2022 Trip To Texas

[JEBar]

The following is our itinerary for our 2022 trip to Texas .... if/when changes are made it will be amemded

Jan 9 Leave Home

Jan 9 fuel stop ===> TA Columbia North, 99 Plumbers Rd Columbia, SC 29203

Jan 9 Heritage RV Park in Augusta, GA

Jan 10 fuel stop ===> TA Montgomery 980 West South Blvd. Montgomery AL

Jan 10 Sherling Lake Campground in Greenville, AL .... reserved site 41 on 10-14-21

Jan 11 fuel stop ===> TA 1682 Gause Blvd, Slidell, LA 70458

Jan 11 Baton Rouge KOA in Denham Springs, LA .... reserved on 10-14-21

Jan 12 fuel stop ===> Petro Beaumont 5405 Walden Rd Beaumont TX

Jan 12 Majestic Pines RV Resorts in Willis, TX .... reserved on 10-14-21

Jan 17 Lake Conroe Thousand Trails in Willis, TX

Feb 7 Granbury RV Resort in Granbury,

Feb 10 Majestic Pines RV Resorts in Willis, TX .... reserved on 10-14-21

Feb 14 Lake Conroe Thousand Trails in Willis, TX

March 7 Baton Rouge KOA in Denham Springs, LA .... reserved on 10-14-21

March 7 fuel stop === TA 1682 Gause Blvd, Slidell, LA 70458

March 8 Sherling Lake Campground in Greenville, AL .... reserved site 41 on 10-14-21

March 9 fuel stop === TA Montgomery 980 West South Blvd. Montgomery AL

March 9 Heritage RV Park in Augusta, GA

March 10 fuel stop === TA Columbia North, 99 Plumbers Rd Columbia, SC 29203

March 10 Home

[Shakey Jake]

We'll go shootin' again for sure this trip! Just let me know when you're ready.
Jake

[JEBar]

now that sounds really good to me .. .. I'll make it a point to bring along an assortment ..

[Sir Henry]

We plan so much alike.

[JEBar]

We plan so much alike.

yep, sometimes it pays to be paranoid ....

[JEBar]

above modified to show date of reservations for our non Thousand Trails Parks

[JEBar]

after considerable thought and conversation, we plan to shorten this winter's stay in Texas by 3 weeks .... not really thrilled at doing so but sometimes things simply don't work out at we hope they will .... as has been the case for the last few years the highlight of our trip and our strongest motivator for making the trip is visiting Maureen's last living Aunt .... she's 89, has outlived 2 husbands, survived a full blown case of Covid, and had a strong bout with COPD since we visited her last year .... we are also coming to terms with the fact that we aren't getting any younger .... who knows how much longer we will have the desire and/or the ability to haul our rig on 4,000 mile trips

[BigAl52]

Not to mention the price of fuel will be considerably higher this year than last. I dont see that changing anytime soon. We are looking forward to our trip and need to get our truck in next week for some work on the exhaust manifold. I found that the other day when looking over the engine compartment. I know that wont be cheap.

[JEBar]

no work on a diesel truck is cheap .... with all of the things that had to be taken care of on truck on this year's trips, sure hope we have an uneventful 2022 .... biggest decision left to make is if we should put 4 new rear tires on our truck before this year's trip .... they have the tread life sufficient to get us to Texas and back but have worn to where they provide very little traction on anything other than a dry, pavement ... at best, the rear tire traction of our Sportchassis ain't much and the ice storm in Texas last February, really got my attention

[JEBar]

due to a flurry of camper and other vehicle repairs, it looks like we will have to put off purchasing new truck tires for a few months .... during the next few days we hope to get another item checked off of our pretrip checklist .... so far as I know, our camper is ready to go, sure hope that doesn't change .... an illusive electrical gremlin with our truck is proving to be hard to find .... shut her down for a couple of days and when you come back, both batteries will be discharged .... most recently, we cut her off last Friday after unhooking ans setting up cap .... went out to crank her Sunday morning and she was dead .... it took over 2 hours of charging to get her to crank with 40 amp battery start .... because we had a battery cutoff switch installed years ago, we can make it work .... the inconvenience of doing so is having to go back into the truck's settings and make adjustments like turning on the backup camera .... in addition, to get to the batteries you have to remove a panel on the side of the truck .... once that's done, the negative post to connect the battery charger is easy to get to but the positive is a challenge .... I hope it won't ever have to be used but one of the things they are to take care of is installing junction box in an easy to get to location where I can connect a battery charger .... as noted, once they find the electrical draw I'll never need to use the junction box but that's not normal for us .... they are really backed up at the garage and when put up against a truck hauling a load of perishables, ours doesn't demand a top priority .... hopefully we will get it back late this week or sometime next week .....

[BigAl52]

You are having fun with electrical issues arent you Jim. Between the trailer and the truck now.

[Sir Henry]

I think they should change the initials from RV to PV (problem vehicle).

[BigAl52]

I think they should change the initials from RV to PV (problem vehicle).

RV is Repair vehicle Gene

[JEBar]

You are having fun with electrical issues arent you Jim. Between the trailer and the truck now.

still holding my breath, all seems to be good with the camper

[JEBar]

we are scheduled to get to the Houston area on Jan 12th .... link to the current weather forecast for Jan 2021 ====> https://www.weathertab.com/en/d/2022...77040-houston/ .... after the "life threatening" cold we experienced last year we are relieved to see current forecast .... only surprise is the number of forecasted rainy days .... https://www.weathertab.com/en/c/2022...77040-houston/ ....

[Sir Henry]

Didn’t you shorten this trip? Or is this the shorter version?

[JEBar]

yes, we shortened it .... it would make more sense to lengthen it because it cost the same thing to get there and back no matter how long you stay .... our decision to do so was based on other factors

[Sir Henry]

I hear you on the cost of going down the road. It’s not just the cost of fuel but also oil changes.

[JEBar]

in a mid afternoon phone call we learned the work on our truck had been completed and it was ready to be picked up .... we drove right over, paid the bill and drove back home several hundred $$$$ lighter .... I should be able to complete the every shorter list of things that need to be taken care of .... nothing complicated, I just need to make up my mind to get at it

[BigAl52]

Did they find the short Jim