Routes
GTW Hop 21: Las Cruces, NM, to Tucson, AZ
280 miles via I-10. Cumulative distance: 3,626 miles. This was another hop that was easy to navigate: get on I-10 west and keep going until you get there. The only difficulty was that the ramp closest to the RV park was closed (which we were told when making reservations), so we had to get off … Continue reading
GTW Hop 20: Pecos, TX, to Las Cruces, NM
253 miles via I-20 and I-10. Cumlative distance: 3,346 miles. We stayed one night at the TRAPark in Pecos. This is an Escapees Rainbow Park, but it is a mere shadow of Rainbow’s End. We missed the social hour, which is a shame, but we had a good night’s sleep in the midst of the … Continue reading
GTW Hop 19: San Angelo, TX, to Pecos, TX
218 miles via US 67 and US 285. Cumulative distance: 3,093 miles. I don’t have much to say about San Angelo because we were there for just 20 hours. Because we had difficulty getting the front landing jacks to work, I didn’t unhitch. But I resolved that problem and decided this morning that it would … Continue reading
GTW Hop 18: San Antonio, TX, to San Angelo, TX
216 miles via I-10, US 83, US 87 and US 67. Cumulative distance: 2,875 miles. This was supposed to be a hop to Ozona, TX, which is little more than a couple of truck stops and an RV park. But the RV park was full, so Plan B was to go further north, to San … Continue reading
GTW Hop 17: Austin, TX, to San Antonio, TX
80 miles via I-35. Cumulative distance: 2,659 miles. It seems like there is an inverse relationship between the length of the hop and its difficulty. This was another case of a route that should have been simple being rather difficult. Part of the problem was that we planned a stop (noted by the red spot … Continue reading
GTW Hop 16: Livingston, TX, to Austin, TX
218 miles via TX 146, US 190, TX 30, 90 and 105, US 290, TX 21 and 71 and I-35. Cumulative distance: 2,577 miles. Yeah, this route was as complicated as it sounds. Jett pretty much went crazy trying to keep up with the turns while simultaneously trying to reconcile the Google map with the … Continue reading
GTW Hop 15: Bossier City, LA, to Livingston, TX
176 miles via I-20, US 79 and 59 and TX 146. Cumulative distance: 2,359 miles. This hop, except for the first 16 miles, was entirely on roads with traffic lights and crossing traffic. Jett didn’t like it at all, especially when the speed limit – even on 2-lane roads in relatively congested areas – rose … Continue reading
GTW Hop 14: Hot Springs, AR, to Bossier City, LA
211 miles via US 70, I-30, AR 245 and 549, US 71 and I-20. Cumulative distance: 2,183 miles. This hop was supposed to be just 190 miles, but I missed a turn which cost us another 20 miles. Oops. But, as Jett observed, if that was the worst thing that happened to us, it would … Continue reading
GTW Hop 13: West Memphis, AR, to Hot Springs, AR
186 miles via I-40, I-30, US 70 and US 270. Cumulative distance: 1,972 miles. Number 13 was lucky for us: no dings! The only real adventure of any sort on this hop was a mysterious 20-minute delay on I-40 east of Little Rock – no accident, no work crew (though it was in a work … Continue reading
GTW Hop 12: Hermitage, TN, to West Memphis, AR
236 miles via I-40 and I-440. Cumulative distance: 1,786 miles. A few days ago it seemed unlikely that we were going to get so far as the Mississippi, much less California. But yesterday we crossed the Mississippi, so maybe California is possible as well. You may have noticed that the weather continues to be dark … Continue reading