Travel Days

 

We are doing a much better job, on this trip, keeping our mileage low on travel days. We are also consciously making the effort to travel on backroads when it’s possible. We don’t like to go more than 62 mph, when pulling the camper, so there is no real advantage to taking the interstate if you don’t plan to drive fast. Lots of the country roads we find ourselves on have a speed limit of 55mph and that suits us fine. I love discovering out of the way diners and unusual art work, as we travel, like this mural, on Hwy 86, that must surely be titled, “Cock n Bull”.

We are also doing things a bit different, in regards to lunch, on a travel day. We almost always pack a lunch but since rest areas are hard to come by, on America’s backroads, we’ve discovered gas stations and local eateries often have roadside picnic tables we can use. Of course, if the weather is bad, we can pull into a parking lot anywhere and “picnic “ in the camper.