Wednesday, November 02, 2011STATSDeparture: 9:30 amArrival: 6:00 pm CDT, Geraldine’s Driveway, Fort Worth, TXDistance: 216 milesComments: A friend of Barbara’s from Stanford, Geraldine, lives in Fort Worth (she and Barbara worked together several years ago). Since we’re down here staying away from snow, we stopped in to see her. We got into Fort Worth early in the afternoon, and, as Geraldine was not available until after 6:00, we went to the Fo...

Tuesday, November 01, 2011STATSDeparture: 9:50 amArrival: 3:22 pm CDT, KOA-Texarkana, Texarkana, TXDistance: 276 milesComments: We got to the RV park early enough so that I had time to work on the tire pressure monitors. They’re still not working. I’m about giving up on them.

Monday, October 31, 2011STATSDeparture: 11:48 amArrival: 5:00 pm CDT, Memphis KOA, West Memphis, AKDistance: 234 milesComments: By Monday, I was feeling fine, so we decided to drive into Nashville and have breakfast at the Pancake Pantry. Barbara had pancakes, and I had pigs-in-a-blanket. Very tasty.After breakfast, we went to the new headquarters of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) or, for us old-timers, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of ...

Saturday-Sunday, October 29-30, 2011Comments: We took a tour of Nashville on Saturday. The bus picked us up at 8:30 am (I thought I was on vacation), and we went all over Nashville. Our first stop was the Ryman Auditorium, which housed the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. We wandered around there for a while, then got back on the bus to see more sights. Next stop was the Country Music Hall of Fame. We were in there for about an hour and a half, and we could have...

Friday, October 28, 2011STATS Departure: 10:00 am EDT Arrival: 1:30 pm CDT, Nashville KOA, Nashville, TN (2:30 pm EDT) Distance: 225 miles Comments: We made it to Nashville, after crossing into the Central Time Zone. This morning, we got some of the heaviest rain that we’ve had on the trip. I had to slow down to keep from being blown off the interstate. I swear, I-81 has lanes that are no more than three feet wide. Huge trucks came blasting by me at...