Oct. 17, 2009

From N 39° 8.526 W 88º 33.772 The Super WalMart, Effingham, IL.
We parked at Cruising America RV, Kamp Kevin, last night. Since they start work at 8 Am we got up at about 7 AM. As it turns out Kevin ordered the wrong batteries, so they wouldn’t fit in our bay. He did wire in the switches for the dash fans that were installed in Sept. We will get together with Kevin in Quartzsite in January for the battery installation.
We left Celina, OH at about 10:40 AM with the Gremlin, err Garmin, set on Oklahoma City. We drove 267 miles across parts pf three states; Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. We stopped at about 4:15 PM, due to the time change to central. By eastern time it was after 5 PM. Seven hours driving is plenty for one day.
There are 5 or 6 other RVs at this WalMart. It is also the first one I recall seeing with a truck parking area. There are over 20 semis here. Of course some run their engines all night and other run reefers in spite of the cold ambient temperature. Running the engine all night is a sure indication the driver doesn’t pay for the fuel. The trucks also come and go so there is acceleration and braking noise going on too. At Kamp Kevin the trucks come and go from the shop behind Kevin’s building all night. Last night I slept so soundly I only heard one go by. They are only about 10 feet away, but I still didn’t hear the ones that came by after I went to bed. Maybe tonight will be a repeat.
We had supper at a nearby Mexican Restaurant, El Rancherito. It was very good. Glenna had a shrimp fajita. We must have starved her all day, I never saw her eat so much.
Depending on how well we sleep, OK how well I sleep, we plan on getting an early start and making it over half way to Oklahoma City.
I’m going to log on to World of Warcraft and see if Sean is playing. He called earlier while I was driving to see if Grandpa could play.
I did manage one geocache at a reststop after we got to Illinios.

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17