Category: Texas

We departed from Pelham Park RV Park at 9:15AM CDT and headed Northwest on US-287 towards Amarillo, TX. We stopped for fuel at the Love’s Travel Stop in Wichita Falls, TX. We then continued on to the TA Travel Center in Amarillo, TX for more fuel. We then headed West on I-40.

We pulled into Midpoint Campground in Adrian, TX at 2:45PM CDT (319 miles). Adrian is the midpoint of Route 66, positioned 1,139 miles from both Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California, hence the name of the campground.

This campground is pretty much a parking lot, but the price is right at $30/night. It has full hookups and sits at 4,042′ in elevation providing us with a nice cool breeze. We have the camper open and it’s 72 degrees inside. The campground is not manned and payment is via the honor system with an envelope. So far, there only two other campers here. We saw no rules regarding washing RV’s so we quickly washed all the Texas bugs off of the front of the camper.

Device	Download Mbps	Upload Mbps
Campground Wi-Fi	n/a	n/a
Starlink	201	13
AT&T Hotspot	n/a	n/a
US Mobile – Brian (AT&T)	14	7
US Mobile – Beth (AT&T)	n/a	n/a

TV	Quality
Antenna	5 (ABC Affliciate)
Campground Cable	n/a
DISH Satellite	n/a

We departed from Poverty Point Reservoir State Park at 8:30AM CDT. We headed West on I-20 towards Dallas and stopped for fuel and propane at the Love’s Travel Stop in Monroe, LA. It seemed like it took forever to get someone to come out and fill our propane tank. That will likely be the frustration of having a propane generator. From there we continued on along I-20 to the TA Travel Center in Terrell, TX for more fuel. Someone decided to pile their pickup into the safety fence along the center median several hundred yards prior to our the exit and we lost all the time I had gained back from our wait for propane at the previous stop. By the time we got to the exit and purchased our fuel there was another wreck East of our exit. The traffic around Dallas has increased dramatically since my last business trip there. No matter where Google Maps sent us to avoid wrecks, we still hit gridlock. We will be avoiding Dallas in the future (it joins the list with Atlanta and Chicago).

We pulled into Pelham Park RV Park in Bowie, TX at 5:30PM CDT (419 miles). We pulled into the first site and hooked up our Energy Management System (EMS)/Surge Protector and saw no errors, so we leveled and put the slide out. Then I went into the camper and saw that we had no shore power according to our command center. I went back out and read the EMS and we had new errors (open ground). So we packed back up and moved to the next site. No issues there (other than getting grouchy in the Texas heat).

This is a nice little town park campground with water and electric for $15/night. It also has the world’s largest Bowie Knife (zoom in on the right side of our site photo, the knife is at a 45° angle between our camper and the soccer net).

Device	Download Mbps	Upload Mbps
Campground Wi-Fi	n/a	n/a
Starlink	87	18
AT&T Hotspot	n/a	n/a
US Mobile – Brian (AT&T)	587	32
US Mobile – Beth (AT&T)	n/a	n/a

TV	Quality
Antenna	No Channels
Campground Cable	n/a
DISH Satellite	n/a

On Sunday, we had a tough drive in heavy crosswinds (25-35 MPH).  We have hauled our kayak on top of the Tahoe for well over 10K miles and never had a problem, but the crosswinds were just too much and we had to stop 3 times to re-secure it in cold temperatures (35 degrees is cold in 35MPH winds).

We migrated to TX-152 in Dumas, TX and stopped at a city RV park in Pampa, TX where you pay your $15 nightly fee on the honor system (envelope in a box).  The campground had 30 Amp electrical service and water.  We stopped in time to fire up the satellite dish and watch NFL football.  We had the entire park to ourselves and never left the camper due to the wind and cold.