Awake 5:20 am Temp outside=56 Clear sky
We leave the KOA campground in Billings @ 8:10 am. Good roads, nice day &
little wind. Most of our travel today was between the elevation of 4000 ft
to 2500 ft. We know this because our GPS shows our continuous elevation
using 7 or 8 satellites. Thru Montana the last few days, that elevation
change was between 4000 ft to 6000 ft. So far on this trip, we have been
averaging over 8 miles per gallon. Pretty good huh?
After 8+35 driving time, 463 miles, making 3 stops & averaging 9.25 mpg,
we arrive at the Ponderosa Motel & RV park in Kadoka, South Dakota @ 5:35
pm. This RV park is very small & old but it is satisfactory for our
overnight stay.
Before dinner, we take a walk around this town of 700 people for exercise.
Like the campground, the town is laid out for expansion that seems to have
ceased. The house lots are large, the streets wide & the town park
huge...and the population small.
We meet & talk with our near campground neighbors. Both couples are
farmers from Minnesota who are on holiday with their kids & 6 (four
wheelers). They spent a week in the Montana mountains using the trails.
They reported having loads of fun.
9:30 Dinner: Leftover rotini Tonnati with broccoli & fresh salad.
Before Dinner, Kathy scrutinized the maps & charts & calculated the next
mileage to Cedar Rapids, IA to be slightly over 300 miles. Then she heads
into the campground lounge to call our friends in Cedar Rapids to let them
know that we will be in their neighborhood tomorrow ....& lets get
together if we can.
While she was making that call, I began programing the GPS for Cedar
Rapids and it gave me a distance of 633 miles. Hmmm, I'd better check
those maps myself. About that time Kathy returns & reports that we are
invited for dinner tomorrow & she estimated we would arrive mid to late
afternoon. " Oh oh " I said & followed that up with a slight hint that
there may be a discrepancy in our mileage plan.
Well, we decided to leave the awkward conclusion of double & nothing alone
& we'll call en route tomorrow to Tobi & Jim & explain our tardy arrival
ETA.
Meanwhile, we watch the movie: " A stolen Life " with Bette Davis. Now
this was a sleeper movie...and Kathy did stay awake. Especially for
Seniors & yippies. Lights out: 11:58 pm
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