Heading northwards to Iowa

We left Florida rather abruptly, due to a short notice appointment available at the HWH Hydraulic factory in Moscow, Iowa. Originally intending on making our way up to Columbus Georgia to have the hydraulic jacks and room slides looked at (repaired) yet again, we decided to call the manufacturer directly and sure enough they had an appointment that could accommodate us.  So, we quickly planned a route to get us up to Moscow Iowa from Florida in four days time.

The first leg was up to Acworth Georgia (just north of Atlanta) to boondock in a Cabela’s parking lot overnight. I was proud of myself behind the wheel, as I took the reigns and made it through downtown ATL; it helped that it happened to be a Saturday afternoon and traffic was light. Continuing onwards, I jumped back behind the wheel again and made it through Chattanooga and Nashville traffic to spend one night in Eddyville, KY. Outback RV Resort was the place we stopped and it was such a clean park. Not a destination, but we’d stay here again if passing through. Next up was a stop over in Chatham Illinois. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the campground we selected for the night, Double J, was right on Route 66. They had a nice walking trail and fun little features on the the grounds such as putt putt golf and Rt 66 mementos. On the fourth day, we successfully rolled into the HWH factory.
HWH was quite impressive. Knowing this would be a Service stop, we had no idea how long we’d be here. Unlike Coachcraft in Columbus who had to wait on parts and things to be shipped off and returned, we dealt directly with the HWH technicians and, viola, were immensely happy with the results just 5 hours later!

So, where to go from here? Because it was late in the afternoon when things wrapped up at HWH, we decided to spend an additional night right where we were and commence an exploratory discussion on what to do/where to go. Since we’re already half way up the country, now’s the time to take in the sights of Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and likely go westward towards Minnesota. Exciting times to be “back on the road, rolling along!”  

Next Stop? Somewhere close to Dubuque, Iowa it is!