On the road again to Texas

After one night at Travis Air Force Base in Tucson we headed on to Los Cruses, New Mexico for one night at Hacienda RV resort.  It was reported to be down around 24 degrees at night so we had to plan for a freeze.  The cold front from the north finally caught us.

So far we have avoided problems during freezing times by taking a couple of additional steps.  The land yacht has good heat pump that can pump out cold air or heat.  The heat ducts are below the floor so that most of the pipes stay warmer.  The fresh water intake is protected by adding an extra warm light bulb.  The pump out area stays warm with a small electric heater equipped with a tilt kill switch. Some suggest that you need to leave a slow drip at the remotest water faucet as well.

Around 280 miles further down the road we spent a night at the Sandhills, State Park in Monahans, Texas.  The park turned out to be nearly full on this late fall weekday.  You are surrounded by sand hills to tromp on.  They shift during windy periods.  No wind and lots of stars that night.  This on and off again oil field area in west Texas was a family hub for the last few generations.  All of them moved on or reside in the local cometary presently.

The next day we took out 200 miles across the heart of Texas to Abilene.  At Buck Creek RV park they had some Texas sized pull throughs of nearly 150 feet.  For those who are not used to RV lingo a pull through is a RV parking area where one doesn't have to back in.  This comes in handy when you are towing a car.  You don't need to disconnect for the night saving time.  The usual pull through is usually a tight fit of about 70 feet.

After 150 more miles we pulled into Fort Worth to visit relatives.  One had a handy RV shed complete with electric and water on his 8 acre ranch.  There were several goats, sheep, ducks, chicken, dogs, cats, and even lamas.  This wonderful little protected area was just a few miles from the main drag of a large Fort Worth suburb.

We will spend a couple of days here to rest and rehabilitate after several long days of traveling.  Along with the gray hairs there seem to be a few more reasons to insure that one needs to take a break from driving daily.  Exercise is good.  Also one needs to find some roses to smell!