Awake: 5:32am Temp 46 sleep 5+17 mostly cloudy overnight @ Lake Kiowa, TX.
We say our “thank you’s & “good byes” to Harold for now…who has been a very casual fellow touring us around the area, keeping us quite comfortable & making sure we have enough liquid to prevent dehydration during our 3.5 day visit. It was a trade off: Kathy made sure we all had some healthy & delicious meals without running into town each day as well.
We leave the Harold & Claire driveway @ Lake Kiowa, TX @ 7:45am. It took us about 15 min just to leave the secured development area because of the winding & curvy neighborhood roads with stop signs. Once out on highways:-902; hwy-337 & US 69, we began to make good time. Crossing into Oklahoma, we were not impressed with the not-so-smooth I-75 & US-69; I will try & avoid US-69 in the future.
We arrive @ the Newell campground in North Miami, Oklahoma @ 1:45pm. Today’s travel: 5+30 time 299 miles 42 gal used 7.1 mpg 54.1 avg speed.
(3) campsites open so this is good. 1st of all, we are not here for motorhome service. I had talked with Sam R. a few weeks ago asking if we could visit over the weekend. “Not a problem” he says; “hang around longer if you would like.” We thought it might be a good choice to be here for the Easter holiday since they are closed Fri, Sat, & Sunday.
After parking, Kathy dishes out a medium size lunch; then we visit Sam & have a nice chat in his office. He encourages us to look around over the weekend & even gives us the special code numbers to unlock coaches. Wow! Why would he do that?
We do some casual looking around inside the service bay after the guys shut down for the weekend; then decide to attend Mass & Holy Thursday services @ the local Catholic church just a mile down the road. It began to “snow” as we drove to church & was still snowing lightly 1.5 hrs later.
Late 9:20pm dinner: tomato soup with oyster crackers. Then later, reading in bed.
High travel temp=57 Lights out: 1:30am
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