We left Texas, gained an hour and checked into Little Vineyard RV in Deming, NM at 4:00. Enjoyed a dip in the pool and the hot tub.Away from Deming at 9:45 next morning. We crossed into Arizona and made our first stop at a RV & Truck wash in Wilcox -2 Hispanic fellows who did an A-1 job and charged $50 to do both coach & Jeep. Windy day and snow on some of the mountain tops. Had a near miss on the freeway when some "old guy" pulling a fifth wheel hit Norm's mirror with the back corner of his rig while passing us. Fortunately no damage to either rig. We checked into Lazydays RV in Tucson, lovely park with great amenities. Had hoped to use the pool/hot tubs but they are all outside and it was too cool & windy to enjoy so off to Costco for a shopabout. Since we were invited out for New Years Eve, we decided to celebrate our 36th anniversary a day early with our traditional steak & lobster dinner complete with champagne. As always, it was fantastic.
Dec 31/ 2012
We left Tucson at 11:30 under blue sky with clouds around the mountains and snow well down the slopes. We met Karen & Lloyd Knox at Exit 194 on I-10 in Casa Grande and followed them to Sunscape RV where they have an empty RV site which we could use for a few days. After getting set up and a quick change into our party clothes we went with them to Culver's (a good quality fast food burger restaurant) for a bite of lunch before heading off to see their beautiful winter home. They are summer neighbours of ours in Vernon but live in Cocrane, AB. We had a good visit over a glass of wine before being served a lovely roast beef dinner. After dinner, they drove us to Queen Creek south of Mesa to Karen's cousin & our friends, Terry & Sandy Peterman's lovely winter home where we contiued to party until after midnight, enjoying neighbourhood fireworks, card games, delicious seafood appys and hats & horns at midnight. We don't often see the real midnight (usually go on eastern time !!). We got dropped off at our coach at 2:00 AM.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Dec 27-28/ 2012
We left Duson, LA at 9:20 under heavy overcast sky. We crossed into Texas before noon and took another shortcut to avoid Houston. Did not achieve either goals here but was a neat trip through farm country. We got onto the Upper Loop above Houston then onto Hwy 290 to Austin, TX where we checked into Oak Forest RV (PA) at 5:30 in spitting rain. This is a very nice park with a WORKING hot tub so took happy hour over with us for long-awaited soak after putting on 359 miles today.
Dec 28/ 2012
Got away from Austin at 9:15 under low overcast sky. We continued on Hwy 290 west which took us onto I-55 through the city which we were trying to avoid. We did get to see the capitol buildings. We passed the LBJ Ranch at Johnson City. Had hoped to have a German Lunch at Fredricksburg, a famous German town north of San Antonio but the town was plugged with holiday families so we couldn't find a parking spot so we headed to a picnic site and cooked up a hot dog -close enough !!!! We got into real cactus country, boney desert/prairie with no sign of water anywhere, although there were lots of cattle, sheep and goats wandering along fencelines. Also lots of roadkill, deer & racoons -must be full moon !!! There is lots of oilfield activity around Bakersfield, little pumpers scattered through the fields, and huge 3-blade windmills making power along the hilltops and through valleys. The hills are all like tabletops. The speed limit here is 80 MPH for all vehicles with no sign of highway patrol cars. We checked into I-10 RV Park at Ft Stockton at 5:30 -REALLY rustic but $20 and off the road. We drove 355 miles today.
Dec 28/ 2012
Got away from Austin at 9:15 under low overcast sky. We continued on Hwy 290 west which took us onto I-55 through the city which we were trying to avoid. We did get to see the capitol buildings. We passed the LBJ Ranch at Johnson City. Had hoped to have a German Lunch at Fredricksburg, a famous German town north of San Antonio but the town was plugged with holiday families so we couldn't find a parking spot so we headed to a picnic site and cooked up a hot dog -close enough !!!! We got into real cactus country, boney desert/prairie with no sign of water anywhere, although there were lots of cattle, sheep and goats wandering along fencelines. Also lots of roadkill, deer & racoons -must be full moon !!! There is lots of oilfield activity around Bakersfield, little pumpers scattered through the fields, and huge 3-blade windmills making power along the hilltops and through valleys. The hills are all like tabletops. The speed limit here is 80 MPH for all vehicles with no sign of highway patrol cars. We checked into I-10 RV Park at Ft Stockton at 5:30 -REALLY rustic but $20 and off the road. We drove 355 miles today.
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