We have travelled 2,127 miles since leaving home.
We departed from La Porte on Thurs Nov 3rd in rainy cool weather . A good day to drive. We stopped west of St. Louis MO at Meramec Valley RV park to plug in to some electricity and warm up for the night. It was a damp 43F
On Friday we started out on Hwy 44 for Oklahoma City . We passed through Lebanon MO with the familiar fields of Tracker boats we had seen in the spring. By the time we passed through Tulsa OK, the trees were all green with very few that had lost their leaves. It was a balmy 74F when we stopped at 4:30 pm on the east side of Oklahoma City at Oak Glen Rv park! Our neighbours in the next site were from Mississauga, ON! We don't see many RVs from Ontario on this route.
Saturday was a very windy day. The winds were so high the tractor trailers in front of us were dog tracking by about 10 inches. We had to stop to install a locking pin in the roller for our slide cover as it was unfurling in the wind. Very stressful drive. 50 mph winds broadside. It was no wonder we saw ads on the billboards for RV parks with "storm shelters"! We drove Hwy 40 to Amarillo TX, then headed south on Hwy 27 to Lubbock TX. A warm 78F at 6 pm -- this is much better! We went out to a restaurant called Casa Ole for a great meal of chicken and beef fajitas plus 2 margaritas! Total bill $30.05!
Sunday we headed south from Lubbock on Hwy 62, passing through Carlsbad on our way to El Paso. Lots of cotton fields, peanut fields and oil rigs. The sky was so clear we spotted the Guadalupe Mountains when we were about 50 miles away. Just south of Carlsbad we started spotting different varieties of cacti in the fields. Unfortunately we blew a tire about 45 miles outside of El Paso in mid afternoon so we have a short delay in our trip while we get a replacement and repair some electric wiring the blowout shredded.Thanks to the Good Sam Club Roadside Service plan we were provided support on a highway out in the middle of nowhere. Luckily enough we had one bar on the cel phone to get through to their hotline with many drops while trying to place a service call. We stayed at a Walmart parking lot last night in El Paso and were able to pick up wireless internet. Bonus!
Now we're off to shop for a new tire!
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