13 Apr 2019 - Arrived at KOA Campground Lawrence KS - Last Stop!!

13 Apr 2019

We departed Oklahoma City this morning early, at 0656 hrs to try to beat the rain.  We were able to load up and get out of there before the rain started and we were also able to stay ahead of the rain as it nipped at our heels (blue dot was us)!  The system had counterclockwise rotation and moved off to the east northeast bringing heavy rain to Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

This was a long day for us as travel days go.  Our goal is 200 miles/day but today was 333 since we modified our plans and are making a beeline home more or less.

You see some strange things along the way.  It's not every day you see a semi upright nose down!  

 We saw a lot of fields burning as they prepare for the spring crops.  The smoke was fogging up the Interstate a bit but not enough to obscure visibility.

Smoke across the road

We reached the Kansas State Line around 0930 hrs or so.  We avoided the rain as it headed off to the east.  The winds were strong out of the N-NW which was basically a headwind for us.  That really took a toll on our fuel mileage.

We saw quite a few oil wells along the way.

We arrived at the Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA RV Park at 1335 hrs which equals 6 hrs 39 minutes of travel time including stops.  333 miles total.

This KOA is a basic campground.  None of the roads or sites are paved and quite a few including ours is not all that level.  It is a pull-through and full hookup with 5-0 amp electric.    

We were able to see the Directv satellite even with the tree there but there is no foliage on it yet.  The big surprise is that we are apparently on the lower side of the 'spot beam' which means we are receiving our Des Moines local channels here! 

We are just here tonight and tomorrow night, and then Monday morning we will head home, actually we will take the RV to Cherry Glen where we can plug it in and then we will head home to sleep Monday night.  Then we will take our time throughout the week unloading from our trip before we take it to Sudzee's for storage as we did last year.

That's it for today.