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Memphis KOA Journey
7037 I-55
Marion, AR 72364

870-739-4801

August 9, 2021

Next stop, the Memphis KOA Journey! Actually located in Arkansas, just short of the Tennessee border, this was one of the most interesting KOAs I stayed in! I let the kitties ride in the trailer on the drive there, stopping every hour to check on them. I worried about the heat, since the trailer’s air conditioning wouldn’t work unless we were plugged in, but they made the trip all right. I had to drive through Little Rock, Arkansas along the way, and it was stressful as always driving through cities with the trailer, but other than that, the drive was fine. The campground was a little hard to get to, but the truck’s navigation got me there all right.

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Ivy's Cove RV Retreat
321 Bradley Cove Rd
Russellville, Arkansas 72802

479-280-1662

August 8, 2021

Ivy’s Cove RV Retreat in Russellville, Arkansas, was one of two non-KOA stops I made along the way from California to New York. I chose Ivy’s Cove because the KOAs along the way were either too close or too far away from my last stop, so I got brave and picked an RV campground that was conveniently located for my travels and had good reviews online. And it turned out to be a very nice campground — a lot like a KOA, with plenty of spacious, level pull-through sites and full hook-ups. The host was pleasant and welcoming, and the camp store was well-stocked with travel necessities.

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Checotah/Lake Eufaula West KOA Holiday
409329 E 1078 Rd
I-40 and Pierce Rd Exit 255
Checotah, OK 74426

918-473-6511

August 7, 2021

Next stop was Checotah, Oklahoma, a lovely campground with huge sites and lots of trees! Once out of the desert southwest, the campgrounds started to have a lot more trees, which helped with the heat, but it was still too hot to do much of anything except walk around the campground a little and check out the camp store.

The drive from my previous campground, the Elk City/Clinton KOA, was about 3.5 hours long and very stressful, due to having to drive through Oklahoma City — I hated having to pull the trailer through big cities, with multi-lane freeways and heavy traffic. I would have liked to just get in the slow lane and stay there, but that was impossible as lanes kept dropping off or getting added, and I was always afraid of missing my exit. And poor Mister was getting more stressed out and agitated with every day’s drive. I was really starting to worry about him, not knowing how to settle him down, and with the trip only half over.

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