2011 Trip Started

We got up this morning at our usual 8 a.m. After having our morning coffee and breakfast, I started preparing the inside so we could leave this morning. Mike worked outside dumping the tanks, disconnecting the electric, water and sewer hookups and stowing some last minute items in the bays.

After saying goodbye to our friends, Glenda & W. T. and Jimmy, we left The Willows about 10:30.

We headed east on US-84 to the Ross Clark Circle and then south to the Flying J in Dothan. Since we want to weigh the RV on the truck scales at Flying J after filling the onboard propane tank, Mike drove the RV and I drove the Vue to Flying J.

When we got to Flying J we found out that they wouldn’t have anyone who could fill the propane tank until 2:30! Mike drove over to the truck scales and weighed the RV. After paying for weighing the RV, we hooked up the Vue and headed south on US-231.

We stopped at Wal-Mart Supercenter just south of Dothan for some last minute shopping. By then it was 11:30 and we decided to fix lunch and then do our shopping. Mike called Oaks ‘N Pines RV Campground in Lake City to make a reservation for tonight. We left Wal-Mart at 12:15 and headed south to I-10.

All the excitement of breaking camp and getting on the road is really exhausting for a puppy (Tinker is 4 years old, but still a “puppy”). Tinker managed to get in several naps today.

From May 2011

This motorcycle and trailer passed us on I-10.

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We saw the motorcycle and trailer at one of our Rest Area stops and got a better photo.

From May 2011

From May 2011

We arrived at Oaks ‘N Pines RV Campground about 5:30. After checking in, we were escorted to our campsite. We are in site #48 and have full hookups including cable. Our discount through Passport America makes the camping fee $19.80 for the night.

From May 2011

There is free Wi-Fi here, but the signal is weak at our site so I’m using our Verizon broadband tonight.

Our trip from Dothan to the campground was 215 miles.