June 22 2008 RV Trip

Date	Location	Notes	Miles	Average Speed		MPG
		No Toad - MODE switch "ON" Fuel = 875.5 Gal, Hours Driving = 152:48	7345	48.1	8.4
6/22/08	Leave home - Villa Park CA

6/22/08	Fueled at Flying J - Barstow CA		106	42.2		7.5

6/22/08	Circus Circus KOA RV Park		160	58		9.1

6/24/08	Elks Lodge - Richfield UT	Parking Lot - No H/U	292	53.1		8.3
6/24/08	Fueled at Flying J Richfield UT

6/25/08	Stayed at Walmart , Rifle CO	Good Parking	289	56.2		8.4

6/26/08	Elks Lodge - Silverthorne CO	Parking Lot - No H/U	119	50.5		7.2

6/29/08	Stayed at Walmart Loveland CO	Allows overnight Parking - Good Parking	127	49.9		10.0

6/30/08	A.B. RV Park - Cheyenne WY	WIFI - Fresh BBQ on Premise at night	51	41		7.3

7/2/08	Wyoming Pioneer Museum Douglas WY	Free - Very Nice Displays	136	49.3		10.0

7/2/08	The Koop Restaurant Douglas WY	Good Food & Large Curly Fries

7/2/08	Devils Tower KOA	Nice Park right at the Entrance of Devils Tower,free wifi	174	52.7		8.5

7/4/08	Days of 76 RV Park Deadwood SD	Large open Park, no trees, no wifi, $25.night	97.3	35.4		6.8

7/5/08	Presidents Park	Features incredible likenesses of all of our Nations Presidents majestically standing 20 feet tall.

7/5/08	Adams Museum	The oldest history museum in the Black Hills - No Photos Allowed

7/6/08	Sturgis Motorcycle Museum	Large collection of Motorcycles.

7/7/08	Days of 76 Museum	Located on Days of 76 Campground.

7/8/08	Mt Rushmore KOA		50.2	27.1		7.0

7/9/08	Four Mile Old West Town Custer	50 Buildings

7/9/08	National Presidential Wax Museum	Features incredible full size Wax likenesses of all of our Nations Presidents in individual Displays

7/10/08	Elks Lodge - Rapid City	8 - 50 Amp Hook ups & Large Parking Lot, Large Dining Room & Golf Course	37.6	22.8		7.3
7/10/08	Rapid City President Statues on Street Corners	39 Bronze President Statures on street corners. 4 new ones each year
7/11/08	Chapel on the Hill	Norwegian Church
7/11/08	Journey Museum	Large Museum, Well laid out

7/12/08	Arrow campground Wall SD	Free Wifi	158	43.1		10.3
7/12/08	Wall Drug	Large complex, over 500 seats in diner , $6,000,000 of western art
7/12/08	Badlands NP	Nice scenic drive
7/13/04	Wounded Knee Museum	Complete story of event & history of US broken treaties.
7/13/08	1880 Town	Props & location from Movie "Dances with Wolves"
7/13/08	Pioneer Car Museum	Large collections of cars, buildings,

7/13/08	Happy Camper RV Chamberlain SD	Free Wifi	157.8	52.6		10.3
7/15/08	Cabelas Sporting Goods	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking

7/15/08	Walmart Super Center		65.4	56.9		11.4

7/15/08	Lake Mitchell Campground	City owned, Full hookups $20, No wifi	17.6	14.1		6.6
7/16/08	Corn Palace Mitchell SD
7/17/08	Dakota Discovery Museum

7/18/08	Sioux Falls KOA	Pull Thru, full Hook up, wifi, $43.50 per night minus 10%	72	48.1		8.0
7/18/08	Flying J	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/19/08	Cracker Barrel	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/19/08	Walmart	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/19/08	Sams Club	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/19/08	Great Plains Zoo
7/19/08	Delbridge Museum of Natural History

7/21/08	Demco Towing	Replaced Vacuum pump on Toad brakes at N/C	76	46.1		8.5

7/21/08	Scenic Park Campground in Sioux City NE	Pull Thru, full Hook up	61	36.7		8.2
7/22/08	Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center

7/22/08	Harrahs Casino in Council Bluffs	4 nights Dry Camping	98	52.7		8.7
7/23/08	Walmart, Council Bluff IA	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/24/08	Sam's Club	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/24/08	Pilot Truck stop	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/24/08	Bass Pro Shop	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
7/24/08	Trails Museum	Lewis & Clark, Mormon, Oregon Trail Museum
7/25/08	Wildlife Safari - Omaha NE	Drive thru Animal Reserve

7/26/08	John F. Kennedy Memorial Park	Pull Thru, full Hook up, no wifi. $17.00 per night	163	45.2		8.2
7/27/08	Fort Dodge Iowa Museum

7/29/08	Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch	150 year family owned working Buffalo Ranch, We fed the Buffalo ears of corn & bought steaks & jerky to take with us.	156	42.1		8.0
7/29/08	Fueled at Loves Truck Stop, Albert Lea MN		103	57.4		9.2

7/29/08	Lebanon Hills Campground	Full Hook up - No wifi ,$28.00 per night & $7 Reservation Fee	85	56.3		10.7

8/1/08	Knife Island Campground		155.9	52		9.1

8/4/08	Indian Point Campground		15.5	31		8.3
8/5/08	Richard Bong WW 2 Museum

8/7/08	Ojibwa Casino - Marquette	Free Full Hookup RV Overnight Parking	270.4	46.2		8.7

8/8/08	Anne-Osborn RV Park		159.2	44.8		9.2
	Elks Lodge #552 in Sault Ste Marie, MI	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking

8/10/08	Mackinaw Mill Creek Campground	Very nice Campground with a view of the lake	64.4	40.2		9.7
8/11/08	Mackinac Island	Took the ferry over to the island and spent the day. Lots to do including touring the Fort.

	Fueled at Flying J in Saginaw, MI	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
8/12/08	Walmart Supercenter #3487	Drove by - Allows overnight Parking
8/12/08	Algonac State Park	We met Bill & Deanna Brown for the 1st time and went to dinner at the Knife River Restaurant.	311.4	52.8		9.6

8/13/08	Walmart in Shelby MI		31.1	34.6		8.0
8/13/08	Elks Lodge in Dearborn MI	We stayed here for 3 days as we could not find anywhere else to park in this area. Large Parking lot. Had Bar b q dinner there. $10. a night.	52.2	25.5		7.1
8/14/08	Henry Ford Greenfield Village	This will take another day all by itself.
8/15/08	Henry Ford Museum	Huge Museum that will take a day all by itself to see. Well worth seeing it . It is Incredible.

8/16/08	Elkhart Campground	Located next to Total RV, a Foretravel authorized repair dealer.	191.4	56.3		9.1
8/17/08	Met up with Roger Berke - Aquahot Guru.	He was just leaving but we had a chance to talk for awhile. He got my intermittent Aquahot working in Quartzsite AZ last year.
8/18/08	Motorhome/RV Hall of Fame
8/19/08	Elks Lodge in Elkhart IN	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking

8/20/08	Had new Cooling unit installed on Refrigerator at Hobsons RV	This is a father & son company with dad having 40 years experience. They let me watch & photograph the whole replacement & answered all my questions about how everything works.
8/21/08	Hudson Auto Museum	This is a pristine showroom with some incredibly beautiful cars.

8/22/08	Empress Casino RV Park in Joliet, IL	I could not find much in the way of parking in the greater Chicago area so we stayed here. The Elec power was not working well on many sites.	176.8	35.		7.4

8/26/08	Zip Dee Awning in Elk Grove, IL	Got a window awning installed under my Girard awning that I ordered 3 weeks ago.	43.5	30.		7.3

8/27/08	Fueled at Flying J in Davenport IA		174.9	53.		9.2
8/27/08	HWH in Moscow ,Iowa	Have my system checked out & get a little education.	26.9	59.8		10.2

8/28/08	Innovative Coach Works , Goddard, KS	Met with Ron Hawkins Diagnosed broken shock mounts & Refrigerator issues.	555	61.8		7.8

	Walmart Supercenter 1800 S.Wood Dr., Okmulgee OK	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
8/29/08	Elks Lodge #533 in McAlester, OK	Stayed for 1 night	301.1	54.8		8.5

	Elks Lodge #2433 in Paris TX	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
	Walmart Superctr in Paris TX	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
8/30/08	Horseshoe Casino in Shreveport, LA		266.8	52.3		8.0

8/31/08	Fueled at TA in Greenwood LA		15.1	27.5		6.7
8/31/08	Foretravel Nocogdoches, TX		84	55.7		8.0

9/12/08	Elks Lodge #1105 in Wichita Falls TX	Finished up the repairs in NAC & headed home as hurricane IKE is coming in.	329.6	47.1		8.0

9/13/08	Fueled at Flying J in Amarillo TX		218.4	57.5		7.5
9/13/08	Sandia Casino in Albuquerque NM	Spent the night - Allows overnight Parking	301	62.1		8.6

9/14/08	Walmart Supercenter in Amarillo TX	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking
9/14/08	Cracker Barrel I-40 Exit 72A	Stopped by - Allows overnight Parking but very small
9/14/08	Fueled at Flying j in Winslow AZ		273	60.		9.1
9/14/08	Fenner Rest Area I-40 WB mm106	Spent the night - Allows overnight Parking	305	64.2		8.6

9/15/08	Fueled at Flying J - Barstow CA		112	57.4		8.2
9/15/08	Home		101.5	58		9.3

JUNE 22, 2008

© Barry Brideau 2008