It's time to go back out West and get on the RV for a while.
We left Beaufort Tuesday, Jan 17 after Clara's dentist appointment for the Mountain House.
We arrived in Spruce Pine around 5:30 pm. Clara called Kit to say Hi and she was getting ready to go to Bonnie and Will's for a "Orchard Cookbook Tasting" and we were to come. So within a few minutes, we were on the way to their house for a fun evening with friends (while our house warmed up a little).
We had initially planned to stay a couple days in Spruce Pine, but when we woke up Wednesday morning, I saw no reason for not starting our trip today. So by 10:15, we were on the road to Tony and Jill's in Wichita, Kansas. We made it through Tennessee and most of Missouri, finally stopping at a small hotel for a few hours
sleep.
Thursday morning, we were on the road early and arrived at the Pimentel's around 2:30 pm.
We enjoyed a dinner out with them at a club they belong to Thursday night. Friday, we all relaxed and enjoyed the company and Friday night we had a real treat. We met with two other couples who had been squadron mates in the 340th Bombardment Squadron at Blytheville AFB, Ark. Hal Martin had been a B-52 pilot and J T Plummer had been a Radar Navigator in the Squadron. Combined with Tony, who had been a Radar Navigator and me being a pilot, we revisited many old memories and shared stories, which, for the most part had some truth in them.
Saturday morning we departed from Wichita, drove through portions of Oklahoma and Texas and arrived at Kirkland AFB in Albuquerque late Saturday evening, where we stayed at the on-base lodging - a very fine apartment/hotel.
Sunday morning we got up early to recommission the RV. However, we couldn't get in the gate. We thought we had the gate code correct, however, we had forgotten the # in front of the four numbers. After a frustrating couple of hours trying to get into contact with the owner, we finally got in with no problem.
The RV was in perfect shape. We removed the cover, checked everything and in a little while were on the way to the RV park at Kirkland. We got everything running on the RV and went to the commissary to get provisioned. Sunday night, we are relaxed and caught up on some rest after what seems like a very quick trip across 3/4 of the USA.
Monday, we took the RV to Tom's RV Service and to change the oil, check the fluids and make sure everything was ready to go. While they were servicing the Matterhorn, we went and picked up the new tow dolly at the shipping company. We put it together (screwed on the taillights and fenders) and hooked it up to the Honda. Then went by Camping World to pick up a few items, then picked up the RV and went back to the RV Park at Kirkland and started learning how to put the car on the dolly (not as simple as the video explained). Tomorrow we head to Arizona.
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| The TOAD is hooked up and ready to go |
