Okay, maybe traveling from Wisconsin to Texas in one trip was a bit ambitious. GPS had the trip at 23 hours, so the plan was to drive as far as we could on Friday before stopping, drive as long as possible on Saturday, and get into our campsite by Sunday afternoon.
Planning is all well and good, but there are no guarantees. Friday went smoothly, for the most part. We did struggle with finding an available place to stop for the night at the time we were hoping, and we ended up driving an additional 2 hours before stopping. But we used that time to sleep in a little the next day.
Saturday was a push. We had spent the night in Missouri, and we wanted to try to get into Texas before stopping. Our drive in Texas was about 7 hours of the trip, so we figured that would be a good distance for our last day of driving. So we made reservations at a place to stop for the night just across the Texas state line. But when we pulled up, we found out it was a gated campsite, and we didn't have a code. Since it was after midnight, we couldn't get a hold of anyone at the campsite to let us in.
So we got back on the road and frantically looked for another place to stop. We were in no condition to keep driving, but we couldn't find anything that was available. And we ended up stopping in a gas station for about 4 hours to take a quick nap before grabbing some food and getting on our way. This is not a recommended way to travel!
At least we did get to arrive to our new campsite on the third day by 2:00 pm and had the rest of the day to rest.
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