Last night after an indoor dinner (too hot to eat outside), we ventured out once the weather “cooled” down to the 80’s. Chris did a quick visual inspection of Thor and noticed some trim out of place. We pulled the slide in and an entire strip of trim had come loose and was hanging along the side. It’s always something!
Chris went on the roof to start pushing it back in place. Then he remembered he carries a ladder for cleaning the huge windshield. Using the ladder was easier than reaching over from the roof. Well done Maintenance Man / Captain Chris!
Our stopping point tonight is Santa Rosa, New Mexico. We’ll stop at the same RV park we camped at two years ago. But this time we’re taking two days to get there, last time we drove all that way in one day.
I keep thinking back to that first trip and comparing it to this time. We only had the radio to listen to and out here in west Texas the stations are spotty. Now we plug in our phones or iPods to play music. Really helps on the boring straight flat drive. Also, it’s so nice to have unlimited data on our phones now. Two years ago we worried about using up all our data.
Filling up with gas isn’t quite the ordeal anymore as we now have a credit card to Pilot/ Flying J so we can use the high speed diesel pumps alongside the 18-wheelers. Our first trip out, the pump would only allow a certain dollar amount before shutting off so we would have to make multiple transactions. This bad boy sports a 100-gallon gas tank so you can imagine.
One thing that hasn’t changed is Chris still manages to find those rumble strips on the shoulder of the road. 😬
We made it to Santa Rosa, New Mexico and discovered the maintenance issue of the day. One of the slide covers that roll up when not in use must’ve caught a gust of wind and then rerolled on itself. When we opened the slide it tore about an inch. Time for more duct tape.
Speaking of gusts of wind, there were some major gusty moments on the highway today, like moving-our-RV strong! No match for Chris’s strong arms on the steering wheel, luckily.
So today we leave Texas for three months. I’ll miss it... but not the heat!!
PS: It’s still friggin’ hot in New Mexico!!
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