If you said, "A movie about D-Day during World War II that was released in 1962," you are probably as old as I am. Oh, and you get 30 bonus points. If you said, "The Summer Solstice is the day in North America that has the most daylight hours, but you missed that, Jim - it was the 21st," you are also correct, and you get 10 bonus points.
Today was our longest driving day; well, the longest that we expect to do this trip. I like to refer to this stretch as: The Texas Big City Slog. Today's drive would take us through San Antonio, Austin, Waco, and Fort Worth. We were out relatively early and slid through the San Antonio commuter traffic easily. A very minor slowdown as we rolled through Austin (where the traffic on I-35 can be ugly). The stretch north of Austin used to be kinda wide open, but is now city after city. Plenty of road construction, too. The traffic was heavy all day long, and we were down to 2 lanes of crappy road in the Waco area. North of there, traffic generally settles down a bit... well, it has in the past. We took the road to the left where I-35 splits (E to Dallas, W to Fort Worth); I was beginning to think we wouldn't get caught in bumper to bumper traffic... we sure saw that in the southbound lanes. I was wrong. As we got close to Fort Worth, traffic came to a standstill. Nearly an hour of stop and go, mostly stop. An accident and loads of construction.
On to the photos: Rufus slept on his tower between us...
At one of several stops along the way, we fit in between the big rigs at the rest area...
As we came to Fort Worth, this was our view for most of an hour...
I'm not a fan of being stuck behind a semi, since we have very little forward view; no doubt cars behind us feel the same way, staring at the back of our cargo trailer.
The range on the motorhome is decent, especially compared to the small fuel tank we had on Big Red (loved that truck, though). This means we can kinda pick where we want to fuel up; and this was our choice...
Yes, Buc-ee's. We passed two other Buc-ees today; this one is north of Fort Worth, south of Denton. After topping off the tank, I pulled to that spot out on the perimeter (above), and we went inside to get a couple pastries, and Joan wanted some freshly-made potato chips. By this point in the afternoon, it was hot. Damn hot. We turned on the generator and put the air conditioner on full blast so Rufus would be comfortable while we stepped out. He got a "third lunch" before we left, so he was all about a nap.
Back out on the Interstate and another slow-down where I-35 E & W come back together. Less than an hour at that point to our stop at the RV park at Winstar Casino, just across the TX/OK border into Oklahoma...
It was hot when we set up. Joan wants to take the car to the casino (their shuttle still isn't running due to Covid restrictions), so we took the time to unhook and back the trailer towards the motorhome so we can drive the car there. Maybe tomorrow. After today's drive through traffic, I am looking to kick back this evening. Seemed like everything we did to get set up took longer than usual, probably because of the heat. They don't show people sweating like farm animals in the ads for new RVs. ;-)
If it cools down enough overnight, Rufus might get to go for a walk outside. Early.
1 comment:
Yup - Big Red was a good truck. Nice looking place to stay. Rooms are a lot more than RV spaces and no vacancy in the hotel. Enjoy. Bob J.
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