I woke up at 7:30, got up and did the pet stuff and had breakfast. Then it was outside to hook up the trailer. The hook up went fine. Taking down the Star Link didn't add a whole lot of time to the process. We were on the road in a little less than an hour.
The trip to Kingman went fine. We got a little under 10 mpg, which isn't bad considering the large amount of up and down in that section. We stopped at the top of the hill to fuel up. I didn't want to bother with fueling up at Wickenburg. There was actually a place down 93 a little way that would have been better. We actually could have made it to Phoenix. It's good we didn't. The place we usually stop at wanted over $6 a gallon.
The soot level was over 85% when we left Las Vegas. It stayed about that level until we were near Phoenix. It went to 100% and a regen started while we were in Phoenix, about 50 miles from the park. The regen was still going when we got to the freeway exit for the park. We continued another 4 miles until it finally ended. Then we back tracked. The load only went down to 25% also. That's the second time a regen was going on at the end of a long drive just as we get to the park. CRAP.
There was no one working at the park even though it was 2:30. Ellen knew we had a reservation, but she didn't have the number. Also, there was no map of the park. We spent some time looking for someone to talk to, no luck. Finally we decided to go to the campsite Ellen thought was the right one.
The campground is big, with several roads. With no map it wasn't fun finding the site. All of the hookups are on the door side, so it took me took go arounds to position the trailer. Eventually we got hooked up and settled in.
I did a little surfing and then sat down for videos, which turned into a nap.
Ellen fixed chicken and rice for dinner. After dinner it was more videos.
Ellen says the showers suck. I'm about to find out.
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