On every trip, Robert and I keep a travel log. Actually, we only keep a travel log for the trips that are more than a weekend get-away. Not only do we keep track of our mileage, we like to make notes of times and places along the way.
We’ve done this for years and thought we’d start sharing our travel log. It may not make any sense to anyone else but us, but we think it’s fun.
Trip to TN June 2017
Traveled a total of 1,634 miles with average 16.86 MPG.
Vehicle: 1998 Jeep Wrangler
| Date/Time | Odometer | Notes | Photos |
06/21/2017 |
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| 7:23 a.m. | 190350 | Left Springfield | |
| 7:32 a.m. | Got onto Hwy 60 East | ||
| 9:17 a.m. | 190449 | Stopped in Mountain View for a break at the Signal station. Turned on inverter and plugged in computer & refilled our drinks | |
| 9:29 a.m. | Back on Hwy 60 for 128 miles
Blip in engine 2.5 hours of running |
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| 10:18 a.m. | 190486 | Stopped at a grocery store in Van Buren, MO. Picked up chicken tenders & lunchmeat. | |
| 10:40 a.m. | Left Van Buren | ||
| 11:33 a.m. | 190522 | Stopped in Poplar Bluff, MO for gas. Went to O’Reilly Auto Parts to purchase heat shield | |
| 12:11 p.m. | Left O’Reilly’s parking lot after installing heat shield over fuel injectors | ||
| 12:15 p.m. | 190523 | Got onto MO Hwy 53 South | |
| 12:49 p.m. | 190542 | Stopped in Campbell MO for a business call. It ended up being postponed until 2:30 p.m. |  |
| 1:09 p.m. | Back on Hwy 53 South | ||
| 1:18 p.m. | Connected with MO-25 North for 2.2 miles | ||
| 1:22 p.m. | Right onto Hwy M for 3 miles | ||
| 1:24 p.m. | Left onto MO-153 North for 2 miles | ||
| 1:28 p.m. | Continued straight on Hwy EE in Peach Orchard for 3 miles | ||
| 1:33 p.m. | Left on Hwy A for 3 miles | ||
| 1:37 p.m. | Right on Hwy B for 8 miles | ||
| 1:43 p.m. | Left on Hwy 412 East for 31 miles. It turns into I155 | ||
| 2:05 p.m. | 190587 | Crossed into Tennessee | |
| 2:14 p.m. | 190595 | Stopped at Welcome Center | |
| 3:34 p.m. | Left rest area after client call | ||
| 3:42 p.m. | Got onto Hwy 412 South | ||
| 4:19 p.m. | Turn right on Robert Station Bottom Road for 3 miles | ||
| 4:24 p.m. | Left onto Lower Brownsville Road for 1.5 miles | ||
| 4:37 p.m. | Right onto Huntersville Providence Road for 1.5 miles | ||
| 4:29 p.m. | Right on US-71 West | ||
| 4:31 p.m. | Left onto Hunters Denmark Road for 6 miles | ||
| 4:40 p.m. | Left on Denmark Jackson Road then right onto TN-223 South. Then road split and took left onto Britton Lane for 4 miles
On Civil War Trail |
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| 4:40 p.m. | Right onto Stream Mill Ferry Road then left onto Collins Road for 5 miles | ||
| 4:58 p.m. | Left on Bowman-Collins Road, then right on Main Street ???? | ||
| 5:00 p.m. | ½ mile then left on Lowery Road for 6.5 miles | ||
| 5:11 p.m. | Left on TN-100 for 1.5 miles | ||
| 5:13 p.m. | 190669 | Arrived at Chickasaw State Park | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Arrived at our campsite after meandering for a bit. Arrived after office closed. | 
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06/22/2017 |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Went to park office and paid $15.64 for a spot. Headed out toward Franklin. Right onto Hwy 100 for 30 miles | ||
| 10:03 a.m. | 109695 | Gas stop near Hwy 100 & Hwy 22 intersection at Jacks Creek. Had a snack |  |
| 10:20 a.m. | Back on Hwy 100 East | ||
| 10:30 a.m. | Right onto TN-114 South for 11 miles. Quick stop to check solar panel tie downs. | ||
| 10:48 a.m. | Left onto TN-69 N/TN-114S Scenic Byway. Tennessee River Trail | ||
| 10:54 a.m. | Right onto 641 South (on the map still Hwy 114). Crossed Tennessee River | ||
| 11:12 a.m. | Left onto US-64 East | ||
| 11:26 a.m. | Took off the main road to explore Waynesborough Clifton Turnpike | ||
| 11:58 a.m. | Back onto Hwy 64 East after driving around town a bit | ||
| 12:13 p.m. | Got onto Natchez Trace Parkway | ||
| 12:50 p.m. | Stopped at Merriwether Lewis Park | ||
| 1:12 p.m. | Left Meriwether Lewis Park and back onto Natchez Trace | ||
| 1:47 p.m. | Picnic lunch at Jackson Falls stop “flush fountain” | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | 190798 | Back onto Natchez Trace Parkway | |
| 3:15 p.m. | 190836 | Arrived at Days Inn in Franklin, TN | |
Gayla rented a car and stayed in Franklin to attend Ray Edwards Copywriting Academy Live from Friday, June 23 through Monday, June 26. Robert left for New Market, TN on Friday, June 23 to celebrate Field Day with W4CEW, returning to Franklin on Monday, June 26.
On the way back to Franklin, the alternator went out on the Jeep. Luckily, Robert was only 1.5 miles from an O’Reilly Auto Parts store. Even luckier, they had the part and battery he needed to do his parking lot repair. He arrived in Franklin only two hours later than he originally anticipated.
06/27/2017 |
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| Did client work before packing up and checking out of hotel. Left hotel and went to a local laundromat then had a quick lunch. | |||
| 1:12 p.m. | 191317 | Left Shell Station at Liepers Fork, TN. Got onto Natchez Trace Parkway |  |
| 2:20 p.m. | 191361 | Stopped at Meriweather Lewis campground to see if the park office was open. No luck…got back on the road. | |
| 3:34 p.m. | 191406 | Crossed Alabama state line | |
| 3:49 p.m. | Stopped for a quick snack | ||
| 4:34 p.m. | 191439 | Crossed into Mississippi |  |
| 5:00 p.m. | 191448 | Arrived at Tishomingo State Park |  |
06/28/2017 |
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| 10:28 a.m. | Left campsite | ||
| 11:40 a.m. | 191455 | Left state park after doing a bit of exploring and visiting the swinging bridge. Got back onto Natchez Trace | 
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| 12:30 p.m. | 191493 | Arrived at Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center | |
| 1:42 p.m. | After eating a snack, getting a stamp for our National Park book, and a patch & sticker…got back on the road | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | 191516 | Stopped for gas in Pontotoc, MS | |
| 2:45 p.m. | After a quick stop at Wal-Mart, got back onto Hwy 248 West | ||
| 4:00 p.m. | 191566 | Arrived at John W. Kyle State Park |  |
06/29/2017 |
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| 7:15 a.m. | Left campground. Both Verizon and Sprint coverage was spotty. Went toward Sardis on Hwy 315 | ||
| 8:28 a.m. | 191618 | Crossed into Arkansas at Helena. Stopped at Welcome Center |  |
| 8:52 a.m. | Left Welcome Center and got onto Hwy 49 North | ||
| 9:39 a.m. | 191653 | Took a quick detour because we saw a sign for the Louisiana Purchase Historic State Monument. Only driving about 2 miles off the Hwy, we discovered a stop worth taking. Swampland with a boardwalk trail. Should have had the forethought to spray ourselves down with bug spray before walking the trail. | 
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| 10:12 a.m. | Left the park and back on road | ||
| 10:45 a.m. | 191676 | Gas stop in Brinkley, AR | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Left gas station and go onto Hwy 17 North | ||
| 12:05 p.m. | Took a Left on Hwy 38 West, then right on Hwy 31 South, which turns into 31 North at BeBee | ||
| 12:36 p.m. | Right onto Hwy 5 | ||
| 1:06 p.m. | 191767 | Stopped to eat at Subway in Heber Springs | |
| 1:40 p.m. | Left Subway and going to try to make it to Peel Ferry. Got onto Hwy 25, then turned right onto Hwy 16 West | ||
| 2:32 p.m. | Right onto Hwy 110 | ||
| 2:48 p.m. | Right onto Lynn Creek Road | ||
| 2:54 p.m. | Left on Whistle Stop Road for ½ mile to Hwy 65 North for 35 miles | ||
| 3:05 p.m. | 191828 | Gas stop in Marshall, AR | |
| 3:11 p.m. | Back onto Hwy 65 North | ||
| 3:46 p.m. | Turned right onto Hwy 235 and followed for 8.5 miles. Then turned right onto Hwy 62 West for 6.2 miles. Left onto Hwy 125 North for 7.3 miles | ||
| 4:28 p.m. | Left on Hwy 14 North for 3.2 miles. Left onto Hwy 125 to Peel Ferry | ||
| 4:50 p.m. | 191901 | Stopped in Peel Ferry area. Was tired so decided to find a camp spot. No spots available in the state park. Was referred to a resort down a dirt road nearby. Denise was the owner and gave us our pick of spots. |  |
06/30/2017 |
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| 6:40 a.m. | Packed up in record time (less than 20 minutes) after looking at the radar and discovering that a massive storm cloud was about to be right above us. We were all packed up and ready to wait for the ferry right before the rain came pouring down. Just missed the first ferry trip of the day. Ferry departs approximately every 40 minutes and is operated by the Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department | 
We were the blue pin. |
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| 7:18 a.m. | Ferry arrived and we were ready to go. |  |
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| 7:34 a.m. | Drove off ferry and were back on Hwy 125. | ||
| 7:36 a.m. | 191902 | Crossed Missouri state line |  |
| 8:05 a.m. | Turned off onto Glade Top Road in the Mark Twain National Forest to check out possible hiking for a future trip. | ||
| 8:15 a.m. | After driving on dirt road awhile we turned around. | ||
| 8:25 a.m. | Turned back onto Hwy 125 | ||
| 8:32 a.m. | Took a left onto Hercules Glade Drive to check out camping area. Must come back! | ||
| 8:37 a.m. | 191927 | Got back onto Hwy 125 | |
| 8:54 a.m. | 191936 | Stopped in Bradleyville for coffee | |
| 9:06 a.m. | Back onto Hwy 125, then Hwy D at Oak Grove Heights | ||
| 10:07 a.m. | Arrived in Springfield at the intersection of Hwy 65 and Sunshine Street | ||
| 10:18 a.m. | 191984 | Arrived at the Springfield house. | |
