A boat in the RV park...
No, that's not our satellite dish. Apparently someone else rents this site on a long term basis and leaves it for others to use when he's not there... doesn't help us any, since we have Dish and this is DirectTV.
A patio alongside, that we didn't get to use...
Just across the street from the showers...
Nice showers. Friendly people. It was just off the Interstate, but with a small hill between, it was quiet. They take Passport America, so the price was only $14. Perfect for an overnight stop.
Joan made Izzy a new bed from the memory foam for the v-berth - she can barely keep her eyes open...
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Plenty of construction on I-35. In one corner where the road surface was irregular and crowned badly, the trailer on the semi that was passing us swung into our lane! He pulled to the left, I pulled to the right... I was watching him in the side mirror; I thought for sure that he was going to hit us. Joan shrieked with that hard maneuver... perhaps something to do with the cement barrier on her side of the truck that quickly got closer! I never felt any bump, but we stopped at the next rest area, just to take a closer look. I thought he might have nicked our port side bunk... nope. Whew!
The drizzle continued all morning as we continued north. Just south of the Ft. Worth area, we began to see patches of blue sky and the rain stopped. By the time we got to the RV park, it was beautifully clear and sunny.
The ladies at the front desk of this RV park were chatty and friendly - they had LOTS of questions about our travels with the boat. "Do you have a bathroom in there?" "A shower?" "Can you cook in there?" "Is your cat OK with traveling in the boat?" "You have cable TV in there?"
Yep, yep, yep, yep, and yep (satellite, too, but there are too many trees in this park).
A guy in a golf cart escorted us to our site, we plugged in power and cable TV, and awaited word on meeting up with the rest of Joan's family later today.
We're down for a couple nights. Since the ground is dry here, little Izzy got to go for a short walk on her leash. She has a spot by the window where she can watch the birds - she is a happy little girl.
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On edit: Little Izzy learned a new skill today. She waits for me to pick her up and put her on the boat when we're on land (she has no issue going from the dock to the boat when we're on the water). She wanted up today, and I told her to jump up there; I gave her encouragement to go from the step ladder to the swim platform, then into the cockpit. She balked a few times, then went to the step ladder. She hissed when she didn't get placed in the cockpit, then acted like she was going to jump. "Go ahead and hiss - you can do this on your own. Use your Supercat jumping powers!" She reared back, shoved off with those powerful back legs, and landed on the swim platform... then looked around as if to say, "See what I did?" ;-)
With the sunshine, we opened the bimini to give us some shade. Warm to go with the sunshine, it is in the 80s. It is comfortable in the boat with the a/c running.
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When I called for reservations here, the lady on the phone said she would have to get the OK from the manager to have a boat in this park. They have rules about: no converted school buses, RVs more than 10 years old are only allowed on inspection.
2 comments:
Hey Captain - what kind of AC do you have in the boat - I do not see a roof top Polar Cub?
Bob Jarrard
Hi Bob. No, I did not want to cut a hole in the top of the boat. The only time we have found a need for a/c is when we're on the road, so we use a room a/c in the front center window. Not fancy, but it works well, and the total cost was less than $100.
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