Travel Day to Fort Stockton, TX Comanche Land RV Park

January 22, 2011 Comanche Land RV Park.
The last few days, we spent time visiting with relatives in Las Cruces. We also checked out the local mall and the Barnes and Noble. 
When we arrived in Las Cruces I put our Cannondale Road Tandem up for sale on Craig's List. We found a buyer and after spending some time with the couple that bought it from us, we bid farewell to the long bike. I had grown tired of hauling it around and moving it. We weren't riding it as most of the time we were in unfamiliar areas and surrounded by gravel roads or highways. We do however, ride our mountain bikes.
Last night we had dinner at my Cousin Bonnie's home. She made us enchiladas with the enchilada sauce that had been given to us from the kind stranger, (Ella) from Mesilla, NM (refer to the previous post). Bonnie is such a fantastic cook! The enchiladas, beans and rice were excellent. The enchiladas were New Mexico style, flat and with an egg on top! She also made a carrot cake from scratch that was amazing! Unfortunately the picture of the meal didn't come out at as well as the dinner!
We got off to an early start this morning and were on the road by 9am. We continued to have problems with our portable radios and again had to rely on our phones to communicate as Joyce drove her Jeep behind our rig. We headed off on I-10 to Fort Stockton, stopping once in Van Horn for fuel and lunch. 



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We were both surprised at the size of El Paso. It seemed that we drove forever on I-10 through the city.
The remainder of the trip was thankfully uneventful. We arrived at Comanche Land RV Park in Fort Stockton after about 285 miles and 5.5 hours. 

It's just a dirt/gravel parking lot on the North side of I-10. No amenities other than cable. We paid $16 for the night (regular rate) with 30 amp, water and sewer. I left the rig hitched and leveled it with the BigFoot in manual mode. We are poised for an easy get away tomorrow. 

We are headed tomorrow for Kerrville, Texas another stop on our way to Corpus Christi.

Travel Day to Fort Stockton, Tx

April 19, 2010

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Today was a travel day, yesterday we made preparations and visited with neighbors. We had planned to do some sightseeing yesterday but Joyce wasn’t feeling well.

We got up early today and were hitched up by 8:40.  We had plans to stop at A & A Tire Service and get our new Goodyear G614 tires mounted on our fifth wheel. I pulled into the shop and used my BigFoot system to lift the rig. I lowered the front landing gear to take the weight off the truck and then lowered the rear gear to lift the four wheels off the ground. The crew got to work right away on removing my Duro load range E tires and mounted my 5 new Goodyear G614 load range G tires. The Goodyear G614s are "made in the USA" with a build date of 2010. The Duro's that were removed had a build date of 2007.


The assistant manager Mike, took my Duro tires in trade for the cost of the mounting and balancing which saved me about $120.

Maggie and Rico were very patient waiting in the truck while we were in the shop.

We were out of the shop by 9:30 and on our way west along I-10. The initial leg of the route was beautiful with lots of hills.  There was still plenty of wild flowers.

The further west we got the hills flattened and the landscape wasn’t as interesting.

We arrived at our overnight site at Park View Rv Park in Stockton, Tx after about 260 miles and 5 hours in the saddle. I averaged just over 10 mpg towing in 6th gear (overdrive) at 1700 rpms @ 61 mpg.  Joyce’s car is still getting 26 mpg.

Park View RV Park is a park that offers a Passport America discount. The park is really just a dirt parking lot with pull throughs and hook-ups. However, it’s $12 for 30 amp, plus $2 for 50 amp and $2 for cable. We are only here for one night and will be leaving early in the morning headed for Carlsbad, New Mexico.