Mammoth Meanders to Massachusetts, Day 12 and return day

16 June 2023

Goodbye Cumberland River tributary:

Rain rain and more rain. Blah. 

Last day and headed home. Rain in Memphis. Rain in the evening at the RV Park. At least all the rain was keeping it relatively cool, because it would be scorching hot otherwise.

We spent the night at Dub'l R RV Park in Brinkley Arkansas. Kind of like a Walmart parking lot with hookups.  Not far off the highway and with a very nice manager, so I'd overnight here again. But there was no place to walk Molly except along a highway (wide shoulders, thank heavens) where the cars went rather fast.

 

Mammoth Meanders to Massachusetts Return
Brinkley Arkansas to home
6/17

From my notes:
Headed home. At least this morning it's not raining...yet. The air conditioner has already started coming on.

As we come to the end of this trip, I've really started craving veggies. Not just salad and raw veggies, although raw veggies with hummus would have been nice. But mainly I crave a big bowl of mixed veggie curry, with carrots, spinach and tofu. Or a stir fry, or a white bean stew with kale, or just anything that's not the veggie hot dogs, string cheese, popcorn and chips I've been lunching off. Even the Amy's chili for supper last night felt too heavy and flavorless.

And home, not too late in the day. We survived.

NOTES
1. When choosing gas stops, check for places on the right-hand side of the road. We often lose five minutes each way getting over a highway.

2. Make myself some easy to reheat frozen lunches. I tried home-made taquitos once but they didn't work well--they mushed up. I might try them again but remember to cook them separated and until crispy. I should try rice balls again or veggie mini-burritos.

3. When reserving campgrounds in Pennsylvania, remember they have dog/no dog loops.

4. Definitely go back to Tom Sawyer's RV park sometime, and be sure to pay extra to reserve a site on the water.

5. Plan a long drive (if you have to) on the first day of a trip. That gets a good chunk of the road out of the way while you're still relatively fresh.