Wrong Way Feldman

Well, Rusty and I have been to a lot of RV parks in the last few months (we're back in Malibu as of this afternoon - we don't have as good as a spot as we got last time, but it's okay). Most of parks we've stayed at have been KOA. These typically all have the same things and you kind of know what to expect. The other parks we've stayed at have been Good Sam. Same thing with these, they have their "signature" amenities as well. Then there have been some total one offs - like Pecan Valley RV Park that I loved. Last night we stayed in a Thousand Trails campground in Indio. We've been in one of these before when we went with Sharon and Peter up to Yosemite. I can tell you that the one near Yosemite was about 1,000 times nicer than the one in Indio that we stayed in last night. It was definitely an older park. Mostly sand spots, with a cement or asphalt pad to park your car and a picnic table. The campground was right off the I10 so all Rusty and I wanted...

send your camel to bed ... Miss us? We kind of disappeared once we hit Pecan Valley, didn't we? We left Pecan Valley and headed for Fort Stockton, Texas. It was a nice RV park but the best part was the weather. It was so cool we were so happy and relaxed. We were just there for an evening though before we headed out for the El Paso KOA. The campground wasn't actually in El Paso, it was outside of the city in Anthony, Texas just on the New Mexican border located behind a Camping World. The campground was just an asphalt parking lot with full hookups. We ended up staying there for two days because it was nice and cool and the place we were to go next we started reading some reviews about it online and it sounded kind of creepy. Instead we opted to spend a long day driving all the way to Tucson, Arizona. Our drive has been pretty uneventful, except I kind of freaked out seeing these signs along the I10 in New Mexico: Luckily there were no dust storms and we now know what ...

We left Waco for San Antonio. We were going to be there five days but left after three. It wasn't a bad campground for being in the middle of an industrial area within the city but it was just too hot to enjoy doing anything outdoors. We spent one afternoon at Riverwalk, but didn't have the energy or desire to do anything else. We drove by the Alamo and just as quickly forgot it (see what I did there?). I stumbled upon this RV park about 140 miles west of San Antonio by using the Park Advisor app so we decided to leave San Antonio early and continue west. Our destination - Pecan Valley RV Park in Junction, Texas. It was absolutely amazing. An RV park next to the Llano River in a pecan grove. In the evening and early morning huge herds of deer make their way through the park. The night sky was so dark and clear the milky way was visible. And the best part, sketchy at best, network and cell service. Rusty and I had two full relaxing days doing nothing but shelling and eating pe...

Well, I didn't know much about Waco - other than the Branch Dividians until we stayed there on Tuesday night at the Flat Creek Farm RV Park. Mt Pleasant wasn't bad either, but I loved Flat Creek Farm. We were lucky that we got the last space there. I absolutely loved this park. It was a few miles off the I35. Rusty kept arguing with the GPS about the route and it turned out that the GPS was trying to keep us off a small bridge with an axle weight limit. I was driving and there was no where to turn around so I asked Rusty if I should punch it going across and he said yes, then started going, "punch it...punch it" (I have a hard time punching it in the RV). After we were over Rusty realized it was a per axle weight limit and we were okay, but we both held our breath driving over it. The park was on a working farm with a catch and release pond and lots of room to wander. The weather had finally cooled off so we were happy just hanging out enjoying the view Rusty an...

We left Red Bay on Wednesday. We didn't get our appointment Monday like we were told, but Tuesday whoever had an appointment in the express bay at 7am didn't show up so they called us and we got in then. They fixed the AC issue by replacing the controller and the sensor. Rusty had to go with the mechanic though to tell the parts guy we wanted both things switched out. It turns out the low voltage issue is a known problem and we're not the only one with it. It only happens on the Freightliner chassis. They've tried everything to fix it but nothing has stopped it; including changing out the batteries like we wanted them to do. The mechanic said he thinks it some weird glitch that will take them a few months to work out. The good news is that they haven't discovered any problems with RV's getting this error. This time in Red Bay was easier because we knew what to expect and we took full advantage of having access to the mechanics.  I'm sure we were driving th...

We're back in Red Bay to see if we can get the low voltage issue fixed once and for all. The guy that worked on it last time was 99.8% sure that it was the connections that were bad but we're still getting the warning. He said the only other thing he could think of would be to replace the batteries so that's what we want them to do. We've also had a new issue come up with the AC in the front of the RV so we'll get that taken care of as well and hopefully a couple of other issues. We're scheduled to go in the express bay on Monday. In the express bay you get two mechanics for three hours. After that you're back to the waiting list. Right now that's a week or two so we're hoping the express bay works. We left the Carolinas to a view that I haven't seen since the LA riots - a guy running down the freeway at 8am smoking a cigarette and carrying a rifle. He was running with traffic looking back over his shoulder. We did a quick stop in Knoxville and...