Getting out of Kansas

Yesterday, I had planned to exit Kansas via the southeast corner and duck down into Arkansas for an overnight stay in Morrilton (50 miles west of Little Rock).  The plan had been to drive some 345 miles and stop in an RV park I knew had a space available for me to park the RV and leave the Jeep attached behind.  The next RV park to the east some 22 miles became more of a trailer park and had no spaces available.

As it turns out (Murphy's Law), there was a bridge out on route 166 and I had to detour around the area to the south into Oklahoma, then into Missouri and finally into Arkansas -- where I caught route 71 south to connect to Interstate 40 east.  This added about an hour to the expected 5-1/2 hour drive -- a little more stress for the twins and the "Old Man Burch" but, we survived (without any accidents, by the way).  Those would be cat droppings when I say accidents.  So, that other park 22 miles closer to Little Rock wouldn't have been a better place to stop, I'm sure.

Today, I started with a full tank of diesel after I fueled up at the Shell station just outside the campground in Morrilton and set my sights on Lebanon, Tennessee -- some 20 miles east of Nashville.  It was nearly some 416 miles according to my TomTom but, since most of the road was Interstate 40, I thought we should be able to do it in about 6 hours -- less than the more stressful day yesterday and should leave us 350 miles to Ft. Chiswell in Virginia.  Things went more according to the plan and we are now settled in at Countryside Resort in Lebanon with some shade all around and the interstate slightly farther away (which should make for some better sleeping for the three of us).

I may stay a couple nights in Ft. Chiswell before heading into the frenzy of Northern Virginia and into the traffic on I-81 and I-66.