Back in Texas!

We rolled into Brownwood on Monday, February 10.  The trip from Phoenix took us three days / two nights on the road.  The first night was spent in the little town of Deming, NM.  About the time we went to bed, the electricity went out at the park and surrounding area for a couple of hours so we found ourselves boondocking (camping without hookups)--with full hook-ups...that didn't work.  We just piled on the covers and waited for things to start up again.

We spent the second night in Fort Stockton.  Earlier that day, my sister Karen had told me, "Oh, it's so pretty there!"  When we topped the hill going into town, we saw this...

My sis tends to be a bit geographically challenged sometimes.  She said she was thinking of Ft. Davis.  What's a couple of forts between family and friends...  :)

Our first night in Brownwood, it got down to about 17 degrees.  With the wind blowing, it felt even colder than that.  When we hooked up, we thought we would be okay without the heated water hose, but it only took a couple of hours for the water to freeze solid.  So there Max and I were...out in the dark...in the cold...in the wind....trying to switch out water hoses.  Things were leaking.  The hose wouldn't screw on right.  What a mess.  With the help of brother-in-law Greg, we got things going again, though.

You may remember last summer we were in Brownwood when it was 100+ degrees and all of our electrical and battery systems were cratering on us right and left.  We seem to like to camp in Brownwood when the weather is at its most extreme.  LOL!  The life of the Gypsy Turtle!