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the following is our plan for this year's trip to South Dakota ... it will be updated as our plans made ....

2022 Trip Plan

May 30, 2022 Soaring Eagle Campground >>>> https://www.campatsoaringeagle.com/at 3152 Buttermilk Rd W Lenoir City, TN .... 399 miles / 6 hr 16 min .... booked 2/13/22

May 31, 2022 Duck Creek RV Park >>>> https://duckcreekrvparkky.com/ at 2540 John L. Puryear Dr. in Paducah, KY .... 313 miles / 4 hr 39 min.... booked 2/13/22

June 1, 2022 Cottonwood RV Park >>>> https://cottonwoodsrvpark.com/ at 5170 N. Oakland Gravel Rd in Columbia, MO .... 300 miles / 4 hr 25 min .... booked booked 2/13/22

June 2, 2022 Victorian Acres RV Park >>>> https://victorianacresrvpark.com/ at 6591 Highway 2 in Nebraska City, NE .... 272 miles / 4 hr 8 min .... booked booked 2/13/22

June 3, 2022 Estelline South Dakota .... 304 miles / 4 hr 25 min

AT ESTELLINE FROM JUNE 3 TO AUGUST 18

August 18, 2022 Victorian Acres RV Park >>>> https://victorianacresrvpark.com/ at 6591 Highway 2 in Nebraska City, NE .... 304 miles / 4 hr 25 min.... booked 2/16/22

August 19, 2022 St Louis West KOA >>>>> https://koa.com/campgrounds/st-louis-west/ at 18475 Old US Hwy 66 in Eureka, MO 63025 .... 383 miles / 5 hr 51 min .... booked 2/16/22

August 22, 2022 Rjourney >>>> https://rjourney.com/locations/tn/clark ... esort-llc/ at 1270 Tylertown Rd in Clarksville, TN 37040 .... 290 miles / 4 hr 17 min .... booked 2/16/22

August 23, 2022 Asheville East KOA >>>> https://koa.com/campgrounds/asheville-east/ at 2708 Hwy 70 E in Swannanoa, NC 28778 .... 350 miles / 5 hr 38 min .... booked 2/16/22

August 24 Home .... 242 miles / 3 hr 54 min

We stayed at Fern Lake Campground, in Paducah, nice owners and a great Mexican restaurant right across the street.

thanks for the info on Fern Lake Campground .... looked it up and it appears to be a nice place .... Duck Creek where we usually stay isn't anywhere near as pretty but it has two strong features that mean a great deal to us .... first, almost NO trees, in short a clear view of the southern sky .... second. easy to get in and out

opening post has been updated ....all of our reservations for out drive to South Dakota and back have been made and confirmed .... the only surprise was finding out that Clarksville RV Park where we have stayed many times has been sold .... while they have a completely new website, their phone number remains the same .... this years visit to South Dakota will be a couple of weeks longer than the trips for the last few years and we are most certainly looking forward to it

Have to take my granddaughter to medical appointments in Sioux Falls Thursday and Friday, will go right by Estelline.

hopefully we can arrange to link up and throw something on the grill

one week from today we are scheduled to leave for South Dakota .... today we begin in earnest to get our summer gear loaded and stored in our camper and truck .... to do so, we will have to work around bands of thunderstorms that are supposed to move through from early this morning, through late tomorrow ....

Safe travels Jim.
Jake

good wishes appreciated .... its been a year since we left on a trip of this distance and I must admit feeling a bit of uncertainty .... as far as I know, mechanically we should be good to go but that's never for certain

Not only do I wish you safe travels I hope that you dont encounter any problems with the availability of diesel fuel. Dolly and I arent going anywhere this summer that we know of but we are sure looking forward to our trip back to the Gulf. The fuel situation has been a thought in the back of my mind

understood on the concerns .... so far, we haven't hit any places with a supply problem but they all most certainly have high prices .... have you seen any reports on areas where there are shortages

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

after reading you post I did some checking .... shortages are most noted in the northeastern part of the country with isolated issues noted along the coast a bit below there .... once we leave home we will need to take on fuel twice .... once in Tennessee and once just east of KC .... no shortages are being reported in the area around where we will be in South Dakota .... that can most certainly change quickly

trip preparations continue .... basement storage has been rearranged and then rearranged again .... final packing of the camper's basement and other outside storage areas will be finished on Saturday or Sunday .... next will be cleaning out our truck so as to store some items and better organize others .... checking its oil and other fluids will take place Saturday morning .... our large Yeti cooler will be tied down on its rear carrier on Saturday or Sunday .... in short, nothing major going on, rather an ongoing list of "have to take care of" is growing smaller

Nice that you have done all this so many times that it’s routine. I know you keep a good list of tasks as we all need that as we get older but there’s nothing like repetition to really understand the task. Safe travels when you hit the road.

my wife makes list .... in fact, I'm usually on more than one of them .. .. I usually pick an area and start working on it .... I realize that ain't the best way but it works for me .... well it usually works OK ..

today we button things up because tomorrow morning we are scheduled to pull out for South Dakota .... much remains to be done, thankfully nothing major ....

after a busy day we are about as ready to hit the road tomorrow morning as is possible at this point .... we are settled in for the evening and are working on our "what have we forgotten list" ...

we are up and about on this departure morning .... we hope to get on the road around 9AM, history has taught us that its best to let the morning rush settle before we pull out .... today's drive is scheduled to be our longest of the trip .... about 400 miles and should take about 6 hours

Safe travels Jim. I know how I feel anymore after 400 miles with the 5th wheel. I guess Im just not fast enough for some people