Friday we drove another 300+ miles to funky little Menard County RV Park. Most of the folks there seemed to be semi permanent and they had fairly nice spots under oak trees.
We were in the transient slots, which were on a gravel area with no trees. But they were level and had full hookups so that was fine.
We were taking Saturday off from driving so I was hoping the adjacent county park would be nice for walking Matey.
And it was…
sort of.
We didn’t have much of a day off, anyway. Saturday we ran errands in the tiny town of Menard. We needed a water pressure gauge, a refrigerator thermometer, a small round battery, hose washers (the soft black kind) and Bud was hoping to find goat meat. Amazingly we found everything and the people in town were very kind.
Saturday afternoon Bud decided he should cook some meals ahead before the produce went bad. And I realized that was my last day to figure out what Canadian National Park campgrounds we wanted to stay in and when, before reservations open online on Tuesday. (We drove today and we are driving again tomorrow and reservations open at 5 AM Mountain Time.) So I spent all afternoon working out our itinerary for Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, which will be from June 7th to September 3rd.
After a less than restful day off we started out this morning to drive another 324 miles. The first part of the drive was pleasant, straight west on U.S. 190. This was a pretty smooth road with no traffic. You can see we’re getting into drier land here, but there were still trees.
The second half of the trip was no fun. Miles of open country on I-10 with lots of headwind and plenty of tractor-trailers. My least favorite kind of driving.
And here we are, still in Texas, at the Wild West RV Park in Van Horn. Happily another very level spot, because we didn’t unhitch.
We’re in another little town.
I’m glad we’re only staying overnight because this place has two of my banes for walking with Matey; stray dogs…
and goat’s head thorns.
At least out beyond the dusty parking lot, cheesy motel and very busy train tracks there are some striking rock formations.
On the Roam Again 
Well I’m glad you found a few good things – level campsites, impressive rock formations and places to buy all your needed items! That goat’s head thorn looks dangerous! How big is it?
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They are about an eight to a quarter of an inch across. They get stuck in your shoes and are awful for Matey.
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If you had to walk around them very much, Matey would need some leather boots!
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Do you remember Dad”s little poem? ” The sun she rise, the sun she set and we ain’t out of Texas, yet!
Hope your next town/campground is more pleasant.
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