At long last...

 

Oh, there's still some stuff to be put away, but we are rolling!

Another hot day, with a hot wind that was mostly a tailwind.  I drove tenderly - it has been 6 months since this motorhome has been on a trip longer than out of the storage unit to exercise the generator.  She ran like a top.  Rufus settled in quickly...

 Snoozing on Joan's lap; not a bad way to travel.  The traffic was light to start...

... but soon built to a steady pace.  More traffic than I've seen on this stretch of road.  Ever.  Fortunately, not much in the way of Stupid Driver Tricks.  Stopped at a rest area...

Yeah, that is all hooked together.  At a fuel stop, a guy who had just filled up his truck pulling a travel trailer came over and said, "That is awesome!  I thought my rig was long.  I want to do something like that!  I really want a motorhome."

I said, "They all get the job done.  Your set-up looks comfortable."

"Yeah, but that is cool paint you have - and it all goes together.  Do you have bikes in the trailer?"

"Yes, we do - heading to the Black Hills to do some fun riding."

"Awesome!"

One other out of the ordinary comment today: while going through the Border Patrol Checkpoint, the agent looked back towards our cargo trailer and asked, "Just you two in the train today."

I chuckled, "Yep, and a big furry cat."

"You drive careful and have fun wherever you're going."

So, that was an order from a government agent: we need to have fun.

After a day of driving, we'll be down for a couple nights.  Maybe do a little running around with the car tomorrow.  95º as we got into our site.  Once we had cable plugged in, a local weasel said the heat index is 105º.  Yep, feels like it.  Probably would have been better if the Border Patrol agent had said, "Be cool."

;-)