STE
STE2 Hop 6: Durant OK to Corsicana TX
157 miles via US 75, I-635, I-45 and TX 31 with a brief stop to figure out how we screwed up. Cumulative tow miles: 1297. Truck miles: 173. Cumulative truck miles: 1398. This was another hop that didn’t exactly go as planned. I intended to take a route that used US 69 instead of US … Continue reading
STE2 Hop 5: Bartlesville OK to Durant OK
222 miles via US 75, with a refueling stop and an unexpected detour in Tulsa. Cumulative tow miles: 1140. Truck miles: 285. Cumulative truck miles: 1225. This was probably the longest hop we have ever traveled on a single US route. US 75 travels basically due south all the way, so it was a logical … Continue reading
Pawhuska OK
We used our free day in Bartlesville OK to travel 20 miles to Pawhuska, in the Osage Reservation, and capital of Osage Nation. We visited the Osage Nation Museum, which is a nice little museum chronicling the history of the Osage tribe – including the period in the 1920’s when white men married Osage women, … Continue reading
STE2 Hop 4: Junction City KS to Bartlesville OK
209 miles via US 77, US 400, KS 99, US 166, US 75 and US 60 with a refueling stop in El Dorado KS. Cumulative tow miles: 918. Truck miles: 209. Cumulative truck miles: 940. The truck miles equaled the tow miles in the case because we did something we almost never do: we stayed … Continue reading
STE2 Hop 3: Kearney NE to Junction City KS
242 miles via I-80, NE 10, KS 8, US 36, US 81 and I-70. Cumulative tow miles: 709. Truck miles: 258. Cumulative truck miles: 731. This was another boring trip in terms of the scenery, but this time we had some navigation issues to keep us busy. I originally planned this to be a 230-mile … Continue reading
STE2 Hop 2: Chappell NE to Kearney NE
190 miles, almost exclusively on I-80. Cumulative tow miles: 467. Truck miles: 204. Cumulative truck miles: 473. This route was Boring, with a capital B. Straight, flat, a few trees among the fields, but everything brown. Dull, uninteresting. All of which didn’t help Jett’s headache. We were supposed to stay in Chappell for 2 nights … Continue reading
STE2 Hop 1: Rawlins WY to Chappell NE
269 miles almost entirely via I-80, with a refueling stop. Cumulative tow miles: 269. Truck miles: 269. Cumulative truck miles: 269. This was a very easy navigation hop, but it was a true test of the truck repairs. We passed over the Rockies at 8500 feet. The engine got pretty warm, but didn’t overheat. Once … Continue reading
STE2 preview
Due to the truck problems and the decision to avoid the 11,000 foot pass on I-70, the starting point for the second segment of the STE (STE2) has changed significantly. So I thought I had better update the STE2 plan. It starts in Rawlins WY and terminates in Brownsville TX. It will consist of 9 … Continue reading
STE1 wrapup
Our one-night stay in Rawlins WY concluded the first segment of the STE. The segment by the numbers: 8 hops 17 nights 1605 tow miles 2033 truck miles $719.56 in campground fees ($42.33 per night) This was not the segment that we planned. The planned versus the actual routes: Highlights: Visiting Tillamook again and catching … Continue reading
STE1 Hop 8: Silt CO to Rawlins WY
216 miles via I-70, CO 13, WY 789 and I-80. Cumulative tow miles: 1605. Truck miles: . Cumulative truck miles: 2026. This was a “Plan B” hop. Plan A was to drive from Silt to Denver via I-70. But I scotched that plan after I took a close look at I-70. The mountain passes were … Continue reading