Places
GTW Hop 20: Pecos, TX, to Las Cruces, NM
253 miles via I-20 and I-10. Cumlative distance: 3,346 miles. We stayed one night at the TRAPark in Pecos. This is an Escapees Rainbow Park, but it is a mere shadow of Rainbow’s End. We missed the social hour, which is a shame, but we had a good night’s sleep in the midst of the … Continue reading
Cafe Malta
I am not above unabashedly plugging a restaurant run by Jett’s nephew. But I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t truly impressed. Cafe Malta on West William Cannon Drive in Austin doesn’t look like much from the outside – a smallish storefront tucked between a beauty salon and a roll-your-own cigarette place in a small … Continue reading
GTW Hop 19: San Angelo, TX, to Pecos, TX
218 miles via US 67 and US 285. Cumulative distance: 3,093 miles. I don’t have much to say about San Angelo because we were there for just 20 hours. Because we had difficulty getting the front landing jacks to work, I didn’t unhitch. But I resolved that problem and decided this morning that it would … Continue reading
GTW Hop 18: San Antonio, TX, to San Angelo, TX
216 miles via I-10, US 83, US 87 and US 67. Cumulative distance: 2,875 miles. This was supposed to be a hop to Ozona, TX, which is little more than a couple of truck stops and an RV park. But the RV park was full, so Plan B was to go further north, to San … Continue reading
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio is yet another place where we wish we could have stayed longer. For one thing, I would have liked to have tried the golf course that is adjacent to the RV park. I learned last night that the cost for 9 holes there is just $17 – including cart! It would probably be … Continue reading
GTW Hop 17: Austin, TX, to San Antonio, TX
80 miles via I-35. Cumulative distance: 2,659 miles. It seems like there is an inverse relationship between the length of the hop and its difficulty. This was another case of a route that should have been simple being rather difficult. Part of the problem was that we planned a stop (noted by the red spot … Continue reading
Austin, TX
As I have already noted, the main reason we were in Austin was to catch up with Jett’s nephews and nieces. But Austin is also one of my bucket list cities – a place that has always interested me but I have never had a reason to come here. So I was also looking forward … Continue reading
GTW Hop 16: Livingston, TX, to Austin, TX
218 miles via TX 146, US 190, TX 30, 90 and 105, US 290, TX 21 and 71 and I-35. Cumulative distance: 2,577 miles. Yeah, this route was as complicated as it sounds. Jett pretty much went crazy trying to keep up with the turns while simultaneously trying to reconcile the Google map with the … Continue reading
Livingston, TX
Livingston seems like a nice small Texas town. But we aren’t here to see the town; we are here to see Rainbow’s End, home park of the Escapees RV Club, a.k.a. SKP (get it?). This park is open to the public, but clearly caters to Escapees members. The club itself does not promote Rainbow’s End, … Continue reading
SmartWeigh
I will file a complete post tomorrow on Rainbow’s End, the Escapees RV Club’s home base here in Livingston, TX. But today we took advantage of the SmartWeigh program to get a detailed weight analysis of our rig. Given our history with blowouts, it seemed like a really good idea to find out if we were … Continue reading