Evans Escapades: Summer Trip 2012 - Travel Days

We’ve traveled a lot of miles since we last spoke. . .

First, we stopped by Granbury TX for a wonderful weekend visit

with Dave’s Aunt Barbara and Uncle Wendell. . .

His brother Curtis and wife Brenda met us there

for a great visit, and delicious eats.

next stop. . .

Lake Texoma Thousand Trails in Gordonville TX.

This butterfly picture is the only pretty thing we have to show

from our visit there. . .way off the beaten path. . .

internet and phone service. . .nonexistent.

We had scheduled a week there, thinking it would

be right on Lake Texoma, the way the other parks are on

Lake Conroe, and Medina Lake. . .not so.

The lake was a long ways away. . .too far to walk to,

but we had a project that needed to be done, so we stuck it out,

and got some water damaged flooring repaired and replaced.

Never a good idea to go bouncing down the highway

with damaged wood in strategic places. . .

Leaving Lake Texoma, we drove 437 miles. . .

past beautiful Oklahoma farms. . .

and ranches. . .

to Dodge City Kansas. . .where we had stopped on a vacation

25 years earlier. . .aren’t those Evans boys adorable?

We didn’t even unhook the truck. . .just pulled in to

Water Sports RV Park and Campground. . .

got the electric only hooked up. . .ordered a pizza

and kicked back for the evening.

Bright and early Tuesday morning (read 9:30). . .

we rolled out of Dodge. . .City, that is. . .

past the feed lots Kansas is famous for. . .

and the beautiful Kansas prairies. . .

it’s easy to see why it’s called the breadbasket of America. 

You would drive past miles of just fields and prairies,

and then, in the distance you would see a copse of trees,

which told you the farm and ranch buildings were coming up.

All the buildings had windbreaks of trees

planted on at least three sides. 

I’m sure it’s the only way to survive the winds

that must whip across there in the winter.

In Garden City KS. . .we paid $4.15 (gulp) for diesel. . .

we had known we would find, and had prepared for

higher fuel prices. . .we just didn’t think we would

find them ‘til we got to Colorado. . .ouch already!

Speaking of which. . .we crossed the State Line

about noonish Mountain Time. . .which meant

we had gained back the hour we had lost

a couple of weeks ago to DST. . .

isn’t that great?

About an hour into Colorado. . .

we started to see the mountains to the south. . .

and about a hundred miles out of Colorado Springs. . .

we saw what we think is Pike’s Peak. . .

still covered in snow. . .and definitely under a cloud cover.

 

Although rain was promising on all sides,

it held off until we got set up in the most beautiful

RV Park we’ve ever stayed in. . .

Mountaindale RV Campground between

Canon City and Colorado Springs.

Today, we re-visited Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge

after 25 years. . .more about that later!

Until then. . .safe travels!

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