2020 Trip to Texas

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:45 pm

ain't that the truth .... we are just past the halfway point in the time we are scheduled to be in Texas .... time has flown

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:55 am

Travel Day .... Columbus, TX to Bennett's RV Ranch, Granbury, Tx .... the drive should cover around 250 miles over mostly secondary roads and take something over 4 hours .... hope to get on the road between 9 & 10AM

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:47 pm

today's 242.8 miles with one rest stop took us 4 hrs 27 min .... interesting in a few ways .... for one, we saw more dead wild hogs than we did deer .... for another the critter that topped the chart for the most road kills was skunks .... absolutely no clue how many we saw but the total was way up there .... we drove for over 3 hours through today's forecasted 10% chance of rain ..

.. in addition to the rain, we drove into strong headwind for the entire trip, don't even want to find out our MPG .... lastly, it was 72 degrees when got into the truck and left Columbus .... it had dropped to 51 when we reached Granbury ..

.. that one we weren't expecting ..

Post by **BigAl52** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:52 pm

At least you made it Jim. Probably had steak on the grill when you got there.

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:02 pm

no steak ..

.. meatloaf, mashed potatoes, whole kernel corn, tossed salad, pineapple - coconut pie .... all prepared by my wife's 87 year old Aunt .... our turn tomorrow night and we plan for Eastern NC Pork BBQ to be the main attraction ..

Post by **BigAl52** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:05 pm

Man look at all that bacon going to waste. Nothin wrong with meatloaf one of my favorites.

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:06 pm

making the best of a rainy day ... watching and recording "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" with "Gunga Din" and the "African Queen" on tap to be recorded next ..

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:31 pm

our last day in Granbury, TX went well .... tomorrow morning with the forecasted temp to be around freezing, we are slated to pull out and head back to Columbus, TX .... haven't checked to be sure but we anticipate our route to be pretty much the same as our drive up here .... we are looking forward to getting further south in Texas where the temperature forecast are calling for a warming trend

Post by **JEBar** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:47 pm

today's drive covered 248.6 miles in 4 hr 41 min in moving from Granbury, TX back to Columbus, TX .... during our 3 day stay in Granbury we drove 49.3 non-towing miles .... the pictures below are of our site in Whispering Oaks RV Park in Weimar, TX .... very nice park, owned and operated by very nice people .... $36.90 w/ Goodsam Discount .... grounds well maintained .... 60/30/20 electrical hookups .... good water pressure .... sewer hookup is within a area surrounded by landscaping timbers, can require some creative solutions to maintain a downhill flow (last picture) .... every site in the park is occupied, folks who wish to camp here would be wise to book well in advance

https://whisperingoaksrvpark.com/

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:01 am

our shortest travel day of less than 10 miles back to Thousand Trails Colorado River campground is on tap for this morning .... we hope to pull out shortly after 11AM .... our plan is to be there a week and then travel back to Lake Conroe .... its hard to believe that only one month from today we are slated to head home