Oct 2020 Trip to Texas

[Sir Henry]

I leave for Texas on October 3rd for a quick dash down and back. I’ll only be gone seven days.

I usually put together half-size notebooks with all the information I might need. This trip I will use a previous book.

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I’ve driven this route so many times I don’t need a map so this multi-state map is there so I can track my progress.

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You can see some days I didn’t have to drive very far in this 29 day trip in 2019.

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This page I can use on any trip down and is the most often viewed page.

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These are my usual stops.

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The back cover stores gas and other receipts.

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[JEBar]

tip of my cap for being extremely well organized .... I do like your daily drive schedule .... we have found about 300+/- miles over 5 - 6 hrs works well or us .... really looking forward to your comments about the UFO Museum in Roswell

[Sir Henry]

tip of my cap for being extremely well organized .... I do like your daily drive schedule .... we have found about 300+/- miles over 5 - 6 hrs works well or us .... really looking forward to your comments about the UFO Museum in Roswell

I’ve been there three times and love it. It’s one of my favorite tourist traps. This trip requires 16 hours of drinking then 10 hours rest and 16 more hours of driving. No stops except for pee breaks and gas. I will take enough food and drinks so I never have to go inside for anything. I have no problem stopping at a remote exit to pee alongside the road.

[brm4450]

https://youtu.be/0EC2YYZE4KY

[Sir Henry]

https://youtu.be/0EC2YYZE4KY

Sad the Roy Rogers Museum closed a couple years ago. Same with the Buddy Holly Museum in Lubbock.

[Sir Henry]

On the road! 484.4 miles on a tank of gas.

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Filled it up and another 540 miles till empty.

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After driving most of the night I take a nap and wake up at sunrise.

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[JEBar]

On the road! 484.4 miles on a tank of gas.

that's not bad at all .... my truck can do it but then it has a 100 gallon fuel capacity .. ..

[Sir Henry]

620 miles on a tank at 60 mph! I’m not moving when the picture was taken but set the cruise at 60 stopped. That was an hour or so ago.

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Currently halfway to TX.

Utah, I-70, milepost 181 rest area. Half a wile from the Moab exit.

[JEBar]

are towing your camper ..

[Sir Henry]

are towing your camper ..

No. I’m lucky to get 20 mpg towing it. I’m sleeping in the back of the Outback and will do the trip down in 48 hours. Last time I took three weeks.

Traffic is backed up from Arches National Park to Moab so I’m going to take a nap in the parking lot.

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[JEBar]

No. I’m lucky to get 20 mpg towing it. I’m sleeping in the back of the Outback and will do the trip down in 48 hours. Last time I took three weeks.

Traffic is backed up from Arches National Park to Moab so I’m going to take a nap in the parking lot.

10-4 .... 20 mph towing trailer like yours is still very good .... we enjoyed Arches, would very much like to get back out there someday

[Sir Henry]

I leave for my return trip in a few minutes. I’m taking three days for the return. Coming down in two days was too much driving and not enough sleeping.

[JEBar]

I leave for my return trip in a few minutes. I’m taking three days for the return. Coming down in two days was too much driving and not enough sleeping.

here's wishing you an uneventful return drive .... well understood on to much driving and not enough sleeping .... for decades I'd drive straight through from our home in NC to my wife's folks home in South Dakota and do the same for the return drive a few days later .... 30 hrs driving the 1,500 miles .... now days we spend 5 days covering the same drive

[RetiredSeabee]

I’ve been there three times and love it. It’s one of my favorite tourist traps. This trip requires 16 hours of drinking then 10 hours rest and 16 more hours of driving. No stops except for pee breaks and gas.

After 16 hours of drinking I would need much more than 10 hours of rest. And maybe ten hours of pee breaks.

[BigAl52]

Is that a result of to much SeaBee

[Sir Henry]

I’ve been on the road for 24 hours and have driven 1,232 miles which puts me 50 miles from Salt Lake City.

Two more hours will put me on the other side of SLC and then it’s eight hours of sleep.

The bed in the Outback is really comfortable and I can fully stretch out.

[JEBar]

sleep well and stay safe

[Sir Henry]

I pulled in about 8:30 last night. I drove 2,154 miles in just under 47 hours.

[Hatchdog]

I pulled in about 8:30 last night. I drove 2,154 miles in just under 47 hours.

Ugggg, that’s a lot of driving in a short time. Happy you are home safe and sound.