2022 Trip To South Dakota

Post by **brm4450** » Mon May 30, 2022 3:39 pm

Jim
Estelline & Castlewood are in a tornado warning right now

Post by **JEBar** » Mon May 30, 2022 7:01 pm

just spoke to one of her brothers in Estelline .... they have had just under 5" of welcome rain in the last two days ... no wind this time

we are setup at Soaring Eagle Campground, it took us 7 hrs 5 min to cover 418.9 miles ... cruise set on I-40 at 64 mph

Post by **Sir Henry** » Tue May 31, 2022 8:07 am

BigAl52 wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 10:23 am
Ive only read about one place so far and that was Washington State in the Tri Cities area. There were 10 stations there that were out of gas

Ironic the second highest gas tax state is out.

Post by **Sir Henry** » Tue May 31, 2022 8:08 am

JEBar wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 7:01 pm
just spoke to one of her brothers in Estelline .... they have had just under 5" of welcome rain in the last two days ... no wind this time

we are setup at Soaring Eagle Campground, it took us 7 hrs 5 min to cover 418.9 miles ... cruise set on I-40 at 64 mph

Now that you are on the road I’ll be following your travels. I like travel threads.

Post by **JEBar** » Tue May 31, 2022 7:42 pm

today's drive was considerably shorter than yesterday and much closer to what we prefer .... 296.2 miles covered in 5 hrs 31 min .... we are now setup at Duck Creek RV Park, Paducah, Kentucky ====> https://duckcreekrv.com/ .... its hot and dry .... if the forecast holds true, we have a good chance of arriving during steady waves of thunderstorms passing through Columbia, MO after another 300 mile drive .... during today's drive we happened on bad accident .... a truck hauling a load of fertilizer dumped its load which a group of motorcycles, at least 6 bikes were wrecked .... one big bike was really torn up .... no clue as to how the driver is doing but from looking at the bike, we fear for the worst

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 5:25 pm

as forecasted, today's 314.8 mile drive took us through several bands of rain .... it took us 5 hrs 32 minutes .... while the rain was heavy at times, no lightening seen, no thunder heard .... thankfully no wrecks but plenty of construction that backed up traffic to a crawl .... we are now setup in a very wet Cottonwood's RV Park in Columbia, MO (pictures below) ===> https://cottonwoodsrvpark.com/ .... more rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for this afternoon and overnight thankfully, all rain should have moved out well before we have to break camp in the morning .... trees are blocking our satellite TV signal, so it will be movie night ..

.. so far we've covered 1029.9 miles in 18 hrs 8 min driving time ....

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:40 am

today's 272 mile drive is scheduled to be our shortest of the trip .... it will take us from central Missouri to north of Kansas City .... we plan to fill the truck today because this area has the lowest diesel prices of any we will see on this trip .... after yesterday we are happy to see no rain in the forecast .... KC is the last major city we will have to deal with and for us that's a good thing

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:36 pm

thankfully, day 4's drive went well .... beautiful, cool weather .... we covered 292.1 miles in 5 hrs 18 months with 2 fuel stops .... the first stop was just west of Columbia, MO at a Love's Truck Stop were we only took on 10 gallons .... the reason for the stop was to ensure we had sufficient fuel to make a Petro Truck Stop in Oak Grove, MO where the price was much better .... at that second stop we 82.7 gallons .... over the 727.7 miles we had covered since our last filled our tank we averaged 8.8 mpg .... we are now setup at Victorian Acres RV Park in Nebraska City, NE ===> https://victorianacresrvpark.com/ where we will spend our last night of this year's drive to South Dakota .... the weather for tomorrow's drive looks good

Post by **Sir Henry** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:27 pm

Your daily miles are comfortable.

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:16 pm

at this point in our lives, it works well for us .... prior to retirement when vacation time was limited, we were forced to travel much longer each day .... with that no longer being the case, we've slowed down

Post by **JEBar** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:49 pm

our journey to Estelline is over .... today we covered 332.6 miles in 5 hr 26 min .... an unexpected 40 mile detour was the major bummer .... all together we've covered 1,681.5 miles in 28 hrs 52 min driving time .... during that time we averaged 58.2 mph which ain't too bad .... much of our standard setup has been completed, the rest will be taken care of tomorrow .... hopefully will have some pictures to post

Post by **BigAl52** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:22 pm

Glad you made it safe and sound. Hope you enjoy the time spent in Dacotah

Post by **JEBar** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:05 am

good wishes appreciated .... rain moved through sometime during our first night of this stay in Estelline .... I heard very light rain around 5AM but slept through the rest .... no more rain forecasted for today but its supposed to be pretty wet around here tomorrow .... so, outdoor site setup will be paused until Monday ....

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:42 am

we awoke to a beautiful, typically windy morning in East Central South Dakota .... rain is supposed to be on the way .... per the written forecast rain is on the way .... per the weather radar, the front should fizzle out and go south of us .... one of Maureen's brothers, his wife and one of their granddaughters came by for breakfast .... if the rain holds off we hope to finish our site setup today

Post by **Shakey Jake** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:18 pm

Enjoy your stay! Glad you made it safe.
Jake

Post by **brm4450** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:09 pm

Welcome to Dacotah

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:20 pm

Happy to be here ...

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:53 am

yet another cloudy but nice morning in East Central South Dakota .... depending on the forecast you look at, rain is suppose to be on the way .... back home we know which sources tend to be the most accurate but out here we don't have a clue .... the Minnesota Twins has given the town of Estelline a grant to rebuild its baseball field .... work is underway, the infield is really looking good .... breakfast passed earlier this morning, depending on if the rain comes or not, we may smoke some chicken this afternoon

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:59 pm

talk about a beautiful day, this has most certainly been one .... after completing our setup we fired up our Davy Crockett smoker this morning and smoked a section of port tenderloin and some baking potatoes .... tomorrow evening we will slice the loin into some chops and prepare the taters as twice baked .... with the price of diesel, we are making a strong effort to maximize what gets done each time we crank our truck .... example: we left camp a 3:30PM and drove 20 some miles to Walmart in Brookings to drop off a prescription, then to the local Culver's for a burger, on to a community park to watch a 8 year old niece play coach pitch softball, from there back to Walmart to pickup the meds and grocery shop, from there back to the camper where we are settled in for the evening