Re: Wyoming Trip (May-Jun 2025)

On 6/16/2025 12:00 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

  I'm a little late getting my trip report written up (had trailer
repair/maintenance issues to deal with), so I hope my memory now
doesn't let me down too badly.  I'll try to write up a day or two
each day.  Here's the first.
 Day 1 was driving west, made it into the northeast corner of
Missouri.  En route I kept noticing the Acadia reporting mileage
in the 15-16 mpg  range, but finally realized there were pretty
good winds out of the east.  Had not appreciated how much of a
difference it might make.
 

Tailwinds are so much better driving our rig in it's amazing.  Doesn't have to be directly from the rear, as just a little bit off the side stops the pushing of the RV and allows much faster travel.  15-16 is pretty good pulling that trailer.

The commercial campground just outside of Kahoga, MO was pretty
new, the sites were topped with fresh gravel but were pretty soft
underneath.  Just driving and backing the trailer on it made ruts.
No bath house, but otherwise an okay campground.
We had started relatively early in the day, so had some time to
look around after arriving.  We settled on a side trip to the
Battle of Athens State Historic Site...
 https://mostateparks.com/park/battle-athens-state-historic-site
 It was not a big park, but had very interesting interpretive
signs.  Apparently this was the “northernmost battle fought west
of the Mississippi” in the Civil War and “about 500 Union soldiers
repelled nearly four times their number of pro-Southern State
Guardsmen.”  Interesting to see illustrations of the divisions
across small areas-—and even within families.

Nice way to end a travel day.  Those sites are lost on the younger generation.  I don't think they can actually even understand it happened.  They've never seen the country in a real conflict and take it for granted it will never happen again.  It's a shame.
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