An early wake-up call for us today. Most of the pack-up work was done last night, and we were on the road by 07:50.
The first 100km or so of the trip was on 2 lane and 4 lane roads with traffic lights and varying speed limits. After that we joined Interstate I-70 for the rest of the journey. Total distance to our new destination Wakeeney Kansas. Kansas is another new State for us.
I have to admit to being a little nervous about this trip given our past record, but the truck and trailer behaved very well. No warning messages, no power losses etc. The temperature was not on our side as it climbed to 39°C or 103°F.
We arrived at the campsite and checked in, we then drove over to our site and started to set up. When it came to moving the truck to disconnect it, it wouldn’t start!!! It was the old problem of losing prime in the fuel filter, which was easily fixed. In some ways I wasn’t too upset with this little set back; the heat under the hood must have been somewhere above 150°F. I suspect this was more a case of air bubbling out of the diesel due to heat rather than air leaking in from the filter seal.
We have managed to choose another site in the middle of nowhere, but this stop is going to be a “rest stop” without too much site seeing. The blogs may not be too interesting for the next week.