Hanging out in Texas

Coming to Texas we decided to make a fast trip here so I didn't make any reservations.  We planned on stopping at rest stops or truck stops.  We were ready to stop and the rest stop was already full with truckers.  Some of the rest stops aren't that big and they fill up fast with truckers.  We decided to go ahead and make it pass St. Louis so we wouldn't have to drive through there the next morning.  It was a long day.  We drove over 500 miles and we just barely found a spot to park the night.

On the trip down, one of the engine lights came on and it was buzzing.  It scared me because of our incident in West Virginia when we lost our air and lost our brakes.  Before we lost them we had an alarm going off.  The wrecker guy said we should have stopped right away.  So I figured when something buzzes that's a warning to stop.  Ed pulled over a couple of times and couldn't find anything so he would go on.  After about the 4th time he says come over here and see what the light says.  He thought it was saying low gear.  So I get up and read it.  It was saying low water.  Ed stopped and it took 2 gallons of anti-freeze.  I told him it's a good thing one of us can see.  haha  And to think he is doing the driving. 

The next day we were going to stop at the Downstream Casino in Oklahoma.  We were surprised how nice it was.  They had water and electric hook ups and if you sign up for the player card you can stay free one night plus eat free at their buffet.  We got 2 nights because they gave us each one night, and after driving so far the day before Ed was ready for a rest.  It was easy in and out and it beats staying at a rest stop.

This was the parking lot in the afternoon,
by the evening it was full of rv's and trucks.



Even though pavement, it was a nice place to park

We are just biding our time here in Texas until we get a gate guarding job.  More and more people are learning about the job so you have to get here early to get one. 

We had a gate and it was a perfect spot but they used the I-pad to check the trucks in and out.  You had to take 2 pictures and then enter the information.  I couldn't see the screen because of the sun.  I didn't see how other people were doing it.  Since then I have found the sun glare screen protector and it seems to work.  But I still think it would be hard especially when you are busy and Ed just decided he couldn't  do it.  So we had the gate for 5 days and gave it up.  So we are back in Medina at the Thousand Trails rv park. 

This was the gate, the entry in was paved

nice layer of gravel, and close to gate

nothing but brush on the other side

looking down the road, the gravel is a big deal.  Without it
you get a lot of dust and mud when it rains

We could see the well from our spot

This  Thousand Trail park is where all the deer are.  We were here for a short time last year.  There is almost no one here.  The few people that are here are really scattered about.  Of course, there are the rv's that stay here all the time, but most of them are empty.  This is the rec hall.  I went up there to use the Wi-Fi.  I was there all by myself. 

Seems strange to have the whole place to myself.  I can't
believe they leave all those lights on even when no one
is in here. 

 

We have been to this park several times.  In 2010 when we were here there was water in the lake, but now it is completely dry.  Which is one of the reasons the park doesn't have very many campers.  We were told when they had water the park was packed.

This is on the other side of the lake.  You can see
their boat dock.

Ed standing at the bottom of the boat launch

We have been into San Antonio several times before so we haven't went in this time.  But for something to do we decided to go geocaching here.  One of the places we went was to a tunnel under the road that was made for the cattle to cross over to the other side.  It's not used anymore and someone has hid a cache there.  Geocaching is a great way to see places you wouldn't normally see.

The tunnel, very interesting

A mass of Daddy Long Legs,  we had  never
seen anything like it before

Ed was making them move, when I first saw them
I didn't even know what it was

up close shot of a few

bird nest, several of these in there

mud dauber nest

This was another cache, the title was
"What a View"

We came across another rv park and decided to check it out.
We found this camper.  Someone was being very creative.

This is the back side of the above camper

During our driving around, we came across these wild Turkeys.
Just never know what you are going to see.

I saw this saying and just really liked it so thought I would share it. 
                     "Many people will walk in and out of your life but only true friends
                                             will leave footprints in your heart"   how true.

Happy Trails    Ed and Lyn