Memorial Day has once again come and the summer has begun!! The Badger's are in our motor coach and on the road again.We packed up on May 30 and left Palm Coast on May 31 for our summer adventure. We did have a bit of a slow start as we had to make a stop at Camping World on our way out of town. It seems that the door handle decided to lock up!! Could not get into the coach, as the lock had frozen. John had ordered a new part so we stopped to get it fixed. It took us much longer than we had thought and after five hours we were told that it was now working, so out we went and.....the latch would not open!!! Thank goodness that we had left a window
unlocked so that we could get in and open the door
from the inside. Another two hours and we were
on our way. As we had gotten such a late start we only drove as far as Lake City, Florida and stopped at the Lake City Campground.Saturday morning we were up early and off again. We headed up to Valdosta, Georgia and headed West on US 84. It was a nice road through the rolling countryside. Saturday we made it to Andalusia, Alabama, staying at the Sweet Home Alabama Campground. We had been watching the weather and did have some heavy rain just prior to arriving at the campground, however it stopped as we pulled into our camping spot. (Not fun trying to set up in the rain)
Sunday morning, June 2, and we were on the road again. Today we made it to Vidalia, Louisiana. Right across the Mississippi River from Natchez, Mississippi. We stayed overnight at the River view RV Park and watched the barges along the River. The river was up somewhat, but not as high as in 2011 when the Campground had flooded and was closed.
Monday morning, June 3, and we were headed toward Texas. Driving along the road we have seem lots of "road kill" however, we have never seen Alligators killed along the road!! Today we
saw two alligators along the roadside that had been hit by a vehicle. These were not small gators!! They were at least 5 to 6 feet in length. I am just glad that we were not the one that ran over them... don't think that would have been a good thing!!!We made our way north of Dallas and pulled into the Destiny Dallas RV Resort in Denton, Texas. We decided to stay two nights and catch our breath. We found a great Bar-B-Que joint near the campground and had some great ribs!!!
Wednesday, June 5, on to Lubbock, Texas. We pulled into the Lubbock RV Park for the night. Soon after we had set up camp, the weather took a turn for the worse and the notice went out that
Thunderstorms were approaching the Lubbock area. We pulled in all the slides on our rig and watched the news. There were no tornadoes however there were heavy winds, gusting from 70 to 85 miles per hour. Watching the news (thank goodness we did not lose power) there were power outages all over the city and some damage. The wind had brought down some lights on a ball field at the local college and the roof was off several buildings, but we were okay!!!!!!In the morning we received a message from our neighbor at home.... seems that one of the sprinkler heads had come off and there was water running down the yard. Thank goodness for our neighbors John and Julie!!!! They managed to take care of the problem....seems like nothing happtens when we are home, however the minute you leave.... something has to break!!!!! All is well. THANK YOU John and Julie.
When we went to leave the following morning the underside of the coach was loaded with tumbleweeds that been blown about. Pulled them free and we were off again.
Thursday, June 6, and we were off to Albuquerque, New Mexico. We pulled into the American RV Park. What a nice park! It was hot in Albuquerque, but it did cool off very nice at nights for sleeping. Up in the morning and over to the office building where they had breakfast!!!!! Not bad.
We have been on the road now for a week, learning once again to live so close together!!!!! From here we are planning on heading to Durango, Colorado, stopping there for about a month. It will be nice to get someplace and stay for awhile and get our bearings.
More from along the road later. Happy trails to all...
Love, Candy and Johnny
