Day Two

Last night we parked at an RV park in Texarkana and experienced thunderstorms all night long. Several of our friends called today to be sure that we were okay as they had heard that there was street flooding, torrential rains, power outages, and nickle-size hail. Luckily, our experience was just on the rain and wind side, and we never lost power.

Before we left the park, we decided we needed a group photo so you could see us at the beginning of our trip.   As you can see, everything looked pretty neat after the storm. We had a leisurely breakfast and stowed some things that we hadn't yesterday, then took off for Memphis.

I-30 in Arkansas is one of the two main highways for interstate travel. I've never seen so many trucks traveling east and west at one time. The interstate isn't as good as the interstate highways in Texas, and we were bounced around regularly - especially when crossing bridges.  It felt like we were riding a roller coaster at times!

We saw some interesting sights, too.  See the houseboat traveling down the highway.  Even more interesting was the motorhome acting as an escort vehicle. The company escorting the houseboat is in that business, so they apparently don't leave them unprotected when they park overnight on long transports. John said he could have used that last week when he escorted a wide load and wound up sleeping in his truck because the closest motel to where they were stopped was 30 miles away.

We failed to include Skooter in our group photo this morning as he was already in his designated spot in the truck. Here's what he looks like while supervising our trip. In case you can't tell, he's sound asleep with his head propped on the window ledge. He took some time getting his pillow and pad in just the right spots. He's given up on trying to mark all of the trees on our route. When he really, truly needs to stop, though, he doesn't hesitate to lean over the front seat and lick John's ear to get his attention, then talks to us to let us know it's time!

We made good time getting into Memphis. Our updated GPS has been good so far and taken us right to our destination. My assignment each morning is to input the address of our next destination. Tonight and tomorrow we're staying at Graceland RV park, right across the street from the mansion. Tomorrow we'll take the tour - well, at least Josh and I will.  John has some work to do. Little did we know that during the storm last night, one of the covers on the roof was damaged - well, actually pretty much destroyed.  So, I searched out an RV supply store in Memphis and John will go pick up a replacement cover and get it installed. So, now we have new tires, new brakes, new rotors, and a new vent cover.