We’ve been at the Fort Bliss RV Park for two days and so far have not left the park except to go the main part of the base. At this huge Army post there really is no need to venture out much.
This park is large with 133 paved and spacious sites. The laundry rooms are very nice as are all of the other facilities. There is no WiFi available at the individual sites but it is provided in the family room. The only negative is that the sites nearest the highway are very noisy.
As I said, Fort Bliss is with all the amenities you can think of and then some. The PX is large as is the commissary. The base also has several restaurants on post in addition to the normal fast food joints. How about a Texas Road House, a Denny’s, a Buffalo Wild Wings and several others. Also on post is The Grand Theater where we went to see The Magnificent Seven yesterday. Check out The Freedom Crossing at Fort Bliss here: http://freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com/directory/
October 22, 2016
We left the Fort Bliss RV Park at 9 AM and after stopping at the Exchange gas station to top off with fuel, we got on Hwy 54 then made our way onto I-10 east. Since it was a Saturday traffic was light (if there really is such a thing for El Paso) so we made it through town without much trouble. The rest of the trip was mostly clear sailing all the way to Fort Stockton and the Parkview RV Park.
Parkview is a nothing to write home about but with 50 amp electric and good water it’s okay with us for one night. Our Passport America rate is $14 so we’ll deal with the lack of amenities.
October 24, 2016
We left Fort Stockton, got on I-10 eastbound and made the run to the Triple T RV Resort in Kerrville, TX. Hey folks, that is two days of 245 miles. This hard driving has got to come to a end.
We have been at Triple T before. A few years back we spent a long night under tornado warnings here. The weather now is pretty darned good with temps in the mid 70’s with partly cloudy skies.
We took a drive to Frederickburg.
October 25, 2016
We left Kerrville this morning and made the 137 mile drive up to Jim Hogg Corps of Engineer park on Lake Georgetown where we will be for the next few days. We do have a lot of running around we need to do while we’re here but I do hope we can get into Austin one day.
A great site on the lake.
October 28, 2016
Yesterday we drove up to the north Dallas area to visit with Jim and Linda Holtz, our good friends who we met at Goliad State Park several years ago. We had a really nice visit and then we went to lunch. We hope to see them again soon.
Today we did a little maintenance around the rig then went for lunch at Bob's Catfish-N-More Restaurant in north Georgetown. What this joint lacks in ambiance they more than make it up in fixing great food. Both of us ordered the catfish dinner, Joyce getting the senior portion and of course the old fat boy went for the full meal. The plates come with pinto beans, a delicious cold slaw and jalapeño hush puppies. Outstanding meal.
After stuffing ourselves we decided to go see the new Tom Hanks movie Inferno. Based on the Dan Brown book by the same name, it’s another thriller that takes watching very closely in order to keep up with the story. Since I have read the book the story line was much easier to follow.
While doing some research on my Alabama Crocker’s today I ran across a Joel Franklin Crocker who lived in Tyler, Dallas County. On his World War I Draft Card dated 12 September 1918 he listed his present occupation as: Running Gin. I’m guessing he was a pretty honest guy.
October 30, 2016
We left Jim Hogg park yesterday morning around 11AM for what we thought would be an easy run to Lockhart State Park in Lockhart, TX. Well, that didn’t work out so good.
While dumping our holding tanks at the dump station I noticed that our left back outside tire looked low. When I checked the pressure it was at 50 PSI which ain’t good.
I asked a ranger where I could get some air and he thought that I could get into an Exxon station so we headed that way. That station proved to be too small so Joyce Googled for truck stops near us and found one six miles away up I-35. When we got there the attendant in the store said that their air compressor was broken. He said the Shell across the interstate has an air pump.
Pulled in there and wouldn’t you know that a truck was parked in the no parking area next to the air machine. Got that straighten out but the pump was too weak for us to get enough air to completely fill the tire. We did get the darned thing up to 75 PSI.
After getting on TX-130 toll road I started getting a tad antsy about it so Joyce found a tire dealer in Hutte that was open. But when we got there the place was locked up. We then found another dealer in town that told us to come on over and just pull in front of his bays.
When we got over there and pulled in, we discovered there was no way out except to back up the same way we came in. So, we unhooked the car while the attendant was filling the tires and then checking all of the others. I offered to pay him but he said there was no charge. We gave him $5 for his trouble.
The rest of the trip down to Lockhart was thankfully uneventful.
For those of you that are asking yourself why we don't have a tire monitoring system. Well, as a matter of fact we do. I’m not going into all the details why we aren’t using it at the present time but you can rest assured that I’m going to correct that situation very soon.
And guess what? We have an onboard air system in the motorhome that I can use to air up our tires. Where are the hoses? You guessed it, Barry hasn’t bought any yet. Gonna take care of that too.
This is out second time staying at Lockhart State Park. We were here several years ago and where we met our good friends Jim and Linda Holtz. We have a very nice back-in site with 50 amp service and full hookups. There is some shade but we were able to get a good satellite signal even with the trees around us.
The town of Lockhart is known for it’s barbecue joints and of course we had to get us some. We decided to go to Kreuz Market since we had been there before and had their brisket. We ordered some “lean” and a 1/2 pound of ribs, some tater salad and cold slaw and proceeded to stuff ourselves. Man, that stuff is good. We did think that the ribs were a tad tough but it was late in the day so they might have been sitting around for a while.
Couldn't wait to get started.
Today we drove north of San Marcus to visit the village of Wimberley, a small artsy community in the Texas Hill Country. There are a lot of shops selling just about anything Texas and a few restaurants as well.
Boots similar to this one are all over town.
Joyce's lunch!
Gruene Mansion Inn.
Barry & Joyce
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