Day 5 – Nebraska City, Nebraska – Kennebec, South Dakota
Woke up to frost on the ground in Nebraska City and still drizzling rain. A day of traveling in the rain and roads under construction. Much of the Interstate went from four lanes to two lanes of head on traffic. We watched several semi-trucks miss the merge on and off the four lanes… scary!!!
With the imminent cold and stormy weather that was in the forecast and soon to be ahead of us, Drew thought we better have an oil change and I asked for new wiper blades… not much to ask for right? We made a stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the Camping World to pick up an inverter for the laptop, a TV converter, leveling jacks for the slide out and some anti-freeze. Camping World is the same RV sales company that we bought our motorhome at in Ft. Myers, and also a major sponsor of the Nascar Truck Races. They were completely booked for oil changes but suggested we go to the Grease Monkey… just a five minute wait and we were in the bay… with not an inch more room to squeeze in on either side nor the top. Super efficient and nice guys… and yes, new wiper blades that were 2” longer the old ones… what a difference 2” makes.
After about a two hour necessary delay, we made our way North on I-29 to Sioux City, Iowa and crossed the Missouri River once again and headed North to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. From there, we got on I-90 and headed due West to Kennebec, SD. We had planned to drive as far as Wall but that was another 125 miles or two hours. Along the way, we saw quite a few white tail deer, a rafter of wild turkeys and a huge owl near the RV park that we were unable to identify but we could hear him at night when we walked the dogs... it was much larger then a barn owl.
We stayed at the Kennebec KOA with full hook up and pulled in just in time to watch Survivor. We made meatball sandwiches with the leftover sauce from the night before… we are really roughing it. The temperature was dropping and by morning the outside connection on the water hose had frozen solid. We even left the faucet on the kitchen sink trickling to keep it from freezing… no problem with that… it just forces the motorhome water pump to function on the inside. Everyone still stayed nice and cozy.
Total miles today… 390, and eight hours from Nebraska to South Dakota.
Woke up to frost on the ground in Nebraska City and still drizzling rain. A day of traveling in the rain and roads under construction. Much of the Interstate went from four lanes to two lanes of head on traffic. We watched several semi-trucks miss the merge on and off the four lanes… scary!!!
With the imminent cold and stormy weather that was in the forecast and soon to be ahead of us, Drew thought we better have an oil change and I asked for new wiper blades… not much to ask for right? We made a stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the Camping World to pick up an inverter for the laptop, a TV converter, leveling jacks for the slide out and some anti-freeze. Camping World is the same RV sales company that we bought our motorhome at in Ft. Myers, and also a major sponsor of the Nascar Truck Races. They were completely booked for oil changes but suggested we go to the Grease Monkey… just a five minute wait and we were in the bay… with not an inch more room to squeeze in on either side nor the top. Super efficient and nice guys… and yes, new wiper blades that were 2” longer the old ones… what a difference 2” makes.
After about a two hour necessary delay, we made our way North on I-29 to Sioux City, Iowa and crossed the Missouri River once again and headed North to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. From there, we got on I-90 and headed due West to Kennebec, SD. We had planned to drive as far as Wall but that was another 125 miles or two hours. Along the way, we saw quite a few white tail deer, a rafter of wild turkeys and a huge owl near the RV park that we were unable to identify but we could hear him at night when we walked the dogs... it was much larger then a barn owl.
We stayed at the Kennebec KOA with full hook up and pulled in just in time to watch Survivor. We made meatball sandwiches with the leftover sauce from the night before… we are really roughing it. The temperature was dropping and by morning the outside connection on the water hose had frozen solid. We even left the faucet on the kitchen sink trickling to keep it from freezing… no problem with that… it just forces the motorhome water pump to function on the inside. Everyone still stayed nice and cozy.
Total miles today… 390, and eight hours from Nebraska to South Dakota.
Look at Brigit and Riley all snuggly and comfy in the RV.
ReplyDeleteThat shot of the Arch through the window is terrific.
I love experiencing the trip through your blog.