My Life and Travels
Today’s drive, up at 6:30 on the road by 7:15.
Campsite #H24 same as last year.
We went to dinner with Jim and Edith Inks and had a great time. Jim and I spent a year together in Danang, Vietnam during 1971-72. I am getting old, I left Danang and got out of the Navy 45 year’s ago this month (November).
Moving towards the big house. Looking to the weather report for Northern California we may have to drive out to the coast to get by the mountains.
Today’s drive
We are at the Escapees park in Deming to do laundry and pick up our mail.
In site 22
And one picture of Jack.
Today was south to Fort Stockton for more history. The main part of the old town is pretty well closed up however they have saved a bunch of their history.
They spent a million dollars buy the land from the old fort and rebuild some of the buildings.
The guardhouse was one of the only builds left from the original fort.
The museum in town is in one of the original hotels.
We have one of these at home which Jack has been using.
Fort Stockton museum talked about the cattle and how they helped to make the area grow.
This museum has been recently redone with all new displays and a lot of technology. They have a lot of touch screens that show videos about people who started and built the oil business in the area.
This was a display showing where all the oil came from millions of years ago.
Lot of beautiful paintings.
Information about the oil companies that started here.
Equipment they used to use to drill wells and to they get it out of the ground.
Also had an amazing section of crystals.
It was a good 3-4 hours here.
Moved out of Odessa looking for a nicer place to stay.
The sites are really close but at least it is not a parking lot, site 26.
Before we went looking for a new campsite we went to the Presidential Archives and Leadership Library.
We spent 2 and a half hours reading a lot of the information they have displayed about the presidents and their actions while president.
Painting and a informational plaque for every president.
Paintings of all the First Ladies and a ton of more information. The focus is how the presidents lead the nation during it’s many difficult times.
This was a cool painting of all the presidents.
Closer look at the right side of the painting. I know I could have taken a much better pictures. Anyway, this is a place I’d like to go back to if come back through here.
We are in Odessa, got to be someplace. Only a couple of RV parks in town one full with monthly people, one never returned a call and the review on the third says they give you a case of water when you check in for drinking and cooking. We are spending the night at the Ector County Exp grounds, flat 20 amp electric. Tomorrow afternoon we’ll move west of town to a state park, Monahans Sandhills State Park.
Today’s drive
On our way to Odessa, Texas.
Spending the night at a rest stop 7 miles east of Van Horn, Texas
Today’s drive.
Campsite
Worked on the coach today.
When we left Zion the left turn signal on the pickup was not working when it was being towed. When I set pickup up for towing I put in a separate light system.
At Lee’s Ferry I figured out that power was not coming out of the coach. At Sky City I found a broken wire under the coach frame.
This wire was cut at one end and hanging by a few stands on the other end. The nickel is for size. This morning we drive to Walmart for groceries and wire to fix the flasher.
The only color Walmart had was red and black, hopefully red will work.
The yellow turn signal wire was broken on both sides of the main frame. It looks like the wire was pinched to cause the separation. The upper picture also shows a green wire with some sharp bends in it where it has been pinched. I don’t see a pinch point where the wire could have been pinched, maybe this happen when the coach was assembled. Don’t know.
Anyway I spliced in a piece red wire and the light on the pickup worked.
Had the pickup along side the coach so I could see the taillights from the coach driver’s seat.
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Today’s map.
The drive.
In site 74.
If you go to the table area and go to the left you’ll see the river.
Today was the first time we had to go to three Campgrounds to find a site. Stopped at Elephant Butte, they had a couple of sites however they were on steep hills. Caballo Lake sites were all full, we found a place at Caballo River Side which is below the dam an right on the Rio Grande River.
Had a big thunder storm in the evening including a little hail.
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We decided to stay one more night because we have not decided which direction to go. When we leave here we have to go there east or west. Will decide before we go to bed tonight.
The site we are in is taken tonight so we have to move. A caravan is coming in this afternoon and they have booked a group of sites so they are together. Moving to site 35 and the park is charging us $15.00 a night rather than $20.00, that was a nice touch.
The campsite picture, not trees or view but this place has electricity, water, sewer, TV and good WIFI.
The left turn and brake light on the pickup ( while being towed ) quit working a while ago. I got a test light and while at Lee’s Ferry I figured out the plug on the coach was not putting out any power on this terminal. I spent a lot of time looking for a fuse panel for the trailer plug and of today still haven’t found one. Today I crawled under the coach with the intent of following wires back until I got power.
After looking around at the wire bundles with a flashlight I found this wire hanging by one or two strands at each end.
The nickel is to show size.
With the light tester I confirmed one side produces power when the turn signal is on and with a OHM meter the other end goes to the trailer plug. I will get some wire this weekend and fix the problem.
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