Corral RV, Dalhart, Texas.....cattle country

My blog yesterday was rather boring, I realized.  No pictures, just lots of words.  For some reason, neither of us thought of a  camera at the festival so I had no pictures to post of Natchitoches.  A south Louisiana friend send me a couple so will share with you.  The empty seats behind us are mostly Texas folks...must be dancing somewhere.  LOL.

South Louisiana

Oklahoma and Arkansas

Bonsoir Catin---a great band!

We really enjoyed the weekend with all of them.....

The short stay at Sunset RV was okay.  Quiet -- after we found out what the rumble was that happened every 15 minutes--sounded like a tornado, but was a train.  Not a problem.  We finally got cooled down; the sun was right in our front window , but after putting up our sunshades and curtains down, it got comfortable.

I read a book several weeks ago about a family who went backpacking/camping in the Pacific Northwest near the Canadian border.  The little girl and her dog wandered away and got lost for several days in the forest.  Both US and Canadian patrols looked for her for days.  Meanwhile, a grizzly bear was tracking the little girl in the woods.  She knew when he would get close because of the horrible odor that surrounded him.  When it got stronger, she learned to seek shelter in a cave or someplace.  It was a good book.

For some reason, this must have stuck in my mushy brain because I dreamed about it.  A bear was chasing me and the odor was terrible.  And it kept getting worse; therefore, the bear was getting closer.  Just as he got to me, of course, I woke up.  Bear was gone but the odor was not.  A skunk had apparently sprayed something right under our bedroom.  Just about midnight.  It was awful, awful, awful.  Lingered for about 30 minutes.  Woke Ronnie up too....not sure he was dreaming of a stinky bear.  Weird how your subconscious (or is it unconscious) mind works.  

Anyway, after breakfast, we got off around 9:15.  If you've followed ANY of our blogs, you know we don't get up and going very early.  It's a good road...even found diesel for $3.59....probably will be the last time to see it, but it was nice.  -

We stopped for lunch south of Amarillo (we'll get there by morning-Glen Campbell always did) at a rest area.  Turned on the generator and had air back in the kitchen.  We plan to turn it on again about 30 minutes before we get to the RV park so it won't be so hard to cool down...we'll probably be in the sun again.

At Corral RV Park/Dalhart Texas--a nice park.. and even has a shade

The drive has been pretty....flat.  Ranches, fields, cows and haybales.  And then more of the same.




Looks like a thunderstorm is brewing north of Dalhart, so maybe we'll have rain tonight.  That's okay.  Plans include pork chops, sweet potato fries and tomatoes for dinner/movie/bed.

Tomorrow we head up to San Luis Valley RV for a couple of nights.  Will be a long, hard day, but the last haul on Thursday will be short--in mileage but I suspect the hours will be long.  Mountain driving...don't look forward to that.

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