Wed - Day 28 & Thur - Day 29; Back Home

The campground in Indy had a nice lighted fountain, in the pond where people fish. The photo doesn't do it justice, but its the best I could do with my phone.

Wednesday I drove from Indy to a campground in Effingham, IL, because I didn't want to drive all the way home in one day, 390 miles. We had stayed at the Effingham campground in the past and I chose it for that reason. Traffic wasn't bad.

Thursday I drove the final leg home. I stopped at a rest area near Wright City, MO for lunch. I saw this rig on the way out.

RV "triple towing" is allowed in many states. It isn't legal along the east coast, nor in Oregon nor Washington. Indiana limits you to an overall length of 65'. In Michigan  this is called a "recreational double". Overall length is limited to 75'. You need an endorsement on your license in MI. The endorsement requires a written test but no skills test. This rig might have been legal in MO, where the maximum overall length is 65', but I doubt it. The west bound rest area is maybe 60 miles into MO, from IL. The outfit certainly wasn't legal in IL with its maximum overall length of 60'.

If you are interested in RV triple towing Good Sam's has a lot of information on the subject at https://www.goodsam.com/article/default.aspx?articleID=1195129#IL 

It rained, fairly hard at times, during about 40 miles in MO. Kathy said we didn't get any rain in Centertown. It was the only significant rain during our entire trip. I kid about our small pond being a mud puddle. It is so low that it is getting close to being just that. I doubt that we would get enough run off to fill the pond if it rained an inch a day for a week.

Parked at home. Still have some unloading to do, but most of that is done.

We drove 3,024 miles during the 29 days. We had some hot weather, which I detest, but overall the weather was great, especially once we got to the Lake Superior area. I just looked at the forecast temperatures for Ishpeming, MI for the next 10 days. Four days the forecast high is 76, Four days the forecast high is in the 60's. Three days the overnight lows are in the 40's. No overnight low is above 60 . My kind of weather. Forecast temps in Bayfield, where we spent 3 nights, are about the same.

I'm thinking about where to go next. Bayfield & Michigan's UP rank high on a place to get away from the heat next summer. Bayfield, WI is 660 miles. It would be 2 long days trailer towing (for me) to get there. Freeport/Surfside Beach, TX, options for a winter trip, are 800 miles from us, 3-4 days trailer towing for me. I've thought about Tucson, AZ, so that I could have some dental work done in Mexico, where it is reasonably affordable. Tucson is 1,350 miles.

God is good, may He bless you and yours.