2017 Winter In Texas

[JEBar]

as has become our custom, we plan to return to Texas for the winter .... most of our time will be spent at Thousand Trails Lake Conroe and Colorado River CG's .... our preliminary preparations are well underway ... reservations made, our Sportchassis has been serviced, and a new front tire has been installed .... we are looking forward to getting back down there .... if we happen to be in an area near one of our members, we'd be delighted to link up .... we will taking and posting pictures along the way ....

our trip schedule :

1-12-17 ... Home to Heritage RV Park, Augusta, Ga .... http://www.heritagervpark.com/.... projected 282 miles / 4 hr 14 min

1-13-17 ... Augusta to Sherling Lake RV Park, Greenville, AL ....http://www.greenville-alabama.com/Defau ... rling+Lake .... projected 339 mi / 4 h 46 min

1-14-17 ... Greenville to Baton Rouge KOA, Denham Springs, LA ....http://koa.com/campgrounds/baton-rouge/ .... projected 314 mi / 4 h 26 min

1-15-17 ... Denham Springs to Thousand Trails Lake Conroe, Willis Tx .... https://www.thousandtrails.com/texas/la ... ng-resort/ .... 294 mi / projected 4 h 46 min

1-15-17 to 2-5-17 ... at Thousand Trails Lake Conroe Campground

2-5-17 ... Willis to Thousand Trails Colorado River Campground, Columbus, TX .... https://www.thousandtrails.com/texas/co ... ampground/ .... projected 117 mi / 1 h 45 min

2-5-17 to 2-20-17 ... at Thousand Trails Colorado River Campground .... at this point we will be the furthest west .... projected 1,349 miles / 19 h 57 min from home .... historically supplementary running around adds hundreds of additional miles

2-20-17 ... back to Thousand Trails Lake Conroe Campground .... projected 117 mi / 1 h 45 min

2-20-17 to 3-13-17 ... at Thousand Trails Lake Conroe Campground

3-13-17 ... Willis to ????

shown below, our rig as it sits in the back yard today ... that pictures shows one reason we are looking forward to being in Texas

[Henry88]

Wow, that's a big rig JEBar,

Craziest drivers I ever saw, down there by Laredo/Nuevo Laredo. I mean ANYTHING goes, many are outlaws few have licenses/citizenship, etc.

[Deadwood Dutch]

That is a beautiful rig that you have there and quite an itinerary. Thanks for all the links, looks like a lot of fun!

[JEBar]

Wow, that's a big rig JEBar,

the camper is a 2006 and the truck is a 2007 .... the camper has been in all of the lower 48 states and the truck has been to most of them .... as can be seen below, at one time it was even longer ... a few years back we towed a golf cart on a trailer behind our camper .... the reason we stopped doing so is the wide differences in towing laws of the various states .... since then we carry a 160 qt. Yeti cooler on a carrier on the back of our camper

[DWD445]

Pretty busy schedule there JEBar, got any range time in the plans??

[JEBar]

I do plan to take three (2 rifles, 1 shotgun) to a gunsmith in Texas .... my Henry 45-70, our oldest son's 12 ga Remington 11-87, and our youngest son's Ruger M77 30-06 .... all three will be going in for recoil pad upgrades and the addition of Mercury Recoil Suppressors .... doing so was a Christmas Present to our sons and to myself .... I've found one place to shoot near where we will be at Lake Conroe, Creekwood Shooting Sports ===> http://www.creekwoodshootingsports.com/ with pistol and trap ranges .... the problem is, for me, its pretty expensive .... I'd sure like to know of a place where I could fire our Henry 45-70

[Catherine]

Have fun and stay safe!

Cate

[dasmoeturhead]

Wow!, that's some rig you got there. We spent the winter down in Texas a couple of years ago. I actually bought my pickup down in McCallum Tx, South Padre Island, Corpus Christi. Bought my AR-15 down in Laredo. Big Bend and Terlinqua was awesome also. Sounds like your going to have fun, and be in some decent weather for the winter. I'd like to be down there also, but its not in the cards this winter . Safe travels.

[JEBar]

nice looking Landmark .... my second career was in RV Sales .... we didn't handle that line so while I've seen them I don't know much about them .... I have friends with Heartland campers, most seem to be happy with them .... we enjoy spending the winters in Texas .... we are members of Thousand Trails which makes it possible ===> https://www.thousandtrails.com/ .... our $600 a year dues provides us with 50 days in their parks ($12 a day) and when we go over 50, it cost us an additional $5 a day .... we can't stay home in NC and run our home for that .... if anyone is interested in looking into Thousand Trails, please send me a PM .... my only connection with them is that of a person who has been with them since 2002 .... they are a good outfit but as with any organization, some aspects favor their members, some don't ....

[Les]

JEBar, that is definitely the way to go camping! What a fantastic looking rig. I can imagine the look on any campsite owner's face over here if that ever pulled through the gates!