Back in the BIG T
With the new tires we again rolled southward on the Interstates and ended up at the Little Rock North KOA on the evening of the 5th. Weather still a nice 80 degrees and sunny making for good time on the big highway ... not necessarily our most favorite kind of road but needed to make a quicker trip this time.
We've been in the Little Rock KOA several times and the hosts are always gracious and prompt. We got the last spot for the evening as all the rest were booked and so had to take a back-in spot. Nice concrete pad though and the left side of the Flying Scotsman was against the woods so very private.
Up and off again at promptly 9am on the 6th and landed at the Shallow Creek RV park just north of Kilgore, Texas ... back in Texas after about 5 months ... and it's about 90 degrees! Again we've stayed at Shallow Creek several times and it is a very nice park with all concrete pads and roadways with a super pull-thru for our rig.
When we went to plug in the power though nothing happened. Because it was pretty hot we had been using the roof air conditioners all day long on the generator so I assumed they would come back on when plugged into shore power. Nope, no power at all. Potential problems: no power at the post, bad transfer switch that I had just replaced, or a bad wire to the RV. Put the gen back on, get a/c going again, and hunt down the manager. He came by and tested the park power which was good and so he was done.
Upon jiggling the plug I found that the power was clicking on and off ... bad plug. I took the plug apart and found that the wires inside were loose from their lugs and so when tightened up ... voila ... normal power again and a happy bus and driver.
On the 7th we motored down good ol' Texas highway 21 from Crockett to Bryan and checked into the Aggieland RV park to spend a couple of days with Mom and Rich and Kerry. As we were going to be very busy in the next couple of weeks or so we decided to hit the Bryan area on the way rather than going back down there quickly after checking into the Dallas area.
All the folks there were doing great so on the 10th we headed back up to the Dallas area. This time we chose a new park on the north side of Lake Grapevine called Twin Coves and run by the city of Flower Mound. Why Flower Mound? Because we have now rented an apartment there and plan to move in on the 28th of October.
Above is the view from our patio in this really pretty park right on the lake. All concrete and brand new just opening in July of this year.
Below is something we hadn't seen before. These folks brought their sailboat in, hooked up to the site power, set up their shade tent and chairs, and enjoyed a very pretty evening in their "RV," cool. The next day they had moved the boat to the water and the day after that were gone ... pretty neat though.
A fitting close to our arrival was another spectacular sunset over Lake Grapevine from our patio.
And tomorrow the 28th we go over to the new apartment to sign the lease and watch a new couch arrive. On Monday the real movers arrive with our massive pile of furniture that was deposited in storage several years ago. Sounds like work next week for the old guys!!
