We rolled out a day later than planned due to Gil's bronchitis and a big snow storm! How can we have a brown Christmas and then have a boat load of snow when we were ready to pull out of town? I took down Christmas on the 26th and Gil headed to the lake after Urgent Care to get the rig and bring it back to the city house to pack up.
We left about 9 a.m. and got to Independence, MO the first night after tractor paths down 35W. Xochitl's 'Shadow' kitty is our travel buddy this year. Along the way, we munched on Christmas cookies from Kim and Xochitl...so nummy. We stayed at the Campus RV park (without any water due to freezing temps).
December 30, 2015
It's Maycen's 6th birthday and we Tango'ed with her while rolling down the freeway and she was on I-5 in Seattle with her mom headed to Seattle for lunch at the space needle. Pretty amazing technology as we could see her as we sang happy birthday to her. Diesel is running $1.79 a gallon...an all time low. It's great to see green grass and 42 degrees.
When we pulled into a gas station in Missouri, the guy in front of us was no where to be found. Turns out he apparently abandoned his car in front of the pump! We backed all 57 feet back out into the street and went around to the pumps on the other side. There we encountered a lady standing on the driver's side of a car, talking to the driver. Next thing, sirens galore, an ambulance and fire truck pull up. Never figured out exactly what happened but were really glad to get back on the road!
After a very long 10 hour pull, we rolled into the Tree Top Carefree RV Resort in Arlington, TX. We rolled through Dallas on the tollways, (and we weren't even sure we had enough money to pay for them), during rush hour. It turns out that 'out of state' licenses don't have to pay. Nice, love this state!
When we were about in the middle of Dallas, we saw the 18 wheeler's in front of us parting...we swerved too. There were six lanes of rush hour traffic. It turns out, a truck lost the big metal tool box off the back and it was laying in the lane next to us. Scared the heck out of us. Sadly, we were pretty sure, with rush hour traffic, that there was going to be an accident after we passed.
The park was full and we came in after hours. The guy couldn't find our reservation and when I'd made it earlier in the day, they said I got the last spot. Hummm, I began to second guess if we were even at the right park! Good grief, I thought I was losing it.
Turns out, he was parking other guests earlier and the reservations for the night flew off the golf cart and apparently ours was never to be found. Fortunately, his wife came and opened the office and found our reservation! Hooray, we were dog tired, but so glad to have a spot. We heated up the water, since we hadn't been able to de-winterize since we started due to cold and freezing temps.
An hour later, no hot water and I'm thinking I really need a shower and we've got a sink full of dishes! Fortunately, after some searching and checking, it turns out the hot water heater was on by-pass winterization. Whew....that shower felt great!
December 31, 2015
It was a six hour pull to the ferry in Port Aransas, TX. We'd safely made it! We'd passed by the Poor Man's Country Club in Rockport along with the Cinema 4 movie theatre, where the price is $4 and on Tuesday, popcorn is free...y'all gotta bring your own bowl however.
We're back in the land of people calling me 'mam', Whataburger's, HEB grocery's warm tortillas and Stripes Gas. Feels really good! We were too tired to make the park New Year's Eve party and tumbled into bed around 7:30.
January 1, 2016
We went to the brunch at the new Clubhouse and it's fabulous! It was like old home week seeing all our winter friends. Mick and Kay had us over for a lunch of black eyed pea soup. Apparently a tradition and guaranteed to bring good luck. We already feel pretty lucky, but you can always use more good luck.
The following days, we walked the beach, went to the movie Joy and enjoyed getting reacquainted with our friends. We had Miguel wash and wax our rig, which was covered with snow, salt and slop from the North. Willie is a happy camper and we feel like we've come home to the beach and Texas.
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