2021 Trip To South Dakota

[JEBar]

Leaving Nov 28th will be in Texas until March 31

that should be a great time of year to be there .... we can't join you until mid January

[Sir Henry]

Have a safe trip and stand by for new news in the trip to Texas 2021 thread coming soon to this forum

When are you going to Texas?

Leaving Nov 28th will be in Texas until March 31

I’m heading down in late August. I’ll only stay four days but will take 17 days returning

[JEBar]

its hot down there in August but with your equipment, you should be fine

[JEBar]

very busy day on tap .... nothing major, mostly just taking care of a considerable list of small things that need to be done .... the standard last minute panic hasn't set in but its most certainly on its way

[JEBar]

another busy day on tap with major packing on tap .... with standing water left from last night's thunderstorm, that isn't going to help .... looking forward to getting on the road in the morning

[JEBar]

several hours of rain has slowed our last minute packing so we aren't where we would like to be .... no problem, we should be able to catch up rather quickly in the morning .... we've made some changes in the way we store a few items for travel .... I'll try to get some pictures when the rain stops ...

[JEBar]

On The Road Again

[The Wiz]

Jim, Dayton.

[JEBar]

good wishes appreciated .... as noted earlier, today's 420.2 mile drive that took us 8 hrs 17 min should be the longest of our current trip to South Dakota .... 2 fuel stops (one just to get enough to get out of high tax NC and the other to fill the tanks in Tennessee) along with one rest stop, plus who knows how many miles of crawling through construction areas all add to the time .... off and on rain for most of the day finally got serious about an hour before reached Soaring Eagle Campground located just west of Knoxville ... yep, unhooked and setup in a steady rain with thunder rolling in the distance .... and yep again, the rain slacked off shortly after we finished setting up .... we are enjoying having our 12 year old grandson traveling with us .... this is a first .... tomorrow's drive is slated to be much shorter and (thankfully) dryer

[BigAl52]

Safe travels to South Dakota

[JEBar]

up and at'um .... hope to be on the road around 9AM for a relatively short day's drive ....weather looks good but that's most certainly open to change .... 70 here in Knoxville, TN .... Real Feel temp forecasted to be 107 when we should be setting up in Paducah, KY later today .. ..

[Hatchdog]

On The Road Again

Willie Nelson or Canned Heat?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A5Xl9hPowA

[Shakey Jake]

Must be hot everywhere! Stay hydrated!
Jake

[JEBar]

no WIFI yesterday .... no clue why .... working this morning .... no clue why .... 73 where we are in Paducah, 92 (feeling like 97) later today at our destination of Columbia, MO ... per Google Maps, 300 miles drive, 1 fuel stop .... yesterday with air temps in the upper 90's we had a time with camper tire pressures .... they were aired up in Texas in March, thought I'd let them down enough to handle this trip's temps but sure missed that on .... plan to reair all 4 after pulling in the slides this morning .... no issue whatsoever with the truck's tires

[JEBar]

no internet yesterday at Duck Creek .... first time our Verizon MIFI has not been able lock onto a signal and provide service .... no clue why .... thankfully, its working as usual today .... also, thankfully, we had a most boring drive .. .. we covered 315.2 miles in 5 hrs 29 minutes with 1 fuel stop and 1 rest stop .... to get it right I need to further adjust one tire's pressure .... thankfully no tire pressure alarms during today's drive .... roughly the same distance to cover tomorrow to Nebraska City

[BigAl52]

It seems you are having more tire pressure alarms and issues. Any reason for the increase that you know of?

[JEBar]

Any reason for the increase that you know of?

the reason pretty much settles on input error .... the tire pressures were aired up while we were in Texas, during the period we were dealing with "life threatening cold" .... since then, I've settled for guesstimating adjustments required temps in the upper 90's to triple digits .... this morning for the first time I got out a digital tire pressure gauge and took the time to adjust the pressures .... it was only a bit after getting back on the road that I realized I messed up properly reading the pressure for one of the camper's tires .... I plan to correct that first thing in the morning

[JEBar]

where we are parked at Cottonwoods RV Park our camper's satellite TV signal blocked so we have been watching recorded videos .... if we were going to be here more than a single night, I'd put out our portable dish .... as noted, after breakfast we need to add some air to one camper tire .... right now we are about 570 miles from our destination .... 270 today, 300 tomorrow

[JEBar]

as noted above, I tried to add air to the camper tire that had been setting off low pressure warnings .... checked it with our digital tire pressure gauge and it showed 91.7 psi .... checked the monitor of our TireMinder pressure monitoring system and it showed 70 psi .. .. that stumped me for a few moments so I decided to check the pressure in the other 3 camper tires ... two read in the low 90's and one read 70 .... suddenly things started to make sense .... somehow the sensors had been messed with ... my best guess is the fellow who installed a replacement tire while we were in Texas switched them .... that makes no sense but its my only working theory at the moment .... no wonder I couldn't make it work .... the tire I kept adjusting wasn't the one with the low pressure .... didn't want to take time to reprogram until we reached today's destination in Victorian Acres in Nebraska City, NE .... 5 hrs later / 296.6 miles later we did just that .... with the temp in the low 90's (RealFeel 100) we setup enough to get the AC's going .... I learned when I first tried to program our TireMinder system that a call to their help folks works much better than reading the instruction manual .... with their help, all 4 camper sensors have been properly programmed .... hopefully, the saga of the mystery low pressure reading has now come to an end .... tomorrows 300 mile drive should take us to our summer destination of Estelline, SD

[JEBar]

beautiful 70 degree morning in Nebraska City .... they are calling for it to get up to 88 later today at our destination of Estelline, SD ..... if all goes as we hope, today's drive will be our last for 10 weeks or so .... no real need to get on the road in a hurry this morning but also, no reason to hang around here any longer than is necessary .... our 12 year old grandson has traveled well on his first extended time away from his parents who are scheduled to fly in on Thursday .... he pitches right in when we setup and break camp ..... hopefully, our camper's tire pressure issues have been resolved