We departed Corpus Christi Naval Air Station RV Park this morning at 0815 hrs knowing we had a pretty good drive ahead of us to get to our next stop, College Station TX. There is no direct route there, so we let our Garmin GPS select the route based on our RV parameters that are programmed in there, including height, width, length, weight, etc of both the trailer and the truck. I always do a sanity check on the route with Google Maps and I always do a separate low clearance check using a different map. Sure enough we found two 13 ft 8 in railroad overpasses in Schulenburg TX but there is an alternate route so we took it with no issues. In theory 13 ft 8 in should be OK as we are 13 ft 4-1/2" but not knowing how accurate the TXDOT measurements are, if there have been any pavement overlays, etc, why take a chance, so we didn't.
The winds at Corpus Christi have been insane since we got there, such that we just left our satellite dish down and never used our flag pole. As we departed this morning the winds kept at it to the point of during our Highway 77 portion I just about abandoned the drive for today. Nasty, nasty side winds for miles, but the route finally turned north and the side wind turned into a welcome tail wind and we kept going.
During the trip we received a text from our destination campground wanting to know if we still wanted our reservation. That in itself is weird, but I answered them that we were in route and yes we wanted our reservation. I then attempted to called them but got voice mail so I left a detailed voice mail. Never got a return call. So we rolled in to RV Haven RV Park at 1355 hrs after about 279 miles, and we waited nearly an hour for the office person to return from lunch before we got out site assignment. Needless to say I was smoldering by then, so I just pulled into a vacant site and set up. If they forced me to move I was going to leave completely. I finally connected with the young lady in the office and lets just say we worked things out...
So today has not been the highlight of our adventures, but with 42 stops and almost 9000 miles this year days like today will happen. We are set up and ready to enjoy a couple days here at College Station before we head north to Mineola and the Texas Alliance Rally.
We had a nice walk with Liberty around the park tonight and then relaxed a bit and got caught up with our kids and their activities. Our son made us aware of a huge tornado outbreak which clobbered Nebraska and several towns in Iowa. Luckily our house and our town were untouched.
Due to the weather forecast here in College Station the Texas A&M baseball game we were going to attend with our friends Drew and Dorothy DeHaes on Sunday has been rescheduled to Saturday. Looking forward to it!
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