COAST-2-COAST REPOSITIONING - WEEK 3

SUNDAY - 121 miles driven - Today we drove 121-miles due east on US-380, about half of that was in New Mexico, with the balance of it in Texas.

As you'll see in the photos it's not a very picturesque region of the country. That's just a nice way of saying there was a whole lot of nothing to see today.

TRAVEL DAY PHOTOS
ROSWELL, NM TO BROWNFIELD, TX

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Like I said, our drive through New Mexico didn't offer much to see.
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It appears the "Welcome to Texas" sign has a bad case of sticker-itis.
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Just because we're in Texas now doesn't mean the scenery is going to change much.
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We had another unidentified "Wide Load" approaching us on the other side of the highway.
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Coleman Park is in the city of Brownfield, TX (pop. 8936).
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Inside Coleman Park is the Brownfield RV Park which offers one FREE night of camping.
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The site includes water and electric hookups and a FREE dump station too.

There are many smaller cities all over West Central Texas that offer FREE camping as a way to get tourists to at least stop in their city and hope you take the time to spend a little money while you're here. We'll be doing our laundry and purchasing gas while in town and since we didn't hookup to the utilites or dump our tanks I think that's a fair trade for both of us.

MONDAY - 160 miles driven - As we've come to expect on our drives across rural New Mexico and Texas there wasn't a lot to see.

Tricia only took two photos today and I'm going to share them both. In other words, it was a slow news day.

TRAVEL DAY PHOTOS
BROWNFIELD, TX TO STAMFORD, TX

This is the Jones County Courthouse in the city center of Anson, TX (pop. 2294).
I'm sure there are some Anson city municipal offices in the building too.

This time we've been banished to the gravel lot at the back corner of the Walmart parking lot.
At least there are no "you will be towed if you park here overnight signs".

TUESDAY - 101 miles driven - Tricia woke up early and around 6:30AM went for her morning walk up and down the rows of the Walmart parking lot.

There was only one other RVer in the lot last night and they of course parked right next to us in the gravel lot, but on the other side of the parking lot there were at least 4 or 5 18-wheelers who also spent the night here.

We had another uninspiring 101-mile drive across Texas today.

TRAVEL DAY PHOTOS
STAMFORD, TX TO WICHITA FALLS, TX

We did see lots and lots of wind turbines in the perfectly flat fields along the highway...

...and when those wind turbines break they apparently bring new parts in over the road.

We arrived early, very early (10:00AM), for tonight's back-2-back Walmart overnight stay.

I'd say we arrived just in time! Luckily, there's a Murphy USA gas station here at this Walmart.

On a side note: Notice the mileage on ROVER's odometer, 157,907.5! That's important, because we have a 160,000-mile extended warranty that will soon expire. Our route says we have 1790-miles to go before we reach our stop in Jacksonville, where we have a service appointment already scheduled at FORD for mid-December.

By my calculations we only have about a 300-mile buffer, so we'll have to keep our sightseeing excursions to a minimum from here on out.

WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY - 178 miles driven - We had another slightly longer than average driving day today.

We stopped just passed the halfway point at another Walmart where we ate lunch and filled up with 28.5-gallons of $3.22 gasoline, the cheapest prices we've seen since first arriving on the West Coast back in February.

TRAVEL DAY PHOTOS
WICHITA FALLS, TX TO PARIS, TX

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North Central Texas apparently has a large agricultural presence in the state.
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Two towns in a row had these huge storage tanks in the center of town.
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We're getting used to seeing large "oversized loads" going down the highways here.
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This large storage tank pulled out in front of us and then sped away.
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Several miles up the road we saw him pulled over checking the straps were still in place.
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We made it to Pat Mayse Lake outside of Paris, TX.
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We've got three nights here before moving a short distance to our next site.
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I circled in red the electrical post for our site. I'm sure glad we carry 50' of 30AMP cord.
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I also stretched out our 150' cord of Starlink cable, nearly down to the roadway.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - 72 miles driven - Just a short drive today, but we do have a few interesting photos to share.

After our 2-day visit to Oklahoma we'll be able to add it to our "Explored States" list, meaning we've spent 30-days or more in the state.

TRAVEL DAY PHOTOS
PARIS, TX TO BROKEN BOW, OK

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This time the "oversized load" was on our side of the road.
The oncoming traffic sure didn't make it easy to pass him with our 50' long truck/trailer combo.
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Sasquatch, Big Foot, Yeti, Skunk Ape, we've heard them all. Not this one though!
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We made it to our waterfront site here at Beaver's Bend State Park in Broken Bow, OK.
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We are camped on the outflow from the Beaver's Bend Dam about 3-miles upstream.
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This state park in very popular, but we somehow managed to have an empty site next to us.
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This is the closest thing we've seen to "fall color" anywhere along our route.
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The muted fall color reflecting in the shimmering water.
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At sunrise the color blended into vibrant reds.
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Tricia's morning walk introduced herself to the local wildlife.
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Most of the locals didn't seem to be to interested in making new friends.
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The colors appear more muted in the early morning sunlight.
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It was Tricia's turn to attempt a "dumpster rescue" this morning, although he looked
to be pretty comfortable down there. Maybe he just wasn't done with breakfast yet?

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