Rolling Up The Big Mighty Muddy in a GMC Motorhome
Well, the plan was to roll at 7 am. Was raining hard and the radar lloked bad north and east of us. Back to bed. At 830 I decided we would make a break for it. Grabbed a shower and we rolled. We got wet hooking the car up after filling the coach.
Heading up 165 north of Monroe.
It was a great day for RainX. Never used the wipers once. Here is the new bridge at Greenville. It is awesome. Opened last summer.
The old bridge is coming down. I hated crossing that bridge but did it several times. It was a little wider than the two bridges at Cairo though. I won't miss it.
This bridge reminds me a lot of the new one in Cape Girardeau, Mo. I hope these new bridges last for 100 years.
The Mississippi Welcome Center in Greenville.
The rain pretty much stopped when we got north of Greenville on 61. I love that road. It is now all 4 lane with a speed limit of 65 mph. We still must go through Cleveland but the other towns are bypassed, including Clarksdale. That dark shade, middle ways up in the picture, is a heavy bank of clouds that stretched west to east as far as we could see. I was a bit worried about it but no rain was falling when we got under it, just south of Tunica. Running 61 instead of 55 saves about 70 miles from Monroe to Dexter.
One of the casino signs.
After filling up with fuel I blew the band clamp back and the exhaust was rather loud. 24 inch clamp that holds the pipe to the header collector. I will work on that. Had some problems with it out in Texas too. No big deal. These band clamps are great on 3 inch stainless.
Almost home. Crossing the River again. No rain in Arkansas. One drawback to running 61 highway is the 10 stop lights through South Haven and on into Memphis before hitting 55. I must find a cutoff over to 55 before getting to these lights. Thought I had one today but hit the wrong road and had to come back to 61.
Back home. The GMC had not been in Mo. since Dec. 1st. It was like a horse headed to the barn. A great ride up the river. The new engine never missed a beat. We also put 6 new big disc brakes on the coach along with a "reaction arm". We can stop the GMC on a dime. It stops like a car. Best upgrade one can make to a 12,000 lb. vehicle towing a 3,000 lb. car.Life is good. The coach is home and unloaded. The tracker missed a little north of Tunica. Had trouble with the new system.
Dan
posted by Dan & Teri Gregg @ 7:48 PM
2 Comments:
Glad you had a safe trip home. We go through Greenville to Cleveland often - that's where Maggy's sisters live and parents are 8 miles East on hwy 8.
I have been enjoying your blog for several months. We too love the Lord first, then each other second. We have been married since December 1965. Life is good no matter what trials we experience. We live about 30 miles outside of Philadelphia. Take care and may God continue to bless each of you.
Ray
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