Cracker Barrel was another good dinner Thursday night, and not very many RVs stayed the night. Other than a couple of ambulance sirens going down the road, it was a quiet night. Without looking back on our blog, I think this was the fifth Cracker Barrel out of seven nights being on the road. Back home we have a Cracker Barrel down the street about 4.3 miles from the condo...but we rarely have eaten there. We save our Cracker Barrel visits for trips.
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Friday mid-morning we met Laurie at a GOOD restaurant (not that Cracker Barrel is bad...just a good change of pace) called U.S. Egg. There are five locations in the general Phoenix area, but one was damaged by a fire. They are owned by these Armenian Brothers, and this is the second time we ate there. The food is good, portions are large, and staff are GREAT! After a few hours of visiting, off we went towards California.
In Quartzsite Arizona we stopped for the last of our "less expensive" gas...$3.049 at the Pilot/Flying J. I expect to pay around $4.50 - $5.00 for gas in California. We continued on to Chiriaco Summit (General Patton Museum area) and we dry camping at the free campground there. By-the-way, still a good number of RVs around the Quartzsite area...perhaps 35-40% of normal Wintertime camping.
Saturday we 550 miles to my sister's house (Sandy and Arny), and we plan to leave very early to try and beat any L.A. traffic as we continue along I-10 to highway 57, to I-210 to I-5, which will take us up and into Sacramento. We have about 200 miles from here to where we no longer have to worry about L.A. traffic...figure if we hit the road by 6:30, we should avoid most traffic problems. I have driven in L.A. many times, and pretty much refuse to drive it during morning or evening traffic jams...jams which can last ALL DAY. Thank goodness it is Saturday, or we would be going another way (Sunday would be fine too).
Finally, this is our first trip from Florida to California without staying at a RV Campground. With our other RVs, I don't think it would be as easy as it is with the Camper Van. Also, we typically drove 62 mph with the larger motorhomes because the HHR is not suppose to be towed at speeds above 65 mph for prolong periods of time. With the Van, when it says 80 mph, we can drive 80...although high winds make me bring it down to around 70. Today is our 8th day on the road...had we not stopped to visit anyone, we could make it from our place to my sisters in 6 to 7 days.
The first year traveling to the Southwest and Back, Kathy insisted we stay at RV Parks. Thee next two years were spent in Parking Lots. No check in time limitation and less expensive.
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It's about time.
Yep...and when we do stay at Cracker Barrel, we do eat there (to go, eat in RV)...two birds, one stone, less expensive most of the time.
DeleteI imagine I could boondock most of the way, but I'm spoiled, as is Jonathan. I just can't stand the noise in truck stops or rest areas at night. I probably need to do a little more investigation into places to stay off the highway.
ReplyDeleteCracker Barrels are typically quite. Last night at the Chiriaco Summit it was very quiet. Most rest areas are louder, and truck stops are VERY loud.
DeleteWe typically enjoy our Cracker Barrel stays, we eat at them once in a while, I think Chicken Fried Steak has to be my favorite thing there!
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