrees above normal.
On the map this kind of looks just like a straight line from east to west. KOA campgrounds do take the guess work out of where do we stay tonight? They are kind of like a McDonalds; you pretty much know what you will get. Interesting enough the first two were completely full at night. We aren't ones to make reservations but when you don't see much choice ahead in your route for camping; you best be calling. We actually did call for North Little Rock.
As you can see we are just zipping along the Interstate 40 corridor..... Ha ha ha. My brother always says if he ever goes anywhere with us - we will have to leave 2 weeks before he does and that way we will arrive at the same time! We know we have gone 750 miles and 3 nights so we are averaging 250 miles per day. We are in no hurry. We will get there!!! Where ever there is????
Well you see the thing is that the first day was a longer day (370 miles) so the next two we tried to get back into our groove. Sometimes it is a matter of finding a good or satisfactory campground along the freeway. This takes a bit of research and planning with the internet and the camping guides. The other significant factor is watching out for weather. Weather can be treacherous in the Plains. Last night on the Weather Channel there was a forecast of some severe weather so we weren't sure till this morning if we would stay or go. Predictions were that it wasn't suppose to sweep across the I40 corridor till about noon. After the 8:30 am TV news forecast this morning (while having a cup of coffee) we decided to leave and get ahead of the storm.
We skirted the edge of the storm and it gained strength and moved on behind and below us to Ardmore, Oklahoma. Tonight on the evening news we saw where the storm did produce drifts of golf ball size hail! Phew glad we missed that.
Oct 25/16 Weather 79 high, low 57 to Sallisaw, Oklahoma KOA
Oct 26/16 Weather 80 high, low 51 to Elk City, Oklahoma KOA
Warm all the way across, about 15 F degrees above normal.
On the map this kind of looks just like a straight line from east to west. KOA campgrounds do take the guess work out of where do we stay tonight? They are kind of like a McDonalds; you pretty much know what you will get. Interesting enough the first two were completely full at night. We aren't ones to make reservations but when you don't see much choice ahead in your route for camping; you best be calling. We actually did call for North Little Rock.
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| nasty looking storm coming from the north just before Oklahoma City |
Well you see the thing is that the first day was a longer day (370 miles) so the next two we tried to get back into our groove. Sometimes it is a matter of finding a good or satisfactory campground along the freeway. This takes a bit of research and planning with the internet and the camping guides. The other significant factor is watching out for weather. Weather can be treacherous in the Plains. Last night on the Weather Channel there was a forecast of some severe weather so we weren't sure till this morning if we would stay or go. Predictions were that it wasn't suppose to sweep across the I40 corridor till about noon. After the 8:30 am TV news forecast this morning (while having a cup of coffee) we decided to leave and get ahead of the storm.
We skirted the edge of the storm and it gained strength and moved on behind and below us to Ardmore, Oklahoma. Tonight on the evening news we saw where the storm did produce drifts of golf ball size hail! Phew glad we missed that.
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