Denison, TX, or there ‘bouts

Let me see……how can I start this one……oh, I know,   WIND

Well today because it was so hot (91f) we called it a “breeze” even thou the gusts were over 25mph….hmmmmmm

We had all of the windows open and it was quite nice with the “breeze” blowing thru.

When we checked in yesterday the park host said that there was another COE park across the dam in Oklahoma that was just opened this April 1st. Paved sites with water, 50amp electric,  sewer and covered picnic table….all with lake views…….sounds great so we moved over this morning.

Got the trailer washed, truck washed, interior cleaned….and took a second shower for the day. You would not believe all of the bugs on the front of the trailer, mirrors, windshield and truck….sure not used to that anymore after all these months in the desert.

 

This is our site which is really big, all of that asphalt is our site also. Except for the road which I am standing on.

 

You can see the dam on the other side of the lake

this one was taken from inside thru the back window….that is not the sun or moon, but the camera flash.

Hopefully these folks will use the boat this weekend…

We have sent for our mail so will be here thru Monday. Maybe Tuesday.

Looked at Hollywood casino Tunica’s website. If we get there Wednesday we can get the senior breakfast buffet Thursday morning  for .55 cents…and they do have a good breakfast buffet.

Have a great day.

love to ya

Jim and Linda

Denison, TX

HI

Ater 435 miles we are finally at the COE (Corp of Engineers) park in Denison TX, It was a stressful day driving. We had a very strong, mostly cross, wind today. Plus Texas roads are pretty shitty!!! Linda finally had to take a couple of ginger pills and we had to give Walker some Pepto Bismal.

We went from about 4400 foot to about 1100 foot but it was very gradual. Fuel mileage went from 12.7 to 10.4 with the wind and all of the hills.

We will spend one night here and than check out the other corp parks here…..the water is quite a ways from our site but we do have a good satellite signal which is important to me (Jim).

I had to have a large vodka and two beers to settle down and I wanted to quit about 150 miles ago. We have never driven anywhere where there are so few campgrounds. We did not see one, that is 1, campground on almost 400 miles of the trip…..

We are north of Denison TX on Lake Texoma, which is a very large lake (dam) (reservoir)…..we are only about 60-70 miles north of Dallas, TX. We have done the Kennedy museum several years ago and I will check the internet for other interesting things in the area.

Here are a few pictures of our trip across….mostly boring.

The last picture is leaving Albuquerque with rain in the mountains.

Two of the pictures show the wild flowers on the road.

Clovis update

I forgot to tell you.
The campground here is Clovis is one of the most perfect campgrounds we have ever stayed at!!!
The BNSF railroad double track main line is about 150 yards behind us.
The highway is about 100 feet in front of us. With lots of truck traffic.
Now how perfect is that!!!!

And it is warm enough that we will leave the windows open tonight......wow

Clovis, NM

Just a short update today.
After many, many changes in elevation , we went from 5400ft to 4900ft to 7000ft with lots of up and down, with the downs finally winning at Clovis where we are at about 4400ft. It was a short day with only 260 miles.
After we got here Linda says we should be in the COE park on Thursday in order to get a site. That is about 450 miles from here. If we had thought about that earlier we could have gone a little further down the road. Oh well.
We will get most of the way tomorrow, staying just south of Denison TX.
Lots of wind today, mostly from the west-southwest so we averaged 12.7mpg today....

Have a great day tomorrow
Jim and lInda

Heading East

Unfortunately, our time with Bobbie and Jim Chapman has come to an end until September.  Sunday morning, they headed north to Colorado and we headed south to Albuquerque.  As usual, we had a great time with them and are looking forward to our time together later this year.

We had an appointment with Camping World this morning to get the water heater repaired (it would only work on propane).  Luckily, it was an easy repair only requiring a heating element and our extended warranty paid for part of it.  We are now comfortably set up at the campground next to Camping World and will start our journey east tomorrow morning.

The weather has finally started to warm up here……and not as windy!  I guess we shouldn’t complain too much as our “winter” weather was very mild here in the southwest.  But, as always I am looking for that “perfect” temperature!!!!

Here are a couple of pictures that Bobbie took as we were leaving Cochiti Lake COE park. We never get to see ourselves going down the highway and these pictures give you a sense of what the country looks like with the trailer as perspective.

We will hit the road tomorrow morning and will keep you updated as we move along thru Texas and Arkansas.

love to all of you bum’s

Jim and Linda