First off, there was an article in the New York Times about the Sugar Beet Harvest. A reporter interviewed some of our fellow Workampers who were working the harvest and stayed in our campground. You may find it interesting. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/your-money/retirement-migrant-workers-recreational-vehicles.html
We spent the past weekend visiting family in Minneapolis and the Cleveland, Wisconsin area (Jim’s hometown). While in Cleveland, Jim easily made the switch from driving a sugar beet truck to helping his brother build a very large garage at the site of his soon-to-be-built home.
Jim, his brother Tom, and friends building Tom’s garage.
This will be the view from Tom & Cheryl’s new house.
After a delightful weekend driveway camping at Tom & Cheryl’s, we departed early Monday morning with our RV storage facility being the eventual destination. We stopped in Indianapolis for an oil change for the Blue Flame plus it’s first ever visit to a Blue Beacon truck wash. The night was spent at a Pilot Truck Stop….which is no longer a big deal to us.
Four guys washed our 40 foot RV for $34. It was the best $34 I’ve ever spent! But the humidity these guys have to put up with!!!
We arrived at the storage facility early yesterday morning and promptly gave the Blue Flame a wax job. The RV shines now…but our bodies are feeling the effort we put in!
This wax job was WAYYYYY over due.
We finished the winterizing this morning, put the Blue Flame in it’s winter home, and by the time you read this, we will be back home in New York State.
Our route this past 3 months.
So, how about some final numbers….
- Gone 13 weeks.
- 19 States visited.
- 7279 miles put on the RV.
- 4600 miles put on the Jeep.
- Approximately 2600 miles driven in a Sugar Beet Semi-truck.
- Jim drove on average 1037 miles a week…which he now says is too many. I agree.
- Hottest temperature: 102 degrees F in College Station, Texas in August.
- Coldest temperature: 31 degrees F in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
And that’s it! It’s time to concentrate on our new house…until the Spring when we get the urge to take off again. Life is good.
Glad that you are safely home!!! And — I learned something — didn’t know there was a place where you could get “trucks” washed. You were pretty ambitious to wax your “home.”
Where ever there is a truck stop, you can usually find a truck wash! It was a new one for us too. It feels good to be home, although we could do without this morning’s snow!