Our next trip is our longest so far… one week at Maverick Ranch RV Park in Lajitas, Texas next to Big Bend National Park. Located on west side of Texas next to the border. Are we ready for such a long adventure???
Two weeks prior to leaving, our big RV slide stopped extending and retracting. Then our steps started making a grinding noise. A week in the shop, and we are ready to begin our western adventure… we thought!?!?
Day 1 – We left the cabin Wednesday morning about 7:15am and arrived at a rest area just across the Texas border around 8pm. First stop was a rest area to eat lunch. Found out our battery for our towed CRV was dead. Bummer!
Then we stopped to get gas and mistakenly locked us out of the RV. Argh! Luckily our friends had a step ladder and our friend, Lisa, crawled thru the passenger window to get us out of a jam!
Back on the road finally til supper at Cracker Barrel. Made a Walmart run then stopped to get gas. Then found out the pumps were out of gas and we got stuck trying to get out. Had to disconnect the car, push it out of the way to turn the RV around, then jumped off the battery from our friends car, then reattached it at another gas station. Drove about 15 minutes to the rest area to spend the night. Arrived to find only one empty trucker slot, then one trucker decided to leave getting us eac a place to park for overnight. Quite an adventure for day 1! Surely Day 2 can’t get any worse…
