It's Our Anniversary 5-19-10

Our night in the Pegues-Hurst Motor Co. parking lot was not bad.  It was much quieter than the campground we paid a fortune for the night before.  I ran the generator to cool it down but after dark a breeze came up and we opened the windows.  It was very pleasant.

Today is our 38th anniversary.  The only thing we wanted was to have our MH back on the road.  As promised by the SM the day before, he got us right in first thing.  Soon he told us the problem was in the ignition switch itself.  He had to see if he could get one.  Oh no, not another day in the parking lot!  Fortunately, he was able to get one locally and he had us on our way by 12:30 PM.

I wasn’t feeling very well today so Darlie took the wheel for the first leg.  The wind was blowing about 20 knots from the south or right on the side of the MH.  She was really getting a workout keeping it on the road.  

Just before we got to Dallas I took over.  I didn’t want her to try to navigate through the rush hour traffic.  We made it through without incident or delay.  We decided to call it a day at 5:30 PM.  There was a Texas state park not far off US 287.  

We took the exit for Lake Arrowhead State Park.  It was about 10 miles off the road to the park.  It was a nice drive through ranch land covered with mesquite trees.  A local told us the stuff is considered a nuisance plant by ranchers.  It spreads like crab grass. It makes fine smoking wood, however.

Lake Arrowhead was just as I knew it would be.  Beautifully wooded with a large lake and public park along the shoreline.  We saw our first prairie dogs.  There was a large community of them in the lawn by the lake shore.  They are cute little guys.  Darlie took at least 50 photos and a 60 minute video.   She gets carried away with the camera.  She spotted a couple of ducks and I knew right off they would also be added to the gallery.

The park ranger told us there were only 4 other campers in the park.  What a shame.  We passed a dozen of those cow pasture parks that looked nearly full.  They cost more and offer little in beauty.  

We are nestled into a pocket of mesquite with birds chirping all around.  There isn’t a light in sight.  Oh yes, Darlie says tell them about the peach tree.  She found a wild one growing nearby that was loaded with peaches.

The campground book says this park doesn’t have 50 amp electrical service, but it does.  With water and electric a space was $20.  There is a dump station on the way out.

We thawed out a couple of rib eyes for the grill and sat outside enjoying the cool breeze off the lake.  It was our anniversary dinner.  Outback couldn’t have been better.   At least I know they don’t have the atmosphere. 

May 20, 10  Darlie's birthday.

I am not going to write much because we need to get to  our night stop.  We finally found a wifi connection at McDonald's so we had to up load a bunch of posts and photos.  We are in New Mexico today and will be staying at Santa Rosa State Park for the night.  God bless and I hope I can post again soon.