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2019 Winter in Texas

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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:14 pm

replacement parts needed to repair the antenna shown above are arriving .... according to Amazon, the last of them should arrive tomorrow .... we've just returned from our oldest son's where we loaded the last of the ammo we need to take with us to Texas, what better way to spend New Year's morning .. :D .. we've decided to take our Henry 45-70 for which we have a couple of hundred rounds loaded, our BLR 308 for which we now have over 150 rounds ready to go .... we will also take four to five-hundred rounds for our BBS 44 Mag that we hope to get back from Henry while we are in Texas .... most certainly looking forward to spending some time on a couple of Texas firing ranges with some friends from this and other forums
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by GFK » Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:39 pm

Safe travels!
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:14 pm

good wishes appreciated .... our rapid travels are a thing of the past .... years ago I'd drive straight through from home to Texas .... now drive it in 4 days .... we are looking forward to it .... well, not so much to the drive but we sure enjoy ourselves when we get there .. :D
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:27 pm

the first day of this trip will be tomorrow, the first night is tonight .... we've buttoned up the house and moved into the camper .... without water or sewer hookups, we should be able to quickly hitch up and head down the road .... with steady rain forecasted for in the morning, that's a good thing .... a final check revealed that the truck's heater fan is once again on the blink .... this time I couldn't get it going .... the good news is, no cold or hot temps predicted during our drive to Texas .... we will have to find a shop to take a look at it after we get there .... on the road again, that sure has a nice ring to it .. ;)
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:28 am

good wishes and projections for 70 degree temps appreciated .... well, for over a week the forecasters have be calling for rain this morning .... for once they were right .... its going to be wet hooking up this morning .... that's nothing new, those who use campers will understand the difference .... looks like we will drive in the rain pretty much all day .... unhooking at today's destination of Augusta, Ga may well be in the rain as well .... thankfully the weather predictions for the next few days are much better
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:23 pm

alwe are once again setup at Heritage RV Park in Augusta, Ga (link below) .... 303.8 miles --- 4 hr 51 min --- one rest stop .... they told us a year or two ago that they were going to transition this park away from mobile homes to all campers .... it looks like they have pretty much accomplished doing so and appear to be adding more sites .... the rain literally stopped when we were within 10 minutes of getting here, my wife was told they have had 5 days of heavy rain .... dark clouds still cover the sky but not a drop of rain has fallen since we got here .... the best part is no more rain is in the forecast for any time during the remainder of our drive .... a few times we have camped without setting up but the vast majority of the time we take advantage of full hookups and the camper's auto leveling system .... she has the washer & dryer going right now .... tomorrow night we are scheduled to be in Greenville, Al

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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:25 pm

what a difference a day makes .... yesterday we drove all day in the rain .... today was truly a beautiful one .... not a cloud in the sky for our 360.5 mile drive that took 5 hrs 20 minutes .... we are now once again setup in Sherling Lake RV Park (link below).... about the only difference since we were hear last year is the price has gone up from $25 to $30 a night with a Goodsam discount .... we took on good fuel near Atlanta for $2.67 a gallon ..... cheapest price we've paid in a very long time .... that was our only stop of the day .... Atlanta's traffic was about as good as it can get (those who know Atlanta will understand) .... they are calling for it to get down to 39 here tonight .... that's the lowest temp I see in the forecast through our first two weeks in Texas

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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:59 am

today's destination is the Baton Rouge KOA .... that's about 314 miles, almost all interstate .... we do have a fuel stop scheduled for about half way in Theodore, AL at a Pilot Truck Stop .... yesterday we crossed into Central Time .... it seems like the older I get the longer it takes to adjust to time changes
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:58 pm

5 hr 30 min, 328.7 miles after leaving Sherling Lake, we once again arrived at Bayton Rouge KOA (link below) .... thankfully a boring drive with the heaviest traffic which moved right along that we've seen on this trip .... as anticipated, our only stop was to take on fuel .... tomorrow's drive should take us to Lake Conroe where we are slated to be for 3 weeks .... no stops planned but historically we do stop at the I-10 Texas Welcome Center .... the trip from home to Texas is the only one we still routinely make driving 4 consecutive days .... otherwise we drive a couple of days and stay put for a day or so before going on .... fuel mileage hasn't been good .... winter diesel coupled with having a bio component mixed in is most likely the cause .... our truck simply doesn't like it .... sure hope we are able to fill with good old pure #2 diesel while in Texas .... in the past we have found it but not at a Pilot or Flying J .... our first few days at Conroe are shaping up to be busy ones .... after that, things should settle down a good bit



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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:48 pm

today's 309 mile drive took us 5 hrs .... traffic was fairly light and flowed smoothly .... that wasn't the case in the east bound lanes, one construction area had it backed up for miles .... we are going to have to take a serious look at some maps to see if we can figure out a way to avoid it when we head back home .... since leaving home we have put 1,307.5 miles on our truck --- 22.8 engine hours .... we got to or current campground about 2PM .... after backing into our site, I hadn't even turned the motor off when the fellow who I trust to work on our camper pulled in .... he said he was finishing up a repair on another camper when he saw us drive in .... we'd scheduled him to come by tomorrow and take care of issues with our camper's roof TV antenna and the water heater .... he said he'd be happy to work on them right then .... I hadn't even finished hooking up the water, sewer, and electric in the time it took him to take care of the water heater and start of the antenna .... all in all, we came out ahead .. :D .. since he was in the park anyway, we only paid him for his time .... he didn't charge us for a service call .. 8-) .. no pictures so far because I ran off and left my camera ... our daughter is going to send it to us .... tomorrow is supposed to really be nice, we should be able to complete our setup and get started on some serious time spent doing next to nothing or even less .. ;)
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