Awake: 5:33am Temp 46 sleep 5+54 sunny overnight @ Newell campsite, Miami, OK.
We say our goodbyes to Sam, Darrel & Jackie & leave the Newell Service campground @ 8:05am. US-69 to US-400 to I-44 to Joplin, MO. Then I-71 to Bentonville, AR to I-540 & I-40 to Fort Smith, AR, then cross the mighty Tennessee River, quite swollen from heavy rains & lots of flooding in nearby fields along the way. We continue thru Memphis to the Agra center RV Park in East Memphis arriving @ 4:30pm. En route, we encounter some light drizzle but, luckily, most of the rain had moved further east. Our parking site was gravel surrounded by grassy, muddy swimming holes.
(30) amps is the max for this campground; using our Newell adapter & another borrowed adapter from our kind & considerate neighbor, Don, I was able to have (30) amps on both electrical legs which supplied an adequate amount of electricity for our short stay in East Memphis.
Today’s travel: 451 miles 8+47 hrs 72.1 gal used 6.3 mpg 51.3 avg speed. We made one stop for outside check & comfort.
We continue to try to locate Dale & Donna, our good friends from the ole days when living in Memphis; last yr around this same time, we looked up phone #’s & left messages with some of their kids to no avail. June, 2007, by coincidence, Dale had found my Blog & e-mailed; I responded but then, no answer….. then the address was no good; we don’t give up easy. Downloading the Memphis white pages, we again call and leave messages on 2 of their children’s phones; hopefully one of the numbers will be good.
I call & leave a message for my aviation buddy Jack S.
Kathy calls & talks with her good friend, Jodi, living (15-20) min away; we & Jodi are too tired for a get together tonight. It’s decided to phone in the morning and make plans for Saturday.
Finish watching DVR movie “Sweet Smell of Success” with Burt Lancaster,Tony Curtis, Marty Milner, Sam Levene, etc. A story about ruthless, all-powerful columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Lancaster) & a smarmy press agent (Curtis) who’ll do anything to curry his favor. 1957. We had to watch & listen to this flick closely; it was bad but also very, very good.
High travel temp=59 Lights our: 12:36am
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