Going Home

April 3- April 15, 2014

We left Vicksburg, MS on April 3 and drove west on Interstate 20 through Louisiana to Dallas, TX. We picked this route since we had never driven it before. Interstate driving is very fast but not as interesting as back country roads. We wanted to make time and get home for some appointments.

We stayed in an RV park just outside Dallas so that we could visit our friends Liz and Charlie B. We had a fun evening visiting and catching up.

Up early the next morning and we continued driving west on Interstate 20 towards west Texas. It was flat, dry, and lots of oil wells, equipment and trucks.

Our destination was Monahans Sandhill S P. We called ahead and they said that they had some camping spots, but when we got there they told us all the spots were gone. We had never seen this before. They had rented out the camping spots to locals  for day use. They told us we could wait until 10:00 PM when they would vacate the spots and we could have what we wanted. Not likely.

So we headed south to Interstate 10 and reserved a camping spot at Balmorhea SP. It was a lovely campground that was surrounded with blooming flowers. We saw the same problem here in that they rented camping spots out for day use. Campers were turned away because there were not any available spots. However, the locals left around sundown and there were plenty of spots for camping. The rangers said the locals like the facilities in the campground and are willing to pay for the spot. Again, we have never seen this in any other state. Campers and day use people usually have separate areas.

The next day it was off to Las Cruses, NM and some wonderful southwestern food. After that we headed to one of our favorite campgrounds, Usery Mt County Park just outside Mesa, AZ. We had several days to visit with John and Sandra and soak up some sun.

We continued west on Interstate 10 and parked ourselves in Indio, CA. It had been lots of driving the last couple of weeks and we both had gotten colds, so we were ready to kick back.

The trip ended on April 15^th after 27 states and 8 months on the road.