Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Interstate travel again

Today's travel was a world away from yesterday's!  We were on so many small roads yesterday that I was navigating all day with Google maps on my phone.  Fortunately, there weren't too many places where I didn't have a good signal.  And, we didn't have to deal with much construction traffic...just that re-paving over the mountain.  There were a lot of starts and stops and lots of roads with almost no shoulder, which was a little scary.  We also had to be creative in finding a place to stop and eat our lunch since there aren't any rest stops.  It takes a big parking lot for a vehicle this long to have room to pull off and back on again...and stay pretty level!

Today we were on interstate highways the whole time.  There was lots more traffic, a few construction slowdowns, and almost no navigating, but we were back to those horrid seams in the concrete, which are not really noticeable in an automobile, but shake you to the core in a motorhome!  And, the badly repaired patches make you think the rig is going to fall apart!

We gassed up at a Kroger and paid $1.49/gal for 35 gallons of gas!  I used my 60 cents of fuel points, but they limit you to 35 gallons at that price.  We filled up this rig for just over $100, which is amazing!

We put in another 400 miles today and are staying in a campground just west of Champaign, Illinois.  We can make it to Oshkosh tomorrow if all goes well.  We can pay for extra nights at our campground there and go ahead and get settled.

This is how Zoe likes to travel!
Barge on the Ohio River.
It's hard to get a shot between the metal struts!
Here we are at Tincup Campground.

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