when we went east from nebraska our first time, oh sure, we planned the trip, but didn't plan it well enough.
it was our first long haul, we "tested the waters" and went just under 4 hours our first day, leaving in the cold and the drizzle, we got to our destination and had a good first night, rested well, got up, and got a late start in the morning.
got to chicago, were in dead stop traffic, and then hit the ohio turn pike way to late in the afternoon. we didn't take into consideration there would be a time change that put us even further behind. at this stage there was no chance of making our destination. to boot, i didn't really realize there wasn't much in the way of getting off the turn pike.
dusk set it, the temp got down right cold, it was raining, and we had to find a spot to stay off the turn pike. it ended up being about the most scary place imaginable for some travel noobs. basically it was an old drive in theater had 2 other campers, and some permanent residence folk. we were parked in un-mowed weeds, essentially and lost.
that next morning we were up early, and we boogied out. fueled up, and kept up pace on the dreaded turn pike.
that night was much better, we stayed at an outstanding KOA, and had a great time.
will never forget that trip.
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