Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Ready, Set, Go!

I've been loading things down to the dining room floor by the front door of the house for the last several days... Things that needed to go into the RV for Arizona....  I had quite a pile...  Not like going camping... Much more stuff...

Then on Monday morning, I went over and traded the car for the motorhome...  So the carrying of stuff began in earnest... That was interrupted however, because I needed to drive downtown again to go to the hospital and get the cyst surgery repacked with its gauze stuff...

I can go three days between these packings..   Ready....... Set...... Go!  You got three days...

Much later in the afternoon, son Ben came by and we went to retrieve the car from the storage lot...  And with his help most of the pile in the dining room was now in the coach...  Not put away mind you, just piled up.. On the bed and the sofa...

Cold stuff was tossed into the warm fridge...  Remember, ready set go!  I hugged Ben and locked the house door...  6 PM... Almost dark now...

I drove out to the I 35 highway and turned South....  That turns into a toll road once you get to Emporia.....   And I am pulling the utility trailer with the motorcycle in it so that counts as an extra axle....

We had a favorite park in Wichita called Air Capitol RV, and I made it there about 11pm...  I drove in and took a spot just like I had reservations...  Dropped the jacks and put out the slides and commenced to put stuff in closets and cupboards....  No one came by to ask who I was or if I planned to pay....  There weren't any lights in the camphosts 5ver..  I assumed they went back to sleep...

This morning, when I went in to pay, the lady said her husband knew instantly by the way I circled the perimeter and drove right to the correct sites for my sized rig, that I was a repeat customer... And since I had parked right across the street from the office, I probably wouldn't run out..

You can bet they had my license tag number just in case.......  LOL

And it is quite expensive by Kansas standards, as it was $47 after the 10 % good sam discount..  But I had 50 amp electric and used the dreaded electric heater all night...  Still I couldn't use that much juice in days... But it is well lit and all concrete and relatively safe..  Wichita has a lot of older parts of town, and this is marginally near one of them...

Today, I drove most of the day across Kansas...  Stopping in Pratt at the Wal Mart as my cupboards were really bare..  Then at a roadside park later in the afternoon for lunch...  Its all two lane blue roads, but in places they have been improved to 4 lanes...

Took on some fuel in Guymon, Oklahoma... A part of no man's land..  The pan handle of Oklahoma was originally Texas, before they couldn't have it any more..  Its North of 36 degrees and 30 minutes which was declared as free states... Texas was Southern and Slave... Actually no one wanted that strip of land...  Its interesting to study..  Oklahoma was told it was theirs..

So tonight, Tuesday, I have stopped at the Corral RV park in Dalhart, Tx..  $22.50  FHU with cable tv...  Gravel parking lot with overhead wiring...  A few small trees, just enough to block the satellite..  I learned that the last time, when I didn't pay the extra for cable tv...

So day one of the three day race on my wound packing is in the books...  If I get to a bigger town, I'll need to look for a urgent care somewhere...  Or yank it out by myself and declare it good...

Retired Rod

11 comments:

  1. Howdy Neighbor, sounds like we are coincidentally in the same neck of the woods. We are just northwest of you somewhere over here in Dodge City. Good for you in getting yourself on the road so quickly & heading out for Arizona. Sure nice to be moving into warmer weather:)).

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  2. Go Rod Go, wish we were with you. Sam & Donna...

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  3. If it weren't on your back I would say go for it but since it is, look for an urgent care! Is little Biscuit with you? Travel safe Rod.

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  4. Um no Rod and Janna that is the flesh eating disease you will not do that. You will look after it properly. Oh my looks like I am going to have my hands full when you hit Arizona Rod. lol. Drive safe.

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  5. Yay! Glad you're headed for AZ! I'm excited for you. AND yes, find an urgent care, you'll need it by the time you hit AZ!

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  6. Don't yank it out yourself -- go somewhere where you can have it looked after properly -- glad you are going to az....drive safely!!

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  7. some Rite-Aid , Walgreens and CVS pharmacies have urgent care clinics or what they call minute clinics...maybe they could help.... wouldnt hurt to call and ask :) safe travels and have a good time :)

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  8. Good to see your back on the road Rod and making great time. Like the others have said, take care of that medical issue - go to an Urgent Care facility and get it treated properly. If you don't, it sounds like Brenda may just go "nurse Ratchet" on you when you get to AZ.

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  9. I drove across the Oklahoma panhandle on my last trip - was pretty tired of OK by the time I got from the east to western border! I'll add my caution to all those who have already written - find an urgent care place and get it taken care of properly.

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  10. Well, you know how I feel - find an urgent care and get it taken care of. We're all waiting for you to get here. Except of course we're leaving next week for a few days to go to our Rally in Amado.

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  11. Rod,
    You have the crowd of friends on the wild side with your threat of self applied wound care !!!!
    You are able to excite the crowd !!!!! Hope all goes well on the trip ..... You really hit the road in a hurry.....good for you, the change and the super weather will be terrific ...... Biscuit is fluffy clean and ready for the travels ....... Have fun and enjoy the change.......

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