Thursday, October 29, 2009

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

We are on the road for a month or so. We are heading to Illinois for Thanksgiving. Most RVers are heading west and south but not us. We chose to head east and north. You know we have never been followers. Right now, we are in an RV park in Henderson, Nevada. Since we have been in one place for some time it was harder than we thought to pack up and prepare to be on the road again. It was late afternoon before we left the Elks Lodge. The decision was made to leave even though it was late so that we would have less hours to travel the next day. Our drive only lasted for three hours. When we did stop we chose to stop in a small town where they have an Indian Casino...Lemoore, CA. We did go inside and played the slots for a little bit and then ate dinner before returning to the RV. We were both exhausted so we called it an early evening. The casino didn't care if we spent the night in their parking lot and we felt comfortable because they had security who came around every 15 minutes. It was actually very quiet or we were so exhausted and just couldn't hear a thing. Oliver was a good traveler but he wanted to be on my lap the whole time. When Lucas (our English Springer Spaniel who died last year) traveled he would lie behind the driver's chair on the floor. He never ate or drank until we stopped. Well actually, he would eat an ice cream cone or cheese. Those were the only things he would eat if the RV was moving. True!! We tried beef, sausage, treats, etc. and he would just look at us but if I got up and made an ice cream cone he would come out from behind that seat in a snap.
Thursday, our 2nd day of travel began at 5:30 a.m. We took the back roads from the Casino and began to wind our way towards highway 99. Luckily, we also had Alice with us and she was a great help with the navigation. Alice is our GPS. Oliver continued to be a lap dog but he had to have a blanket on him because it was just too cold. I had a healthy breakfast of a fiber one bar and diet pepsi. Oliver helped me eat the fiber bar. We stopped in Bakersfield and bought gas at Costco. $2.83 per gallon for a total of $153.15! Once we got into Nevada we stopped at a rest area where we all stretched our legs. We decided to stay in Henderson at Sam's Town RV Park. Once we were parked I just had to take a shower. It felt wonderful! I called our son Mark and made plans to take Oliver over to their place to meet their dogs. Oliver, Jackson and LinLee became friends. We then went out for a bite to eat. That's about it. Now the real traveling will begin....I will try to post each day and hopefully add some pictures.