Towards the end of April we left Oklahoma to make our way to Hot Springs, South Dakota to work for the summer season at a KOA. We’ve made the journey between Oklahoma and South Dakota a few times and have a couple of campgrounds that we tend to use as stopping points as they are very convenient to the highway and have been clean, reliable stays for us.
Our first stop had us in Salina, Kansas at the KOA there. We stayed in the exact same patio spot we had our first visit in Salina, This time though while we were there we visited the Rolling Hills Zoo. It was our first time going to the zoo together and we had a great time seeing some beautiful animals. They have a great variety there and while a few we couldn’t see as well as we wanted as they were renovating the lion cage and prepping for moving some of the animals outside as the weather started warming up.
After the zoo we had a great evening grilling and enjoying a fire on the patio. We had a bit of leftover wood that we’d been carrying for a few weeks and figured their beautiful fire pit was a great place to enjoy the last of it.
From Salina we made our way across some serious crosswinds in I-90 in Nebraska. It was the windiest drives we’ve been on and we were so thankful for the larger truck – driving was stressful and exhausting but our truck handled it much better than our old one would have. Several times we had to pull over trying to fix a spot on our skirting that was trying to pull rip off in the wind. We were worried it would rip and hit another vehicle and/or damage the RV in some way. We eventually had to pullover and Michael pulled the tin snips out of his tool box and we were able to safely remove the piece before it did any damage to anyone.
We spent the night in Ogallala, Nebraska and are so surprised still in how much this place had changed and improved since they’ve become a KOA franchise. They had just become part of KOA when we stayed there in 2020 and they’ve expanded and grown the place into a little bit nicer stopover.
Our last leg of the journey I drove the RV 200 of the 260 miles to Hot Springs, South Dakota where we are spending our summer months working at the KOA. More on that adventure in the next post!
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