We left Jojoba Hills 21 days ago. We have been “on the run” most of those days. We had three nights in Redlands and two nights each in Albuquerque and West Memphis AR. The rest of the stops were just overnighters, but since we got in early 3 or 4 PM we had time to relax and take advantage of the areas we were in.

Six nights we were in Harvest Hosts, Elks or other dry camp no charge places. We paid $398 for 8 nights of camping for an average of $49 per night. The last stop, Harrisburg East blew that number up at 84.60 (that was with a 10% discount). Diesel Fuel put in the tank cost $1,964 so far for 457 gallons. If I top off before storing it will take that number over $2,000. The fuel included fuel from Ehrenburg AZ to Jojoba Hills SKP Resort and return, I managed to avoid buying Diesel in California. Last year for comparison I spent $4,460 for fuel to go back and forth and covered 11,100 miles consuming about 1340 gallons. 

The quick trip was necessitated by our desire to attend a Bat Mitzvah in Boston, next week and the balancing desire to stay in Jojoba Hills longer. I am delighted that as we approach our 80th birthdays in the Fall, we are still able to do this fairly easily. Limiting speed to 62 mph and drive time to 4 hours really takes a lot of the stress off.

The coach has performed as well as I could have hoped. Our only “problem” was a rough road in TN claimed a hub cap. Really a center cap on the passenger side front wheel. A replacement will be waiting for us in Rochester, thank you Tiffin (not a gift, I’m paying, but finding a part for a 10 year old coach can be interesting).

The most interesting new place we found on this trip was the Metal Museum in Memphis TN. It is on the eastern bank of the Mississippi and is currently comprised of a campus with a collection of buildings to house the exhibits, the workers and apprentices as well as a forge and a foundry.  We spent a couple of hours there and were not surprised that our friend Thomas Markussen had shown his work  there in its early days. You may find it worth exploring  https://www.metalmuseum.org/ virtually or as a stop when in Memphis where there is much more to see.

The next post will not be On the Road, but I will be posting.