Visiting Family In Oklahoma

We left our winter home in Tucson, AZ in early March and headed for Oklahoma. We stopped in Truth or Consequences, NM for a two day visit at Elephant Butte State Park. The park was fairly nice and we got a lake view site which was nice.

We found  Riverbend Hot Springs Resort and Spa and booked a hot spring session two times, one day time and one night time under the stars. This is a very nice spa that overlooks the Rio Grande River. You have a choice of a public or private spa, and we chose the private spa for privacy and relaxation.

The patio waiting area.

We then headed to Lawton, Oklahoma to spend some time with family prior to heading to Sevierville, TN for our summer workamping gig at Two Rivers Landing RV Resort.

We parked the motorcoach at our daughter's home and actually poured a gravel pad, and then used landscape timbers as a border. We used only enough electricity to keep the batteries charged since there is no 50 amp hookup and we have our own bedroom in their house.

 Our next project is to add hookups so we can stay in the coach when we visit. 50 amp electricity is a must! Water and sewer is already near, so we should be okay. After about a one month visit, we headed east to Tennessee!

The Journey To Tucson, AZ! Jan. 4th, 2015

After a relatively uneventful start of our journey, well about 15 minutes of uneventful we made it to the interstate. As we were going over one of the bridges some lady pulls up next to us in her car honking and frantically waving for us to pull over. The wind was terrible that day and we immediately pulled over to see what the problem was. One of our two bicycles had come loose from the bike rack and was dragging behind our car that we tow. Wore my front tire down through the tube and also damaged the wheel. She was kind enough to help us secure the bike despite the very high winds and heavy I-45 traffic screaming by. Thank you again lady,...whoever you are!

Our first stop on this leg of the journey is Buckhorn Lake RV Resort in Kerrville, TX. This is a very nice resort but it is basically all by itself right off I-10. The park is nice and even nicer is the private area with owned RV lots for Class A motorcoach owners only. Kathy's cousin and my friend Harvey Roof came to visit us from the Austin area and we went out to dinner in Kerrville. Only one night there and then off to another favorite stop for us, Balmorhea State Park, TX. We really love this desert park complete with spring fed large swimming pool. This will be our third visit to the great state park and we highly recommend this place if you are in the area. The pull through sites are nice, you may get greeted by a roadrunner, and you will love the sunsets and the star filled night sky.

The spring fed 72 degree swimming pool, complete with fish is nice, and a popular place for scuba diver training classes.

Our third night was in Deming, NM which is nothing to get too excited about, but the "Dreamcatcher RV Park is a fine place to spend the night. It is an "Escapees" park, so members get a discount...and we all love discounts, right?

The mountains of the Deming area did make for some nice views from the motorhome.

Las Vegas - Here we come! Jan. 23 - 25, 2012

On the road again! Got Bruce's dad trained on getting mom into the compression boot and so here we go!!  We had decided to bring my car on this trip so Bruce's is driving the F250 and pulling the RV and I'm tagging along in my car. This should be interesting!!

Kiva RV Park - Tucumcari, NM

Our first night was in Tucumcari, NM at the Kiva RV Park. We'd stayed here before, just a basic park but had cable and great WiFi. We were in site #8 which was a very level pull through. They offered Good Sam's discount so not bad for $20.

I-40 with Flagstaff on the horizon.

Our second night was in Holbrook, AZ at the OK RV Park. We used our Good Sam card again so the rate was $25 plus tax ($27.53) The park was the typical desert setting, gravel with a few trees. Long pull through site #G11. My only complaint was they had a camper come in right next to us when the whole row was empty. Forgot to take pictures but we had a good excuse, temps drop into the 20s at night, they turn off the water at 7:30 pm and don't turn it back on until 10 am.

Sunset over Las Vegas

We got into Las Vegas around 3:30, we have the same site (#24) that we had last year at the Clark County Shooting Park.  Had a great reception from Linda and Phil, Vickie and Wade along with new neighbors, Sue and Jim, Terry and Pat. Other friends from last year stopped by later, Cindy and Jerry, Sharon and Mickey. It was great visiting with everyone. What a beautiful sunset we had our 1st night here!
This is our 3rd time to volunteer here and I guess this year they are actually going to have us do the hearing test and the lead blood test. Have our appointments for the tests on Monday. Looks like we are going to be Line Safety Officers this year. This should be interesting!