It's been a while since we've updated the blog, but things have been pretty fluid with all the unknowns surrounding the virus. The last time we posted we had not yet received our new Alliance fifth wheel trailer, but not long after that, on 26 March it arrived! We completed the pre-delivery inspection at the dealership and found a few minor items so we signed the papers and brought it Griff's Valley View RV Park southeast of Ankeny just a few miles. Since then we have been working on it, installing various accessory items and getting it configured to use. For the past few weeks we have been living in it so anything it is lacking could be identified before we "hit the road".
We were fortunate to have a camp site here at Griff's for this long. Normally this campground would be full of "horse people", jockeys, owners and trainers involved with Prairie Meadows Race Track in Altoona, but with the virus Prairie Meadows has been closed, so the "horse people" had not arrived. This created several vacancies and therefore we have been able to stay. This is really a nice campground and we are looking forward to coming back here again. Now that the virus is slowing down and things are opening up including Prairie Meadows, our stay here is coming to a close. We have to vacate by Monday 8 June, just a couple days away.
Since we have to leave and we have a new RV, lets use it! So we created a couple trips for this summer, primarily in the Midwest. The first trip starts Monday as we head north. Our first stop will hopefully be at Little Wall Lake campground near Jewell Iowa, if they have availability. If not we will find something else. We will be there 8-15 June. Then we will head to Clear Lake State Park until 22 June when we head further north into Minnesota. After that we will visit North Dakota, South Dakota, the corner of Wyoming, Nebraska and then back home on 26 July. We are calling this "Phase 1":
We will then be home until 20 August when we will head east to Elkhart Indiana. Alliance RV, the company that makes our fifth wheel, is having their first annual rally, so we will attend that and then head north through Michigan, across the Upper Peninsula and down through Wisconsin before returning home on 27 September. We are calling this "Phase 2":
Here is our itinerary and schedule.
Once we finish up here at Griff's and get on the road I will try to be more diligent at updating the blog nightly as before. I will also get some pictures posted of the new RV!
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