The COVID19 Adventure

This was our home from mid-March to end of May.  For those that wonder where this park is, it is located outside of Livingston Texas, between Dallas and Houston. The biggest thing Carol and I learned while at Livingston... Texas is not the place we want to be in the summer, and it isn't even summer yet. The humidity was the hardest part of the stay, then came the rains trying to drown the park. We did have some excitement one evening when a tornado touched down about 10 miles from us. 

This is Carol's new toy... a washing machine with a spin basket. As soon as she got it out of the box she was doing laundry, with great enthusiasm. The spinner removes so much water, the clothes are fairly damp, drying fast when hung outside. The unit is small enough that it fits in the shower, so Carol can wash and it will drain no problem, and it is stored there during traveling. While she is enjoying laundry I play outside cleaning the truck and trailer, go for walks, or just nap. One day was exceptionally different, I was preparing to clean the slide side of the trailer by closing the living room/dining room slide... oh no I didn't, the slide stopped moving after a loud pop. My suspicion was that one of the tracks jumped the gear... a couple days later the repair confirmed my suspicion.  What in fact happened was the gear driving the slide slipped to the right, causing the slide to not move on it's side. If you look 

 closely, you can see the groove the allen screw made in the shaft. I spent time underneath with the tech, now I have an idea of what to do if it happens again. Now that that is fixed we can finish cleaning the slide side of the trailer.

We were trying to limit how much sedimentary lifestyle by going out for nightly walks. I attached myself to one of our fellow RVers, and we walked every night, anywhere between 1 1/2 to 2 miles. After my walking partner moved on, I re-introduced myself to my digital Walkman for my longer walks, Carol and I went on shorter walks.

Finally, it came time to prepare to leave Texas for South Dakota. Par for the plan it started another cycle of rain and wind, and I'm talking rain that tried to wash our site into our neighbors site. We got on the road and headed for Texarkana to visit one of Carol's relatives. We stayed an the Elk's lodge on the Texas side of Texarkana. 

They have "four" sites, only two have 30A electric, the other two are 20A receptacles; gravel parking surface; no water or dump station. We popped in for a drink and didn't see anybody but the bartender. Before we went to see Carol's relatives we stopped by the federal building to play tourist. The building is the second most photographed federal building in the United States. If you have never been there you may be asking me why I have provided this piece of trivia. Well... it is the only federal building that sits in two states, Texas and Arkansas. Another point of interest is the fact that while the judges are appointed in one state, they can sit the bench in both states.  I was in a hurry to get back to Texas so Carol wouldn't leave, it's a long walk to her relatives house.

 It was a fun time visiting with relatives, but it was time to move on. We did a little scout sightseeing for our next visit to Texarkana. Back to the the trailer to prep for our next leg of the journey, which is Keystone Lake Oklahoma, which is near Cleveland Oklahoma.