2021/06/30 - Wednesday - Vacation - Day 13 - Natchez Trace Pkwy - Explore the Northern Portion

 Got moving late, our first stop is at Starbucks

We back to the Natchez Trace Pkwy and explored more the pullouts.  Two of the main stops was Fall Hollow and Jackson Falls.

At the end of the Trace, we stopped for needed gas.

On the way back we stopped to check to see I could pickup new cups for the bike rack - nope has to be ordered. 

Dinner at Caney Fork River Valley Grille

Back to the RV to relax.

2021/06/26 - Saturday - Vacation - Day 09 - Natchez Trace Pkwy - Next Section

 Well, again my back is not 100%, so we will go in the afternoon, so we planned to do more of the Trace.

Before getting to the Trace were we left of yesterday we stopped at Starbuck for our morning drinks.

The first stop on the trace today was at the Cowles Mead Cemetery, Next was the Clinton Welcome Center.  We did several stops along the trace - Osburn Stand, a Old Trace location, Overlook at the Trace, Cypress Swamp,  River Bend Picnic Area and then Kosciusko Information Center.  We went into town to grab some lunch (McDonald's) before doing more of the trace north.  We did some time Little Mountain to enjoy the views.  

It took about 2 hours to get back to the RV.

I was checking things, I noticed that the bike rack cups is broken so did some moving of the cups to we don't loose the bikes.

We went to the convention center to check on the square dancing.  We went ahead and picked up our packets and registered for the next few convention.  Was able to talk to several people.  The turnout was very low for this convention.

We headed out for dinner at Babalu - it was good.

Back at the RV to relax.

2019/06/20 - Thursday - Getting ready to go

Well, getting everything done did not happen. But what did get done I am very happy about.

Things we got done.
- Two new tires for the front.
- Oils changed (engine and tranny)
- Got CB working
- Replaced the trailer break controller
- Replaced the ABS sensor
- Put in an power cord so it can feed the power at the couch

Thanks to D.M. for getting several of these things done!

I did make a decision not bring the bikes, so removed the bike rack.

So we are not leaving today, we will leave in the morning.

2018/06/22 - Friday - Vacation - Day 01 - Wash, Hot, Meetup

Got up like normal for a work day, but instead of going to work, it is the first day of vacation.

We finally left the house almost 9.  The did double check to make sure the new bike rack bracket helped with making sure the bikes would not hit the van when I make sharp turns. 

First stop was at Costco to fill the RV up with the necessary go go juice.

We just got onto the 91 and Cheryl called me to tell me that Mom M left her purse at the house, so I made a detour and head back home to get it.  So that was 45 minutes later but hay we are on the road.

We stopped at Little Sister's Truck Wash to get the RV washed as well as the van.  Then went next door to fill the RV up again with go go juice.  We humans also needed some substance so we walked over to McDonald's for lunch.

The grade out of the Palm Springs area is steep.  The engine temp started to get close to the red zone, so off went the AC and on went the heater.  That brought the temp back down much closer to normal area.

We crossed into AZ and started that climb and the engine temp started to climb again, so I did the heater thing and that brought the temp back down.

I check the tire temps and noticed one was at 172 and another was at 174 so I slowed down from 60 to 56.  The tire that was at 174 dropped down to 172 and then finally both of them dropped down to 170.  The outside temps did not help matters being around 113.  Stopping at a rest area about and hour before getting to Phoenix, that also help to reduce the tire temps.

Gas stop at Flying J before heading to camp location.

Amanda was checking discord regarding the conversations around this weekend Waze SWR Meetup. We notified the group we are running late to get to dinner.

After setting up camp (unloading the van, disconnecting the tow dolly, and setting up the RV) we headed for dinner.

Dinner with other Waze SWR Meetup participates was great and that lasted until 11:30.  Mom M and Amanda had to strongly suggest it was time to go.