Back at Hickory Creek

 

Back in Texas...H O T

We woke up this morning in Amarillo Texas to cool temps. They said a cool front would be moving in and sure nuff it did. It was dark outside when I rolled over and looked out the bedroom window. I looked across the room at the clock that said it was time to get up. OK I know...get up and get started. It is a move day and I have a lot to do before we pull out.

 

Last night we finished up all the wash at $.50 a load and Sherri got it all tucked away in the closets and drawers. That is one thing we don't have to worry with for a while. Now all we have to worry about is getting everything stashed away for travel. First we had our coffee and planned out the day. Sherri made some tuna fish for the trip. We would stop along the way and have lunch and then keep on trucking. This will be a 5 to 6 hour trip to the Lake and I really dread that long of a drive. We could have broken up the drive but we had to make reservations at Hickory Creek due to the Boy Scouts being there. We got the last 50 amp spot in the park when I went on line.

Be that as it may we left out at 10:30 and pulled on to the Interstate heading southeast. Sherri found a real nice roadside park and we stopped there to eat our sandwiches. Back on the road again after a short break. We had a tough side wind until we reached Childress Texas...my home town. We topped off with diesel there and kept trucking. Childress is 1/3 of the way there GEEE it is a long trip.

We finished the last 2/3 of the trip visiting and counting RV's as they passed us heading west toward the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque NM. I just know that is where they are all headed. We counted over 300 RV's.

This passed the time for us and soon we were on I 35 heading south. Not far now I said to Sherri. And then it happened...traffic ahead dead stop. We sat in stop and go traffic for 45 minutes. Sherri and I both had to go potty and here we sat stopping and going. We finally got to the wreck that had us backed up and it was not a bad wreck at all. We both expected to see a major wreck with the freeway being shut down this way. OH well we were on our way again with only 2 miles to go to the turnoff.

We arrived at the gate and got our pass. By this time Sherri and I both were hurting for a potty break so we just pulled in the bathroom parking lot inside the park and went our separate ways.

We found our site and Sherri helped me back in with little or no problem. This was the last site with 50 amp service and it is one of the hardest sites to back into. This is probably why it was still available when we made our reservations.

We got set up and then it was time to relax watch some TV and eat dinner. Sherri made some tacos and salad. It was good and then we just settled in for the night. Sherri fell asleep while I watched the Mentalist and I followed suit shortly there after. We had a wonderful day traveling and we are thankful that it was a safe trip. Now all we have to look forward to is going back to work...

Somewhere in Time