2024 Estelline Trip

[JEBar]

61 overnight .... currently 68 on its way to 73 later on .... when I looked earlier they had posted a 20% chance of ran and it was falling right steady .... they have changed it to a 60% chance and the sun is breaking through an overcast sky .... a quick look a the current weather radar indicates the front has moved east not leaving a rain cloud this side of the Minnesota border .... Maureen just returned from a short drive uptown to pick up a couple of grocery items .... late yesterday afternoon the local mobile tech I trust to work on our camper replaced the motor for our camper's largest slide-out ..... it was a replacement for the OEM one that failed something over 10 years ago .... fully believing that sometimes it pays to be paranoid, with most components in our camper, when a part fails I purchase a new one plus a spare .... the one he removed will be shipped back to Barker for a rebuild .... it will then become my spare .... the tech recommended installing a new in/out switch .... yep, I happened to have a pack of 5 which were purchased when the OEM one failed many, many moons ago

[JEBar]

we are under a dense fog advisory .... just got back inside the camper and no sign of any fog in any direction .... currently 68 on its way to 75 with no chance of rain .... with us due to head east next Wednesday and with an 80+% of a rainy Tuesday, we plan to get serious about the process of breaking camp tomorrow .... our local RV Tech should be here shortly to finish up working our camper's large slide .... we have a couple of other minor issues that need to be address on the camper but no need to worry with them until after we get home .... Maureen has a Christmas gifts related shopping trip with one of her sisters-in-law on tap for some time today ....

[Hatchdog]

we are under a dense fog advisory .... just got back inside the camper and no sign of any fog in any direction .... currently 68 on its way to 75 with no chance of rain .... with us due to head east next Wednesday and with an 80+% of a rainy Tuesday, we plan to get serious about the process of breaking camp tomorrow .... our local RV Tech should be here shortly to finish up working our camper's large slide .... we have a couple of other minor issues that need to be address on the camper but no need to worry with them until after we get home .... Maureen has a Christmas gifts related shopping trip with one of her sisters-in-law on tap for some time today ....

Maybe you can’t see the fog because the fog is blocking the view…..na never mind.

[JEBar]

Maybe you can’t see the fog because the fog is blocking the view…..na never mind.

I think I've been here toooo long because that made sense to me

[JEBar]

it appears we are in for another beautiful day in east central South Dakota .... predicted high 81, mostly sunny and nice with only a 1% chance of Rain and a low tonight of 59 .... biggest packing effort of today is to clear room for a couple of thousand dollars of prime South Dakota beef in our camper's frig and coolers .... sure hope not but there is a distinct chance we are going to have to purchase at least two additional Styrofoam coolers .... considering a much higher 40% chance of rain/thunderstorms tomorrow, we need to make a decision within the next few hours as to when we will take down our deck and pack it for travel .... that deck is our last big item and its much easier to take care of in good weather

[JEBar]

our last full day in Estelline this summer has come .... for a good while now they have called for it to be rainy today and it appears that they were right .... currently 63 with light rain .... predicted high today is 66 .... we don't have a great deal of outside items that need to be taken care of today .... the biggest is to back flush, recharge, clean the outside and store a water softener ..... that's not complicated but does require several steps each of which do take some time .... with two exceptions, tomorrow morning will be a normal disconnect utilities, hookup and hit the road .... those exceptions are to double check and air up 3 of our camper/truck's 10 tires and disconnect/clean/store our portable satellite dish

[JEBar]

today didn't go exactly as planned .... we didn't get everything because the rain came and stayed with us most of the day .... will have to take care of the tire pressures in the morning .... relatives have been stopping by most of the day to tell us goodbye .... we've reached the point where we hate to get back on the road but we are looking forward to getting back home

[markiver54]

today didn't go exactly as planned .... we didn't get everything because the rain came and stayed with us most of the day .... will have to take care of the tire pressures in the morning .... relatives have been stopping by most of the day to tell us goodbye .... we've reached the point where we hate to get back on the road but we are looking forward to getting back home

Understood...hope you have a safe trip home. Will be following.

[Hatchdog]

today didn't go exactly as planned .... we didn't get everything because the rain came and stayed with us most of the day .... will have to take care of the tire pressures in the morning .... relatives have been stopping by most of the day to tell us goodbye .... we've reached the point where we hate to get back on the road but we are looking forward to getting back home

Seems like just last week you were talking about getting ready for the trip west. Time flies much too quickly these days. Safe travels once you’re on the road.

[JEBar]

good wishes appreciated .... we are in Victorian Acres and are scheduled for our longest day's drive today, 400 miles to St Louis West KOA .... almost all of the distance is over 4 lane (mostly interstate) highways .... we aren't fans of long drives but, given time and campground spacing, sometimes we have no other choice .... once there we will drop off $600 worth of aged South Dakota prime Angus ribeyes to friends .... we are scheduled to spend tomorrow visiting and plan to pull out the day after for Clarksville, TN .... we do plan on making a fuel stop just east of KC at Oak Grove