Two Hams on the Road

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Steve had me up and on the road before 8 am again.  We wanted to get to our RV park in plenty of time today as we have to back the trailer in and we don't have much experience.

But today we had sunshine!  After two day of continuous rain, it was a pleasant change.  The temperature started dropping as we headed west and we were traveling in the 30s.

We pulled into a rest area to stop and have lunch.  It's the only rest area I've been in with parallel parking, for all vehicles.  We were lucky enough to be able to pull into a spot without backing up, but it was interesting to watch the semi's parallel park.  They all made it look easy.  Maybe some day we'll be that experienced.

We made it to our RV park near Denton, TX.  It's about a half an hour drive from here to Natasha's house in Plano, TX.  We arrived about 1:30 and by 2:45 were sitting in the trailer watching a football game.  It only took Steve 15 minutes to back the trailer in.  It took us a while to get it level.  We're on a gravel pad and they've had a lot of rain lately.  One side of the pad was a bit soft and there was mud where there wasn't gravel.  Steve had brought his rubber boots and I had been wearing crocs for the last 2 days of rain, so dealing with the mud wasn't a problem.

I never liked crocs much, they're so clunky looking.  But I found a cute pair of sandals this summer and they are super comfortable.  Someone on one of the RV forums suggested wearing crocs when dealing with the sewer line.  If there's an accident, you don't ruin a pair of shoes.  The crocs just wash clean.  So we each have a clunky pair and they have already proved useful (for mud).

The RV park is fairly new and seems well maintained.  The RVs across the road have some trees, but our site doesn't.   Since all the trees are deciduous and don't have any leaves, it doesn't make much difference.   There are some permanent residents here.  Some have built decks.  But the park looks good and has what we need.

Natasha and Olga were at the apartment downtown packing up the last of the stuff there.  It will get moved on Monday.  So Steve and I drove over to the nearest Camping World to pick up a water hose and a few other things and then met them at the new house.  It's gorgeous and large.  I'll take pictures tomorrow and try to get them posted.

Maria is growing and crawling.  Surprisingly, the dogs don't give her quite as wide a berth as they used to, although they still take off if she gets too hands on.

Olga had the Christmas tree up.  I was so glad.  It really hasn't felt much like Christmas this year yet. I do have a few decorations in the trailer, but other than sleeping, we haven't spent much time in it.

I apologize for not having many pictures, but we haven't been sightseeing and rain pretty much looks the same everywhere.  But tomorrow I'll try and post pictures of Natasha's new house and of Maria.

That's all for today.

Deb