We left Alamosa, Co, Thursday 9-4 heading into Texas or Oklahoma, but we settled on Texas, it had the first decent CG we could find. It was a sunny, hot day for travel and you could feel it getting hotter as we headed down out of the mountains. The one great thing that happened was I looked down over the edge (which I try not to do) and got to see 3 mountain lions crossing a dirt road, WOW!! Sorry but Brad didn't get to see them. We got to Dalhart, TX and stayed at the Corral RV Park, high ratings, but it was just OK as for as we were concerned. We ended up having salad with left over steak (thanks to Jim) for dinner and then a couple of walks for Rudy and then inside with the AC running to drown out the road noise (we miss the mountains).
Friday we left Dalhart, TX and crossed over into OK, just making it to El Reno before we stopped at a KOA. As we were leaving Dalhart, Brad took a side alley to a gas station and hit a curb or a pot hole, not sure what, but the cupboard doors flew open dishes came flying out and it sounded like half of them smashed all over the floor. Brad pulled into the gas station and got out, yea right and left me to check out the mess. Well it wasn't all that bad, only one bowl smashed, but it made one heck of a mess, but I cleaned up the worst of it and now I just need the sweeper to clean up the rest of the mess. After that we were headed through another small town, following the GPS when I noticed our Route number turning right for the truck route....what the heck. It might have been a little shorter of a trip, but it was on cobble stone and at one point it sounded like something hit the front or top of the Moho, oh crap. We finally get to Oklahoma, park get out and look at the roof, the front of the RV, the awnings and can't find anything that got hit....boy were we surprised. This KOA is just a big gravel parking lot, right beside the interstate, noise, hot, tight and dirty.....no more stopping here. Brad set up one of our little tables in our own tiny strip of grass and made a couple of sausage, then put it all away before somebody had to pull in beside us and could possibly knock it over (ha ha). We took a little walk after dinner, there is actually a lake at the back of the CG and only a couple of the cabins have a nice view of. After that back inside, dishes done and the rest of the evening chores done and off to bed. Oh no, what's that, I think it's rain starting about 10:00, who cares, off to bed for us all.
Well, here it is Saturday morning and it is still raining, not just rain, but pouring. I stayed in bed until a little after 7:00, got up, packed up half the bedroom, then quit. No hurry, a little yogurt, a shower and a discussion about leaving. We have never driven in the rain before and we aren't sure we want to, but then again, there is no reason to stay where we are. We decided to head out and were on the road about 10:00, heading east, destination, Arkansas. Well it rained, and rained and rained, changed drivers and it still rained and rained and rained.....ugh. We switched drivers again and guess what, the rain slowed down and finally quit...yea. After looking at the RV Review Site (which I don't think I trust anymore) we pulled into the Crab Tree RV Center Campground. What the heck, it is a gravel lot in the middle of an RV dealer and repair shop and half of the sites look like the people have been living there for years. We survived the night going to the Cracker Barrel right across the street for dinner, then a walk or two for Rudy, but the AC was on and the road noise still woke us up during the night.
Sunday morning we can't wait to get out of the CG and were on the road by 9:00. We traveled about an hour or so, then stopped for gas and a breakfast sandwich at the truck stop that had a Denny's. I'm not sure how they can screw up a sandwich, but I hope somebody got the one's I ordered and they were better then the one's we got, but at least we were full. I drove from there on, while Brad napped, and for the most part it was an uneventful drive. The funniest thing was passing a state park named 'Toad Suck', I actually had to laugh out loud. We switched drivers about 100 miles later and it is time for me to find a CG, so after searching the internet we finally settled on the Midway RV Military CG in Millington, TN, just outside of Memphis. Not the greatest of rating, but after getting here, we decided we would come back again, the CG is very nice, great TV antenna reception and very close to Memphis and the sites are large with a nice picnic table area. We got here about 3:00, parked and I headed to the commissary for creamer and burger rolls, back home a little rest outside, then off to the dog park for a run for Rudy. Back home, burgers, chips and pickles for dinner, another stroll for Rudy, then off to the nightly chores. I did dishes, cleaned up, while Brad got his shower and ready for bed. Now it's 9:30, Brad's in bed and I'm finishing the blog.
Monday was a stay parked day for us, after 6 days of driving all of us had had enough. What a nice treat, we got up, sleeping in until 7:15, breakfast on the grill and just the chance to relax a little. We did have to do a little shopping, but never headed out until about 11:30. Our first stop was the Navy Exchange for wine and a hair cut for Brad, then about 5 more stops after that, and back home by 2:30. Groceries and stuff got put away, 2 loads of laundry to the laundromat (nice one here at the CG), then Brad rinsed off the car so you could at least see out the windows. A little more relaxing, and some planning for the rest of our trip then we started dinner. A nice steak dinner with a delicious salad, not too shabby. We headed inside to eat dinner, we are back in the east and the bugs are unmerciful. Brad headed back outside after dinner to put the chairs and grill away, didn't want them wet with dew in the morning, while I did dishes and cleaned up inside. Now we all are just relaxing, enjoying the last of our non-moving day.
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| What a nice CG |
Thanks for the visit,
Diane and Brad
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