Not the Final Blog Yet

It' s been a strange past couple of days. No Internet until we got home today. We headed off to Tunica early, early, early Wednesday morning. We couldn't decide whether to keep going or just stay since we got in around 3:00pm. The next possible RV park was in Memphis or Caruthersville, MO. We opted for the buffets in the casinos; besides, you can't beat Sam's Town RV park - only $15 a night to camp. We had a so-so buffet Wednesday night, and no winning on the penny slots.

We were beat, so we set the alarm for 5:00am on Thursday morning to head back home. We knew bad weather was coming across the mid section of the U.S., but we thought we'd be able to get home regardless. When the alarm went off at 5am, I turned on the Weather Channel - it didn't look good. Too many storms in Arkansas and Tennessee and southern Missouri. We turned off the coffee pot and headed back to bed, since we'd already had a sleepless night interrupted by extremely strong winds.

After paying for another night, we unhooked the truck from the 5th wheel and found the Hollywood Casino for yet another dinner buffet - this one was good - it included king crab legs. Same story on the penny slots. We headed to bed real early because we we set the alarm for 4:00am today to get up. Why - we're retired! I know, but we were also ready to get home.

After a very stormy night, we headed out at 4:30 this morning, in the rain, to get home. A non-eventful trip until about a hundred miles south of St. Louis. We heard a very loud explosion under the hood. It still ran, so we crept on the shoulder to the next exit, which, thank God, had a truck service center. $38 dollars later we were fixed and back on the road. Who would think that a breather hose blowing off would make such a noise!

We finally made it to the KOA in Eureka to unload and clean early this afternoon. Dennis met us and brought a load back home for us.

We're tired, and we're headed to bed very soon. Our final blog of the season will be written tomorrow when I'm awake.