Moving West - Day #2

As promised, here's today's post.

We left the Turning Stone lot at 8:30AM, stopped for fuel at the Savon fuel station (diesel was $4.219/gal.). Finally got underway by 9:00AM. The weather today was beautiful in NY. I'm guessing it was in the low 80's and dry. Great traveling weather! I have to insert here that my motor home is doing waaaaaayyyy better on fuel mileage than expected. I was figuring with the added weight, and towing the car, that we could expect no more than 8mpg. However, when I filled the tank this morning, it took 53.5 gals and we had traveled close to 600 miles!!!

We are now parked at a service plaza on I-80 in Ohio, about 100 miles from the Indiana State Line. We arrived here at about 6:45PM, and it is warm and muggy here. I am watching the re-broadcast of this afternoon's Red Sox/Orioles game on my satellite receiver (NESN). Boy, this is great. So far, I have been able to get a satellite signal (except for last night).

We found one of our favorite fuel stops, Flying J Travel Plaza, in Austenburg, OH, so we stopped to top off the tank again. This time, it took 30 gals (@ 3.979/gal) and we had traveled some 303 mles, so my initial surprise was confirmed - a good 10 miles per gallon! I hope this keeps up for the entire trip.

Tomorrow, we are targeting the Empress Casino campground in Joliet, IL (about 45 miles southwest of Chicago on I-80). I don't think the mileage is too far for this day - according to the GPS it will take us about 5 - 6 hours of driving to get there, which would be about 300 miles. At this point, we have covered about 750 miles. We are still on track to reach the Badlands in South Dakota by Saturday. If we decide to stop in Joliet, this time we will visit the casino and try to win a little extra $$ for the trip.

Stay tuned for the details.