I should be home now!!!

I spent last night in a Pilot parking lot it was noisy and cold but it should have been my last night in the US. The morning went from bad to worse, when I arrived at the border all the access lanes were blocked off and the border patrol were using a dog to check all...

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Heading for home

I take back what I wrote yesterday today's drive was defiantly the worst day of driving in what had been a very long journey. The day started off great,  after spending another cold night in the RV the service manager banged on my door at 9:00 to let me know that the...

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Getting the furnace fixed YEH!!!

Left Las Vegas early yesterday morning aside from the long climb out of the valley yesterday's drive was long but uneventful. Stopped twice on my way thru California to try to get the furnace fixed but got the same story. It would be two weeks to a month till they could even...

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Still here in Vegas

The past two days have been pretty uneventful, I get up eat my breakfast then walk the 1/2 mile down the road to purchase my morning coffee at 7 Eleven. Yesterday morning after purchasing my coffee I continued on down the road, after getting off the main drag I walked thru...

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Christmas Day in Vegas

This is the first time in a very long time that I haven't woken up with my wife on Christmas day,it makes me a little sad but in less than a week I should be back home and all will be good. My luck may be improving on my hike today to get coffee I found $100 lying on the grass...

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Christmas Eve & I'm not home

Took the day off today, slept into till 9:oo then walked 1/2  mile to get a cup of coffee. Spent another 90 minutes walking around to get some exercise. These city blocks in Vegas are enormous, they are 4 to 5 times as long as 1 of our blocks back home.  ...

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Things were going so well

Things were going so well I knew something had to go wrong eventually. Went down to the Las Vegas strip last night had a nice dinner. Then I walked the strip for a couple of hours it really hasn't changed that much since I was last here. After walking the strip I went and saw...

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Staying in Vegas

After getting a couple hours of needed sleep I've reconsidered leaving. While its not exactly warm here its comfortable. It was 5c when I woke up. Contacted Las Vegas KOA Sam's Town and I can stay there for a reasonable $22.00 a night with full hookups. To bad the RV is winterized...

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Half way home

Last night was another cool night but not as bad as the last two. Actually slept in till 7:30, left the furnace off so I had a good nights sleep.  Was on the road by 8:30m I hope to make it to Las Vegas today then spend a couple days there before heading for home. I need...

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It's Cold in Albuquerque

It was another cold night and I managed an extra hours sleep by turning the thermostat down to 40f the smoke alarm didn't go off till 4:30. By 6 o'clock it was -5C in the RV so i got up and headed down the road. When I stopped for coffee I noticed that the left over coffee...

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Checotah what a Name

It was far to cold in the RV for me to go back to sleep after being woken up by the smoke alarm last night. So I got up and headed over to Walmart to get warm and see what they had in the way of tools. I was going to need some to figure out what was going wrong with the RV's...

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The Tornado missed me

Left Walmart in the early morning hoping to reach Memphis this evening it's about 400 miles away. After yesterdays drive I'm feeling quite comfortable on the highway even with the big rigs bouncing me all over the place as they race past me. The drive was quite nice with temperatures...

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Finally on the Road

Up at 6 this morning to check out of the hotel and head out to get the RV serviced at Mercedes. It's a balmy -17C but the Sprinter starts right up but I can't get the radio to turn on so I can use the Nav system,Oh well there is always my phone. So off I go down the highway...

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