2020 Trip to Texas

[JEBar]

well, we are up and about and yes, its raining .... with only a couple of hour drive, no hurry to get on the road this morning .... if we can catch a pause in the rain around 10AM, that would be great for us

[JEBar]

well, we made it .... the drive itself went smoothly .... historically, when we check into Thousand Trails Colorado River CG we have to spend a day or two parked on a water / electric site before getting to move to a sit with full hookups (50 amp current, water, sewer) .... today, for the first time, when we checked in they had one open full hookup site .... will post pictures later but it suffices to say, this site is very wet with standing water and mud .... our departure from home on this trip was delayed when I got our rig stuck in our back yard .... today, I got her stuck AGAIN during a blind side back-in .... in short we provided the afternoon entertainment for our part of the campground .... nobody who camps will doubt the fact that if you get enough good old boys working to move a stuck rig, sooner or later it will move .... it turned out that we had to unhook the camper from our truck and hook it up to HD 4-wheel drive that was able to pull our 5er back out on the road in front of our site .... we then hooked it back up to our truck and this time got it backed into place .... by the way, nothing broken, dented, or harmed ..

[BigAl52]

Glad you in there and set up. I hate stuck

[JEBar]

our drive from Lake Conroe to our current campground near Columbus, TX covered 120.3 miles / in 3 hrs .... during our 3 weeks at Lake Conroe we 378.4 non-towing miles .... earlier today we drove over to Columbus .... while there we stopped at the Post Office, picked up an Amazon delivery, picked up meds at Walmart and groceries at H.E.B.'s .... after a bit of ditching, our site appears to be drying but I don't what I did will solve the problem when next we have rain .... we did continue our site setup by hooking up our water softener and putting out our patio carpet tomorrow I hope to be able to finish our site setup

[BigAl52]

Are you in the big loop closest to the river Jim

[JEBar]

Are you in the big loop closest to the river Jim

we are on site C-5 as shown on this map ====> https://www.rvonthego.com/media/com_rv/ ... 305234.pdf .... the map shown has to be an old one because a couple of years ago, the Red colored sites in section C were all upgraded to 50 amp, full hookup

[BigAl52]

Ok was looking at the campground from Google maps. Looks like there was a portion of one spot that went away with a high water situation. Not sure how old the google map picture is.

[JEBar]

good eye .... over the years they've had heavy rains upstream that have washed out some sites .... I think the last time was in '15 or '16 .... as can be seen at this link ===> https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thous ... 96.6086786 the sites along that stretch are on a pretty high bank .... my best estimate would be 50 or more feet about the normal water level .... back during the last flood water got several feet deep in the bath house that can be seen by the path from the lower to the upper part of the loop .... I don't know how many sites have been lost but a pure guess would be way less than 10

[BigAl52]

So where is the nearest place to do some shooting from there Jim and is it at a regular range or is there a place in open country to shoot.

[JEBar]

I haven't found a one yet but then I haven't been able to spend much time looking .... my first impression is I'll probably end up having to go east toward Houston .... with this being a rural area, I expected it wouldn't be too hard to find a range

[JEBar]

another cool, cloudy day with steady breeze out of the north, northwest .... the good news is, only a 10% chance of rain .... in addition to finishing our setup, most of our morning was spent taking care of our Daughter's Federal and State Income Taxes .... happy to say, she came out well .... while the process isn't complicated, we are always relieved when we complete hers and ours .... its supposed to be warmer tomorrow and we are looking forward to getting out and about a bit

[JEBar]

its been a good day and a beautiful day to boot .... our friends from Oregon arrived on schedule .... we visited most of the day and had a good meal of ribs and shrimp while watching the Super Bowl .... looking forward to leftovers tomorrow ..

[JEBar]

we have thoroughly enjoyed the last few days with their delightfully warm temps in the low to mid 80's ..... we have friends originally from California and now home based in Oregon who are camped with us on the Colorado River near Columbus, TX .... they will be moving on to Louisiana on Thursday and we will truly hate to see them go .... over the years we've been blessed in meeting many such people .... doing so and then linking up with them again has become one of the highlights of our travels ....

[JEBar]

with it being cold and rainy, its shaping up to be a lazy day camped on the Colorado River near Columbus, TX .... knowing the local forecast we did our grocery shopping yesterday and have a big pot of chili on tonight's menu ..

[BigAl52]

Could use some of that chili here Jim its like 8 deg.

[JEBar]

the chili was great .... we got two meals out of the pot she cooked .... ugly but not terrible day .... warm, extremely humid with small showers every so often throughout the day .... we made a quick drive over to Columbus this morning to pickup a letter at their Post Office and to pick up a few items at HEB .... tomorrow morning we will make the same drive to place some papers in the mail .... one of the things we've learned over the years is taking care of snail mail can require some time and effort .... with us scheduled to move on Tuesday of next week, we will need to start breaking camp on Sunday

[JEBar]

its hard to believe that we've already been camped on the Colorado River for 2 weeks and 1 week from today we are scheduled to move north to Granbury, TX .... the weather so far has been pretty evenly split between being outside and staying inside days .... having spent over 10 winters in Texas, that's not unusual .... today a drive to the Post Office in Columbus and spending some time walking in a different grocery store are on tap

[JEBar]

absolutely no plans to set foot outside of our camper on this rainy, cold day .... on days like this having a comfortable place to sit and the ability to pass the time in activities we enjoy become very important .... the good news is, a warming, drying period is in the forecast .... they are calling for highs in the low 60's for the next couple of days, moving into the 70's over the weekend and low 80's on Monday

[JEBar]

well, its here .... after the fog lifts this morning and it gets a bit warmer and with rain on its way, we need to begin breaking camp and packing things away .... down will come our deck and up will come the patio carpet .... time has proven that its best to store both while they are dry .... other than that, most of today will be spent watching the Daytona 500 and later on the season 5 premier of Outlander

[BigAl52]

Seems like you just got there Jim