Awake 5:54am Temp 44 Clear Elevation 4216 ft Overnight @ Willcox, AZ
No fooling around today...strong winds with gusts from the East encourage
us to get out on that Interstate & take advantage of a nice tail wind.
Leave the Lifestyle RV park @ 8:37am. We are moving quietly & efficiently
West on I-10 when suddenly...up ahead, both lanes of traffic are stopped.
As far as we can see, about 1/2 mile, it's a parking lot. I learn from my
C.B. radio from the Eastbound truckers that a car has overturned & a life
line helicopter will be landing soon on the Interstate. We have cell phone
coverage so I listen to our messages. Jeff had returned our call from
yesterday so I return his call to discuss our 2004 tax papers. He will
call our daughter Melissa & send the finished return to her before she
leaves for San Diego on Tuesday of next week.
We are parked on Interstate 10 for 55 min. When we do pass the smashed,
overturned car it seems quite possible that a X-wind gust thru this canyon
caused the driver to lose control. We say a prayer for their recovery.
In Eloy, Arizona...just North of Tucson, we make a fuel stop @ Flying J &
top off our tank with 64 gallons before going into California. We've heard
that CA has the most expensive fuel in the nation.
Before arriving in Yuma, Arizona we had been averaging over 11.5 miles per
gallon, our best ever....but driving thru city traffic to our campground
brought that average down somewhat.
Arrive @ the KOFA(King of Arizona) campground @ 4:00pm. This is an owner
escapee campground & they do not take reservations. When I called them
yesterday, they hinted that I would need to get into their campground
before 4:00pm if I wanted to stay for the night with a full hookup. We
were lucky, we got that last full hookup site.
Today's travel: 6+31 time 325 miles 30 gal 10.82 mpg 51.5 avg speed
We sit outside on our folding camping chairs & have our wine time...then
walk the campground for exercise.
7:00pm Dinner: Tuna salad with lettuce on peta bread.
Kathy surfs the TV channels while I look ahead for our next campground.
Nothing worth watching on TV so we do some evening reading.
Elevation for Yuma=912 ft. Today's high=85 Lights out: 10:27pm
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