Day 2 of the Road back to Ohio

Would like to thank the leader of the Youth Group this morning at
 Lake Livingston State Park for making sure everyone was awake at 6:45a so he could have his meeting with the group at 7:00a.  That was swell.  Nice set of pipes, sir, you should have been a Band Director.  Pretty sure there was a reason everyone in our loop was out and meandering at 7:30a.

Also a huge shout out to those people who parked their cars at the Dump Station and walked over to the horse riding pavilion. That blocked the dump station within 100 yards of us so that we couldn't dump without driving to the other side of the park.  Appreciate that.

So I was a little surly to start the day.  Also had no definitive plan other than to get to Texarkana and decide something.

U.S. 59 in Texas (which we took from Victoria to Texarkana, over 400 miles) is the "future" I-69.  Mostly 4 lanes, a few dinky stops in towns, but most had by-passes.  Great road, good drive both days.  Plenty of fuel stops that accommodate trucks, so finding diesel that we could get the rig in was no problem.


We stopped for lunch in Mt. Enterprise Texas at a Rudy's which had a Whataburger (probably my last until the fall) and a Shell station with truck plazas in the back.  Just a gravel parking lot across from the plaza to park and eat, so that's what we did.

When we left there, I had plans to go to Hot Springs and an Elks Lodge there (about two hours past Texarkana), but about an hour short of Texarkana, I thought getting there at 3:30p and shutting down would be preferable.  That's what we did!  Knew there was an Elks Lodge there that would accommodate RV's, but it also said they were open daily from 4p - 10p.  Guess Sunday isn't a day.

I had emailed the Lodge a few weeks ago because their site said "120 volts".  Not much help.  15 amp (like an extension cord)?  30 amp (doable)?  50 amp (preferable)?  Got an email back saying "he was told it was 50 amp".  With no one there, had to do some investigating on our own.  Nothing on the sides of the building.  Dialed up the KOA on the GPS and as I'm leaving, we see receptacles (30 amp) out by the Lodge sign coming in.  Spun around, backed in and we're home!


Amazing how easy it is to set up when all you have to do is plug in.  Had tons of time to set up the dish, so we'll have entertainment for the evening.

Tomorrow, I still don't have a plan.  Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Resort is going to be closed because of flooding and Memphis is about 250 miles from here, which is my target.

We shall see!

Day 1 of the road back to Ohio

We had a great week with our friends Fred and Vickie.  Took in Sandfest, celebrated our 30th anniversary with them at Moby Dick's at Port Aransas, couple of doctor appointments in Corpus Christi, but mostly just hung out and enjoyed each other's company.  Very enjoyable, we'll miss them (again).

Today was our first day back on the road.  Only issue getting ready was the lock that we use as a "pin" for the hitch had to be greased and knocked open.

Got away about 9:45a from Copano Bay RV Resort, said our goodbyes to Terry and Kathy, Fred and Vickie and hit the highway.  Fueled and had lunch at  Buc-ee's in Wharton.  Cleanest restrooms anywhere.

So nice to be able to only open one slide for lunch with our BigHorn.  Roomy enough and don't look like we're camping in the parking lot.  Makes lunch very relaxing.

Getting through Houston was pretty normal.  Traffic backups, but plenty of lanes to get in to avoid being a problem.

Stopped for the night at Lake Livingston State Park.  They're really busy, spots are REALLY tight.  Balked at 3 spots before finding a spot we could back into with our length and their deep ditches.  Getting to realize that with our equipment, we're really not State Park people any more.

Connie did great on the ride, pretty standard stuff for us.  Day 1 down, Day 2 is ahead.