Awake: 5:34am Temp 72 sleep 6+25 sunny overnight@
Newell campground.
We each have a healthy Kathy muffin for breakfast for our earlier start
today. I move the Suzuki that we had parked in front of our coach & then
pull the motorhome out onto the apron tarmac to hookup the Suzuki for
towing. Kathy has a little problem getting the Suzuki in position for
hookup, but once done, she watches & gives the thumbs up while checking
turn signals, brake lights & wheels turning when I move forward a bit.
Then we leave the Newell campground @ 8:05am.
Very, very smooth roads today on N. hwy 69, hwy 400, hwy 135 & I-70
through Kansas. Two stops today: one @ Flying “J” for 80.1 gallons of
fuel…..enough I think, to get us to Cheyenne, WY where the price is a
great deal lower & the other, a comfort stop. We arrive @ the Sundowner
West RV Park in Salina, Kansas @ 2:10pm. The office note near the door
read: “office hours 4:30pm to 7:30pm.” Check yourself in ….blah-blah-blah.
I wasn’t too sure about this campground to begin with but now that we are
here, we’ll make the best of it.
Today’s travel: 5+46 time 294.4 miles 35.4 gal used 8.32 mpg
53.5 avg speed.
Their campground advertised 50 amps & they confirmed that when I called
yesterday, but my Volt & Amp meters already read low. It’s a hot day & the
RV’s that are here now surely are using the amps big time. In our travels,
a lot of the older campgrounds (like this one) take a short cut in
providing a true 50 amp hookup (like this one). Sure, you do have a 220
volt supply but that voltage becomes weak & the amps available are NOT
able to handle 50 amps on each of the two 120 voltage legs.
Erring on the side of caution, I run only (2) of our air conditioning
compressors in lieu of (4). It wasn’t long until Kathy started cooking
dinner & the power tripped off. Then we agreed to run only (1) compressor
in the living room during the afternoon & early evening & switch to
running only the bedroom a/c @ night. That worked ok but this campground
is now on our: “do not return!” list.
6:30pm dinner: Leftover pepper steak, creamy corn & roasted red pepper
soup from Trader Joe’s + Triscuits.
(2) movies tonight: “Ball of Fire” with Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck,
etc. A Burlesque dancer moves in with eight prissy professors (led by
Cooper) to explain “slang” for their new encyclopedia. Very entertaining.
1941.
“Emperor of the North” with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, etc. An exciting
action film set during the depression yrs. Sadistic conductor Borgnine
will kill any tramp who tries to hop a ride on his trains. Legendary hobo
Marvin announces he will be the first to succeed.
Kathy stayed awake for both of these films. 1973.
High temp=96 Lights out: 11:21pm
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