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| Click to enlarge, many Wind Mills in the back ground. |
Wednesday we got up and hit the road by 10:00, taking the bypass around the 'Metroplex' of Dallas and Fort Worth. Wow, what a trip. The wind is howling and the road is full, 8 lane highway with 8 more lanes of local access, and it went on for about 40-50 miles. Then when you get to the other side, the traffic just seemed to die out and the road was ours. We did stop in the middle of that for fuel, it's nice the Pilot and/or Flying J truck stops have RV islands that away from the truck islands with the slow flow nozzle, making it much nicer for us RVer's to get fuel. We hit the road again an about 3 hours into the ride it's time to change drivers, but I have a great idea. How about a nice lunch in the RV and a couple of walks around the rest area, giving Brad a nice break and then he can continue to drive. With this wind, I'm not sure we both would have survived if I were to drive. So we only had about another 100 miles, and it was a much nicer compromise for us both. We finished the rest of the trip with no real surprises, found the Abilene VFW that we were planning to park at and got settled in. Instead of $20.00, it was $25.00 a night and no food, what a disappointment. Oh well, we had a drink or two then back out to the RV to settle in for the night. Next day off to Odessa/Midland area in hopes of seeing Shane while we are there.
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| Shane's Control Panel |
The next morning, up, moving and on the road by 9:00 about 5-6 miles down the road we stopped for gas and breakfast at Denny's and after all that we were back on the road a by 10:10. We are only traveling about 150 miles today and it really is uneventful, although in that short of a ride, you can really see the landscape changing We went from a Metroplex of cities around Dallas and Fort Worth, then through a few smaller towns and green grass on small mountains side, to still mostly green in Abilene and then the real changing started. First you notice the lack of grass and just see cactus and brush trees, then the oil pumpers, and yea I forgot to mention the amount of very large wind mill farms scattered through out all of Texas. After that the big rigs started to appear, 1 or 2 at first and then every direction you looked in there was another one. Oops here we are at our CG, it's about 1:00, get situated, jacks down, slides out things put away, a stroll around the CG and here comes Shane. We say our hello's, a little talking and then him and Brad head out to tour his rig (Brad is a lab tech. for this tour, but no women allowed, so I head off to the grocery store to get burgers for dinner. I did a detour and found a Starbucks, since I had to entertain myself, then a bank for money and the grocery store, then back home. I was home maybe 20 min. when Brad and Shane pulled in. We talked a little more, then burgers on the grill with a salad for dinner, after that Shane laid down on the sofa for a nap.....since he was up all night he needed a little one after a full belly and a little relaxing time. We left took Rudy to the dog park where he met Matilda and played well, then we walked around every inch of this campground. After about an hour, back in wake Shane up, then a little more chit chatting and off he headed. We walked Rudy again, dishes done, blog being typed and we are just about ready for bed. We will probably stay again tomorrow to see if we can see Shane again and then head out towards Fort Bliss, in El Paso, TX, hoping to see Monique.
These are pictures of the Brad at the Rig where Shane works.
Enjoy,
Diane and Brad
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