Longmont to Home

Longmont to Home:

We left Suzanne’s house about 9:00 am on Monday the 9^th. The GPS says it just under 2,000 miles to Fort Pierce. A very long drive. The plan was to stop at the City Campground in Hayes, KS. We must have gotten off of I-70 at the wrong Hayes exit because we couldn’t find it. Kept going with the idea of spending the night at Cabela’s near Kansas City. We ended up staying at a rest area about 30 minutes west of KC. In the morning, we decided to skip Cabela’s. We drove until we got to the Rand Lake area in Franklin County, IL. We camped here two years ago. It’s a beautiful COE lake with several campgrounds. Stayed at Gun Creek this time. It’s only five minutes off of I-57 in IL. A very convenient stopping place. Last time we were here we stayed for several days. Our camp site had an unobstructed view of the lake. The three of us walked on the road for a while. Very tired of sitting.

Wednesday: On the road by about 8am. An easy drive with the exception of the traffic slowdown in Nashville. We passed by the County campground we recalled from our trip this way. Made a mental note that it’s just south of Chattanooga on the north side of the interstate. We were thinking it was closer to Nashville. Stopped at the Red Top Mountain SP in Georgia for the night. Tried to stay here on our last trip but the campground was full. No problem this time. Pulled in just as it started to rain.

Thursday: Left the campground about 8:00; heading home. Clear weather until we got on the Florida Turnpike then it started raining. Rained fairly hard for about 30 minutes then cleared up. Arrived home about 7:00 pm.

Summary:

Total miles driven: 8,712. Of those 5,931 were in the 2008 Lazy Daze.

Used 1,031 gallong of gas. $3,819.