Well we started on our trip this morning about 9:30 a.m. We said our good-by to Eleanor and Bill last night and to Tina, our office manager this morning. Weather is overcast skies and the temperature is about 40 degrees. As we leave the gas here is $3.14 a gallon.
11:30 a.m. - We are having to make a stop at a Chevy Workhouse dealer. It seems when the guys hooked up our RV to tow our new Jeep, they screwed up the wiring for us to tow the trailer. We have only headlights and taillights. We have no turn signals or brake light on either the RV or the trailer we are towing.
12:45 a.m. - Back on the road again with all the lights working like they should. The wiring was messed up on the connection to the RV.It is snowing VERY hard now and it is sticking to the grass along the sided of the road and along the pavement. It is like blizzard conditions and the temp is now at 33 degrees. I would call this a whiteout! We can hardly see the cars and truck in front of us! Not a pleasant place to be in at this time.
2:30 p.m. -We stopped for gas on the border of Indiana and Michigan in Fremont, Indiana. The gas here is $3.03 a gallon, a little cheaper than MT. Pleasant. Just as soon as we got back on I-69 south, the snow stopped and now we have no snow or rain at all. The roads here are clear and dry. Debbie just called and wanted to know if we got out of town before the snow came. She saw it on weather.com and informed us that from Indiana on the storm is going East. So we have good weather, or at least no snow from now on. GOOD!
5:00 p.m. - We have gone through Indianapolis and now on our way to Terre Haute, Indiana to stop at a KOA Campground. It is raining a little off and on and on the windy side in this part of the state. This GPS is amazing! It got us through the 5:00 p.m. traffic in Indianapolis and Frank says he is not questioning what the GPS lady says because she got us through the mess of a big city with construction with no problem. He would have questioned me, that's for sure! For those who are interested, the name of the G
PS is a IWay 600c Lowrance. We told Eleanor and Bill they are going to have a hard time getting this back. This GPS lady has made life much easier for both of us in traveling, It is dark now and much harder to navigate with spitting rain.The ground here is kinda muddy so they must have had some rain here today.
6:40 p.m. -We just pulled into the KOA Campground in Terre Haute and the temp is 46 degrees and a little drizzle. It has been a long day! I made a dinner, relaxed and went to bed. They have a free breakfast here in the morning, so we will probably go to that and continue on.
5 comments:
When we went to the East coast a few years ago, we named our GPS Maggie (Magellon made the system). It was much friendlier, even when you get mad at her for her to have a name. Let us know what you've named her!
did yours tell you when you made a wrong turn? This one so far has not done that. We did make a wrong turn today and it just made a new route for us. Weird. I can't seem to find out how to have her tell us this information. Yesterday, she did well, today, you wouldn't want to know what i called her. hahahahahaha
Sorry you had such a bad opening day. Hope the rest of your trip goes on cruise.
Glad your enjoying the GPS. It sure helped Bill and I from getting a divorce when we went to New Mexico.
Bill and I are already looking forward to your visit next August.
Love you, Sis,
El
The gps made a new route for you to get you back on track. Believe me, listen to her. She will not steer you wrong, unlike the typical female. (I said that for Frank).
El
Maggie would say "recalculating". Our car just brings up a new route, getting you right back on track. Believe Eleanor if she said to stick with her. The times we have the most problem is when we are in a BIG city - like NY because the buildings are so big the GPS didn't work too good. Maggie was saying recalcuating every 10 seconds, poor ole bitty was so confused! Neither one we've used have ever said "wrong turn". I think she just assumes you screwed up! haha.
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