There were freeze warnings last night so Dave did a dump and fill then brought in the hose and we ran off our fresh water tank last night. And dressed in long sleeve shirts this morning before heading south. You guessed it. First I took off my zippered sweat shirt. Then I yanked up the sleeves on my polo shirt. At lunch time I considered changing to a t-shirt but I would have had to open a slide to get to them. So, I decided to just enjoy being warm for a change.
We passed a couple of yard sales. Anyone want to buy a yard? Maybe if it was fabric? Also known as yard goods? Anyone ever heard of yard bads?
In far eastern OK traveling south on US 259 through the Ouichita National Forest I saw the A to Z Guest Ranch, Equestrian resort, followed by the J & D Horse Camp. Both had travel trailer symbols indicating you could camp there. Bet I can guess which would be the more expensive one.
Backwoods Cafe, one of those hole-in-the-wall gas station places not far north of where US 259 crosses I-30, makes wonderful hamburgers and sells sliced meat and cheese by the pound. If we weren’t trying to empty our frig I think we’d have left there with at least some smoked ham. They are not a big place but our rig fit just fine between their two driveways and that’s all we needed.
I saw a billboard that asked, “Would you like to leave a message?” Does that strike anyone besides me as an invitation to mark that sign with graffiti?
“Christmas parade, Monday December 12th” apparently Lone Star, Texas, wants to give you plenty of notice so you don’t miss it. The town is so small the locals couldn’t possible miss it so they must be hoping travelers will come back for it. Small town parades can be a lot of fun but, honestly, how far would you drive to attend one?
PPL, the RV consignment place where we are taking our RV to sell it, has a list of paperwork you must bring with the rig. Among that list is a Texas safety inspection and a VIN verification. If Texas was our domicile we would have had to do that inspection every year that we entered Texas. But because South Dakota is our domicile we’d never done one so had no idea what to expect. Dave picked a place in Longview, Texas, which would be the first big town we would enter. They said we didn’t need an appointment but to get there at least 15 minutes before closing. We got there more than an hour before closing. But they only had one DOT inspector on duty and he was doing a rush job on another vehicle. No problem. We’re not on anyone’s time clock so we can wait. Wow! Did they ever check out our RV. They had a list of things that included seat belts! And the VIN verification paper is called a green sheet because it used to be green. 🙂 So we now have those papers for PPL when we get there next week.
In the meantime we’ll head on to the SKP park in Livingston, Texas, for the weekend where we’ll do one last cleaning of the rig and start figuring out how to get the rest of the stuff still in the RV into our car. I wonder if we’ll have to ship some stuff home? If so, where will we ship it since we won’t actually have a home for the next week? Another of life’s little challenges.
TTYL,
Linda
WOW!. There’s certainly a lot going on but at least you’re close to your destination now and almost ready to start a new life. I hope it’s as exciting for you going into the new one as it was going into the fulltiming one.
There is a place in Livingston where we take our MH. The deal in TX is, if you live in your MH anytime you pass through there you can get it inspected. Our tag runs out this month but we won’t be there until Nov. They understand. It is the same way with the car. They do do a good job. It makes me feel a bit safer after they are done. Good luck selling the MH. Hope it goes fast!
I sure hope there are enough billboards and such in the Cities for you to comment on. I’m thinking this is a pretty bittersweet journey for you, my friend. 🙁