Heading to Texas!

We departed around 8:30am heading west on I -10 past downtown New Orleans. We enjoyed the visit and it was now time to move on down the road. I research all of campground stops on Trip Advisor and on the Good Sam camping website. I like to see what other travelers think about these RV parks and I also rely on the pictures provided on these sites. My research failed me on this next stop...
This leg of the trip was long, our next destination was 350 miles which typically takes 8 hours. It was extremely hot all day and we had to make a few pit stops. When you are driving into the sun all day and the outside temperature is 98 degrees it can be brutal behind that huge windshield! We finally arrived in Point Texas about 6:30pm and made our way to the Lake Tawakoni RV park. The first concern was the fact that the elderly gentleman that checked us in said, "just pull in and park anywhere you like".  It was a wooded area, none of the roads in this park were paved and we were supposed to find a space in a place we've never been!  I decided to take the car off the tow and take a tour to see where we would fit. We finally found our spot in the woods and parked the coach.
It was at this moment that I had an epiphany, I am not the "camping in the woods" type! Jay was in agreement with me on that point when he realized that there would be no satellite TV and he and Savannah's walk would be in those woods! We survived two days there, but, we were more than ready to continue west.
I revisited the site that described this RV park and it definitely didn't mention that none of the roads were paved and that there had been no maintenance or upgrades in years. The site also didn't allude to the fact that due to a severe drought the Lake was just about non existent. I credit Jay for his driving skills in and out of those woods on those dirt roads but he was dismayed to be driving his new coach through the dusty woods...

The next day we hopped back on the road anxious to see more of Texas, we were heading for Wichita Falls Texas which was about 200 miles and 4 hours. In this heat I was relieved and looking forward to a shorter day on the road. Our next stop was in the city so I had high hopes of a leisurely afternoon by a pool with a frosty drink in my hand. We pulled into this small family owned park and it was very nice, but we noticed right away the pool was empty. Jay said to the woman checking us in.. "Hey, why is the pool empty"?  She sternly replied that the area was in a stage five drought and they barely had water to drink, yikes... no swimming for us! We felt bad about the comment and really didn't realize the gravity of the drought situation. We apologized, paid our bill and quickly left their office to get settled in for the night. It was 100 degrees so we decided to go out for dinner and call it a night. Our trip in Texas, so far, has been otherwise uneventful. The park in Wichita Falls was very clean for our one night stay and certainly a step up from our previous evening in the woods!

This was a big lake before the drought, it was 100 degrees here!


Next stop Amarillo Texas and I have big plans!