Itinerant RVers traveling the Turquoise and Chisholm Trails
Dates:
June 28, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Mileage:
2,907
Location:
Pueblo KOA Journey
Pueblo, CO
We left Eagle’s Nest at 8 am and were doing laundry at Pueblo by 2 pm. It’s 100 degrees F! Come to Colorado and cool off, they said. We have three states visited now, or rather, slept in per our coloring ground rules.
Dates:
June 25, 2019 to June 28, 2019
Mileage:
2,737
Location:
Golden Eagle RV Park
Eagle’s Nest, NM
We left Santa Fe and took the low road to Taos, Elizabeth liked that route better until those last few miles from Taos into the Moreno Valley.
Dates:
June 18, 2019 to June 25, 2019
Mileage:Â Â Â Â
2,638
Location:
Rancheros de Santa Fe Campground
Santa Fe, NM
We had several errands to tend to in the nation’s oldest capital city, and we were excited to be back in New Mexico. We had originally hoped to route through Las Cruces but just didn’t have enough time to get from Point, TX to Santa Fe, NM to make that work. We’ve pretty much decided that 200-250 miles per day is our range.
Dates:
June 17, 2019 to June 18, 2019
Mileage:
2,359
Location:
Oasis RV Park
Amarillo, TX
Our longest drive day was from Amarillo to Santa Fe, so we stocked up on groceries and supplies in Wichita Falls, planning to leave the jeep connected to the coach overnight so we could get an early start.
Dates:
June 16, 2019 to June 17, 2019
Mileage:Â Â Â Â
2,136
Location:
Lake Arrowhead State Park
Wichita Falls, TX
Arrowhead Lake State Park was simply beautiful. We thought it would be quiet, and it was one of the prettiest and best-kept state parks we’ve stayed at. We were only here for one night and wished we had more time.
Dates:
June 13, 2019 to June 16, 2019
Mileage:
1,946
Location:
Thousand Trails RV
Point, TX
We went to Point, TX to attend the Reed family reunion – ElizaBeth’s family. Particularly when you get into rural Texas, the patriotism is really on display. State pride is evident all over, too, with the Texas flag painted on barns and even gates.
It was on April 1 that I retired as the Associate VP of Facilities and Services at NMSU, so it’s been two months now. And a week.
Dates:
May 30, 2019 to June 13, 2019
Mileage:Â Â Â Â
1,847
Location:
Wagon Master RV Park
Sanger, TX
ElizaBeth and I made our home in New Mexico in 2008 and Livingston, TX is our domicile, but I grew up in the Dallas Fort Worth area, went to college at TCU, and have lived and worked in Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Watauga, Colleyville, Plano, Richardson, Denton, and Gainesville – and it’s where 5 out of our 8 grandkids are growing up.
Dates:
May 28, 2019 to May 30, 2019
Mileage:Â Â Â Â
1,449
Location:
Alamo City RV Park
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio was a waypoint from Hallettsville to Sanger, and I wanted to visit Dave Riker, who was my counterpart at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I say “was” because I went to his retirement party.
Dates:
May 23, 2019 to May 28, 2019
Mileage:
1343
Location:
Knights of Columbus RV Park
Hallettsville, TX
Hallettsville is a little south of Schulenberg, although probably not that many more people will know where that town is located either. There is a very rich history in central and south Texas, and this part of the country is where the Germans, Czechs, and Austrians settled. The area is also home to ElizaBeth’s youngest daughter and her husband Jose. We stayed over Memorial Day at the Knights of Columbus RV Park, and as so many places have been already, the park was an accidental great find.
