2 RV's to El Cajon CA

... spending the night at Guymon OK

Breakfast - just yogurt and juice.

We were up early so we get going a few minutes early. Rolling at 7:15, sun is just coming up.

It is Sunday morning, traffic is very light right through down town. I kind of missed a speed limit sign that I know is there. It is 45 mph on the freeway near downtown.

A couple of days ago the roads were a mess. Today they are mostly dry except where the roads turn and the melting snow is draining across the travel lanes.

1st stop is the Loves in Ottawa for fuel. This person ran both fuel pumps through on one transaction. That saved us a $1 transaction fee :) It all adds up.

Always changes where ever we go. There was a new TA Express sign being put up along I-35, another place where there used to be a Phillips 66 station there is now a new Casey's. Down the road in Newton the old truckstop is now a Pilot. The old Red Roach (Red Coach :) ) hotel looks to be open again.

2nd stop was in Newton at the Arby's for lunch. We might have stopped at the Pilot had I remembered it was changing. I had read about it being bought but had not been this route since the change was made. No sign that they had fast food though. Newton does have a Freddys Custard but BB doesn't care for them. It is a small town to have a Freddy's but their HQ is just a few miles away in Witchita.

3rd stop is in Hutchinson at the Loves for fuel - While I am getting the pumps set up, an old guy comes past to talk about RV's. He has his 199? Winnebago parked right in front of ours. He asks what ours are running for price. I don't know, but look later. $215.

When I asked this clerk to put both pumps on the same transaction she didn't know she could, but she did it so she learned something new today too.

4th stop is at the rest area in Bloom. From there we decide to call it a day at our next stop. We are getting better mileage finally so we do not need to stop again today.

5th and final stop is the Quality Inn in Guymon. Food is next door at the Pub 54. Changes in this town too. Hotels change names, restaurants move. The Hampton Inn next to us is finally done. It has been in various stages of being built for the last five plus years.

We had time to make it to Dalhart but every hotel in town is within a block of the railroad tracks and they are used 24/7. The Best Western where we have stayed even gives away ear plugs when you check in.

I had a check engine light come on today, I am hoping that it goes off before I have to call it in tomorrow. Now when we stopped tonight we see that BB has an axel that is throwing grease. I'm more worried about that then a light. Hope we don't have to leave one or both here, that really hurts the profit/loss.

LOG

7:15 - Camron MO - Leave Quality Inn

9:15 - Ottawa KS - Loves - fuel

11:30 - Newton KS - Arby's

12:30 - Hutchinson KS - Loves - fuel

2:45 - Bloom KS - rest area

5:00 - Guymon OK - Quality Inn

5:30 - Guymon OK - 54 Pub