We left Marsha’s house in Ninety-Six, South Carolina about 8:30 am EDT. We pulled into our campground in West Memphis (just across the Mississippi River in Arkansas from Memphis) twelve hours later in the dark and the driving rain. I did a quick connect of water and electricity and we’re set for the night. The door is closed and locked. We’re not going anywhere until morning. It’s now 9 pm CDT, which our bodies consider to be an hour later. I’m going to split the difference and go to bed in another half-hour.

We went through Atlanta on I-85 and then turned west on I-20 to Birmingham, Alabama. Then we went northwest on US-78 to Memphis and across the river. We stopped at the Welcome Centers so Nina could pick up pamphlets to use for origami boxes and for lunch plus a couple of gas stops.

The further west the cloudier the sky got. About an hour outside of Memphis the skies opened and it got dark. Not very fun driving at night in the rain in traffic and unfamiliar territory. Jill ( our Garmin GPS) did a great job of navigating so we didn’t have to read a map in addition.

Tomorrow we’ll end up at Roman Nose State Park a bit northwest of Oklahoma City. We’ve decided to go through Pueblo on Saturday and into Colorado Springs for Sunday. We’ll do a little visiting, go to Church, and continue home (probably on Monday sometime). We’ll be home on Tuesday and this adventure will be finished.

Meanwhile, it’s still raining. Supposed to end overnight. That would be nice as the southeast really needs the rain rather than here. Goodnight, world!