Rain + dirt =

Copper Breaks SP Texas

We have a pretty good Verizon signal here. The reviews we read about the park must have been old. We broke camp in the rain and it has been raining all day. We drove here on Hwy 6. That road goes through College Station. I had no idea it went into Oklahoma. We are here for 2 nights. Jenny & I took a short rainy bike ride to get this shot into 'Bull Canyon', which is the central feature of this park.

Last day in Oklahoma

I did the bike trails this morning. I was out there for 3 hours and I was lost for an hour and a half. I have included a map to indicate how easy it was to become disoriented. Tomorrow we enter Texas. The plan is to visit Copper Breaks SP for a 2 day stay. This park is near Quanah TX. The cell phone companies have bypassed Quanah. WiFi won't work either so I will send a SPOT to let everyone know we are in one piece.

Lake Thunderbird State Park Oklahoma

The last 2 nights we have been in earshot of I 40. We wanted to avoid road noise tonight. This park is supposed to have awesome mountain bike trails. A quiet night and a bike ride tomorrow. Sounds good to me. We will probably be here 2 nights. There is another SP near here that we might visit. Don't know yet. We are not going to make it to California this trip. We have decided to slow down a little and smell the roses. Here's a pic of our camp.

Fixed

We made a few phone calls this morning and found an RV service center in Jackson TN. That town was conveniently located near our route. We gave them the MP at 10:30. Jenny and I pretty much did Jackson for a few hours until we got the call that all was well. The AC had a disconnected wiring harness do dad. No parts were required. When we dropped off the old girl I mentioned that the awning was busted. They fixed that too. We got back on the road and drove through Memphis. We are in Arkansas east of Little Rock. Lindsay sent us this pic. This is a mini-Nobel.

Buffalo\Hurricane Mills TN

This place is unincorporated and there is no one in authority to decide what to call it. Loretta Lynn has got something going on here. I'm pretty sure she is no longer with us but her legacy continues here. We are in a KOA. RVers would call it a Kowa. You probably don't remember but last year, all during our Alaska trip, the furnace in the MP didn't work. We had a space heater so we got by. This afternoon, just for the hell of it, we turned on the MP AC. The compressor doesn't come on. We get nothing but ambient air. So last year we go where it's cold with no heater and this year we're going where it's hot with no AC. I really do love this lifestyle. We must have this taken care of. We'll have to find a repair place. This pic reflects my current attitude.

Barn construction progress

Got 1\2 the roof on. Ate nachos. Drank beer. Played ping pong. Pretty productive really. Tomorrow we are heading West. Don't know where yet.