Pins on the Map

April 12, 13, 14/2018  Thursday in Texarkana, Texas then  Friday and Saturday in West Memphis, Arkansas.

Shady Pines RV Resort in Texarkana, nice clean long sites

Weather  on Thursday 81 and low of 66.   We set our alarm (leave by 8 am) and moved on and up to Texarkana trying to get ahead of high winds coming in later this afternoon.  Mostly it was behind us or to the side but not too bad.   We got in early by 1:30 and enjoyed the rest of the day under a tree at Shady Pines RV Resort.  We like this park as it is much quieter than others in the area located on the interstates.  It is also very pretty and clean, sometime we should stay here for a week and explore.

Radar shows its coming our way in Memphis, going to hit about midnight

Friday Weather - Extreme Winds behind and side of us, 80 and low of 65.... once again we set our alarm (leave by 8 am) to get ahead of a nasty storm that is coming with high winds and possible tornadoes.  It appears if we can get to Memphis and settle in early afternoon we can then ride out the storm as it passes thru.  Billy will leave all the slides in since the wind can damage the slide toppers.  Our coach is easy to live in closed as it has a central aisle and we can use everything.  We were parked and hooked up by 1:30 pm at the West Memphis KOA.  This is just an ok park but convenient for an overnighter.  We recommend you choose a site at the back of the park to avoid some of the road noise.  We booked in for 2 days since the following day would be us driving into the storm after it passes us.  We are going to sit and wait out the weather; you cannot beat Mother Nature!   It was high winds and rain for a good part of the night about 3 inches fell and the campground was quite wet in the morning.  No worries, we are just hanging around today.  Tomorrow will be another pin on the Map.

water at the W Memphis KOA after the storm

April 10, 11, 12 East and Northward Bound

Weather 75, 66, 55 and 20 less at night - You can tell we are getting closer to home!
Left the Ozarks sadly but all good things come to an end.  As well our out of country medical insurance runs out April 15 so we need to get home this week or call and get it topped up.   Interesting enough we have met some Canadians that leave without insurance beyond their OHIP.   Heaven help them if something happens.
Anyways we find the longer we are on the road the less we travel in a day.   About 300 miles is fine for us now and it might take us 6 hours to do it.  Usually we have a few stops at a rest center and for diesel fuel and a bite of lunch in the coach. 
So Tuesday night we stay in West Memphis, Arkansas at the KOA, Wednesday we move north on I55 and across the Western Kentucky Parkway to Elizabethtown Crossroads Campground and tonight in Van Buren, Ohio at Pleasantview Campgrounds.   When in Ohio call ahead as camping opens around March 15 to April 15 but check before you count it being open.
Tomorrow we will be home at the Farm.  Taking the BlueWater Bridge as Billy is still haunted of our crossing last October on the Ambassador Bridge and refuses to take it.... ha ha; I don't blame him.  Not sure where we will be camping for the next little while.... stay tuned!