Daily Archives: August 24, 2015
Gateward Bound . . .
Gateward Bound . . .We left the Colorado River Thousand Trails about 9:15, heading for Henderson, TX about 260 miles away. Tomorrow morning we’ll be on our first gate for this year. Of course it could be our only gate, or just the first of several.
Our first year of gate guarding (2012) we were on four gates in four months. In 2013 we were on one gate for the entire three months, while last year we were on two gates in three months. So we never know how it’s going to turn out.
All we really know at this point is that it’s a frack gate, and it’s about 8 miles west of Carthage, TX. Beyond that, every gate is an adventure.
Our trip was pretty uneventful, except for an extra long stop at the Pilot in New Caney, TX. I have never seen pumps this slow, especially diesel pumps. Filling up in the RV lanes, I was getting 3 gallons a minute. Which means it took me almost 30 minutes to take on 80 gallons.
When I went inside to get Jan and I a couple of iced coffees, I complained to the cashier who said they’d had a couple of other complaints, and they’d called someone to look at it.
We got into Henderson about 3pm and found our way to The RV Park of Henderson where we got a 50 amp FHU site for $12.50 on Passport America. A great deal for a really nice park.
After we got set up, we checked out places to eat here on Yelp. We were both kind of in a steak mood, but hard to believe, that in a Texas town there’s not a steak place. So we ended up going to the Smokehouse, which turned out to be a real good country cooking place.
Wrapping up, today was Landon’s first day of Kindergarten and he looks like he’s made himself right at home.
He’s been really excited about starting ‘real school’ as he calls it.
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Thought for the Day:
If it’s not fun, why bother?
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