The Journey South..so far

We left Ohio on October 3rd, from Medina.  Cassie, our daughter, had a very nice send off get together for us before we left.  It was really nice seeing all of our friends before we left.

Jim was committed to find good weather before we stopped the first night. We made it to Cincinnati and the weather broke and we had beautiful blue skys before we pulled into the first RV Campground, Cincinnati, South in Crittenden, KY.  It was just off Route I-75.  Very convenient.  However the highway ran along one side the campground  AND a train track ran along the other side of the campground.  It was very noisy there. We could hardly hear each other talk when we sat at the picnic table to eat that night. Lucky it was still a bit chilly that night so we slept with the windows closed and the heat on.

The second night we stopped at a campground in Lebanon, TN just off of Route I-40. Again very convenient....and noisy from the traffic, but no train tracks that night which was a good thing. Nice campground though. Camper people are always friendly and so full of advice.

Night three...yep you guessed it....right along side of Route I-30 in Benton, AR. The lady at the desk assured Jim that "you won't hear a thing".  That was only if you take out the hearing aids and slept with a very thick pillow over your head. It was a campground good for a one night stay, which is all we did there.

On October 6th we made it into Livingston TX. For the first official part of our trip, we pulled into the Escapees park around 4:30 PM (Texas time-we gained and hour). We were directed to Lot 95...guess what? The highway (Route 146) is about 500 yard away. Cars travel that road at 70 miles per hour. Not as heavily traveled as a state route so sleeping is possible. I just make believe it is the ocean waves as each car passed.

On Friday (10-7-11) we got up and started to do our errands of getting the truck and trailer plated. Which included breaking camp and taking the truck and trailer down to some little Auto repair place in Soda to have it inspected. Brought the camper back to the campground and went to the license bureau for the plates. After an exchange of a large sum of money we were handed a piece of paper to "place in the window" until the real plates come----in 4 to 6 weeks. No they did not hand us plates like they do in Ohio, I thought that was a bit odd... but it gets even better. Our next stop was the Drivers License Bureau (the DPS here in Texas). We both went up to the window together, I just got a regular license and was out in a short period of time, but again they do not hand you your license at that time...it will come in 4 to 6 weeks also. Now it was Jim's turn.  Because of the over all weight of the truck and trailer (over 26,001 lbs) he had to take a written test and a driving test proving that he can drive the rig. Heck of a time now to find that out. He took the test that day, and FAILED it. How that happen I have not clue. We he has to go back on Monday (the 10th) to take the CDL test again. He got a book to study this time. He will  have to make an appointment for the driving part of the test...which should be some time Wednesday or Thursday. This has put a bit of a wrinkle in our travel plans to be out in Arizonia as quickly as possible. This has given us time to do a few things around the camper. Jim washed the camper and truck today and I spent the day shredding the 35 years of tax returns and canceled checks that we have been schlepping around with us for a while now.

I did say I was going to take pictures of what we see out of our door every time we went some place new.  This is a picture of what was out our front door on Friday. At least we get to run with the big boys!!!!