FINALLY done with Texas

We entered Texas on Tuesday around 2 pm….today is Friday and we finally entered Oklahoma around noon today.  That’s a lot of Texas when all you are doing is passing through!   From Van Horn we made it to Sweetwater where we stayed at a park which is only 3 or 4 months old.  It is a Good Sam park, right across from the Love’s.  It had 13 cable channels which came in crystal clear…until our neighbor got in from work.  (Yes, new park and already has a considerable long-term 5th wheel crowd there.)

Tonight we are staying at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center which is NOT at the location which Google Maps has, nor our GPS.   Highway 270 shoots down from I-40 just east of Oklahoma City.  Turn east on Leo Street and take immediate right into the Expo area and follow the RV signs to the RV Park.

For $20, you get full hookups, and LOTS or area to choose from.  I think around twenty units are in the park right now, and the park holds 360 units.  So it is easy to find  place away from everyone else, that’s for sure.   We parked, unhooked the car and I went and found out where to pay.   Then we went to Cracker Barrel and we were in for the night by 4:30 pm.  Marcia is getting better, I am 95% or more.  Only have a sort, under three hour drive tomorrow, already have gas, I already hooked up the car again, so it should be a nice, smooth easy drive to Fort Smith where we will stay for a few nights.

We typically fill up at Flying J or at Pilot.  This morning, with Love’s right across the street, we did fill up there.  Paid the lowest price for gas today than I have in a LONG LONG LONG time…only $1.729 using our discount card at the Pilot just east of Oklahoma City  Paid $1.779 earlier at Love’s.  Paid around $1.859 yesterday in eastern Texas.  In California we paid in the neighborhood of $2.70, so we have saved a buck per gallon since then.  It is nice when the pumps turn off due to a full tank before the $75 limit using Discover Card stops the pumps for you.  By-the-way, we are getting right around 8.8 miles per gallon since we entered Arizona.

Running the Road, or is it a Road Runner

First time we had been on this stretch of road…I-8 from Yuma to I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson.  Found it to be a bumpy road with lots of desert views.

I kept thinking that a Road Runner would show up and add some excitement to the day.  Marcia slept for about a third of the trip, the cold is really doing her in.  I was thankful that the traffic was nil compared to Sunday’s traffic…at least until we hit I-10 that is.  Had a few stops along the way…one was at one of those “picnic areas” which had few visitors at it, so it was ideal to walk the dogs there.  Oh, and what do you think I saw???

Yep, it was the elusive Road Runner in person.  Now first I had to put the dogs back in and get the camera out.  Second, I had to find this critter again, and there it was headed for a bush.

Out it came from a series of bushes, and BINGO, got my first real shot.  Off it went, and there I go shooting shot after shot to no avail….but if you keep at it, and move parallel to it, you might just get a picture of it running…

Yep, there it is…my first Road Runner, and I hope it is not my last.

Back in January 2014 we were driving from Phoenix to Florida and our first stop was in Benson Arizona at the Pato Blanco RV Resort.  Decided to stay there again this time, as a Passport America park it is only $21.50 plus tax. Did not make reservations last time, nor this time, and there was plenty of space.  Only hooked up electricity and cable since it will be freezing tonight.  Hope to make it to Van Horn Texas tomorrow…we did that last time, hope to do it this time too.  At least it will be warmer in Texas during the night.