Here are pictures from our last few days on our trip.
We went to the Octoberfest in Salt Lake City at the Snowbird Center on Sunday.
A journal written about life, retirement and our journey throughout the United States in a 5th wheel, along with our two Shih Tzus, Tanner and Syndey. Written not for notoriety but for our sons, family and friends, so they know where we are at any given time. And particularly for ourselves. Finally, we get to slow down and smell the roses and we don't want to forget any of it. You are welcome to join us as we go 'Down the Road a Piece'.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Last post of our 5,300 mile trip out west
We left Salt Lake City on Monday morning at around 9:00 am after visiting my brother and his family over the weekend and got home on Wednesday at around 2:00 pm. We drove around 10 hours on Monday and stayed in a Walmart parking lot for the first time ever. I think this may have been the highlight of the trip for Huli. On Tuesday we drove another 12 hours and then around three hours on Wednesday. For the very first time I can say we went on a trip, which happened to be our longest ever, and did not have one problem with the motorhome. It performed great on the entire trip. We averaged around 7.5 miles per gallon and used around 700 gallons of diesel fuel. If you add the miles when we drove the car once we were stopped at an rv park we actually drove much more than the 5,300 miles we put on the motorhome. The miles per gallon on the motorhome was poorer than we normally experience due to all of the mountain climbing we did plus we went much faster on the highways than we normally do going to Florida or other places we have traveled to. On the plains the speed limit is higher than most roads we drive on and the roads are better for going a little faster. On much of the way home we were able to travel at around 75 miles per hour. We had a great trip and saw a lot of cool sites but are also glad to be home. Today, Thursday, we plan on washing the motorhome and taking it over to the storage unit this evening. I plan on waxing it over the next six weeks before we head out for Florida on November 15th.
Here are pictures from our last few days on our trip.
We went to the Octoberfest in Salt Lake City at the Snowbird Center on Sunday.
Huli, Ellie my brother's daughter, and my brother.
Crossing the Rockies again.
Lots of windmills all over the west and mid west while coming home.
Much easier driving on this type of road
Set up for the night at the Walmart parking lot in Nebraska. We had company with other rv's and trucks. Got perfect tv reception with the satellite and had plenty of power using the invertor and the eight rv batteries for the night.
Here are pictures from our last few days on our trip.
We went to the Octoberfest in Salt Lake City at the Snowbird Center on Sunday.
