Last night there was a really great lightning show to the north of us but it never got near to us, choosing instead to inundate portions of the city there. For a little bit, we could spot lightning going off every 4 or 5 seconds, elsewhere.
Shopping was on the schedule for today. We found a Costco not too far from our RV park and drove over. Right inside the door we noted a great Kirkland product line addition of Irish Cream costing $15 for a 1.75 liter container so we bought a case. From my standpoint, things went downhill after that but we ended up getting out for a mere $335. We have enough food on board to keep us fat and happy for a bit.
After Costco, Peggy sprung some unannounced shopping on me and made me accompany her to the parking lot of a big, fat, tall guy’s store. I was a crybaby about it, refusing to engage in complicity with her and remaining in the truck in the shade while she engaged in her maniacal efforts to clothe me so I look less like a bozo. She is strange that way. Baffling. After a whirlwind of T-shirt scrutiny and selection, she returned to the truck with exactly half the shirts being the correct size. She bought two. Another flurry of activity resolved the situation and we headed home with our loot. We pull stakes here and go to Catalina State Park in Tucson tomorrow. I liked Tucson the last time we were there in January 2015 and think I’ll take Peg to their great outdoor museums after we arrive.
Uh oh. I just checked the schedule and it turns out we get to stay here another day. It must be correct because Peggy told me I am very anal about the schedule and, therefore, it only has a 50-50 chance of being screwy. We’ll get to Tucson just a bit later. Tucson was one of the first places we stayed in Arizona back in January, 2015, and pretty much closes the loop on this year’s wandering.
Since our departure on this loop of the U.S., we have traveled I-10 from the west coast to the east coast, followed I-95 from Florida to Maine, kept close to I-90 from New England down the St. Lawrence Seaway, through Ohio to Kentucky and then north to the Upper Peninsula before turning west to the Rockies. We continued south along the front range to New Mexico and west to Arizona. It has been a gas.
As defective as my memory might be, I think we have traveled through the following states on this trip: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington D.C. (not really a state), Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York (twice), Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire (twice), Maine, Vermont, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico (again) and Arizona (again). No wonder the miles are stacking up on Charlotte’s odometer.