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Civilization Is Thinning Out

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Done with our battery upgrade in Georgetown, TX we are now off to more remote areas of Texas.  Our first layover as we head south is Ozona, TX.  Just a wide spot in I-10 but the RV park fits our needs for the night and the donut shop makes a great apple fritter.  From Ozona we drifted a little further west to Pecos, TX.  We'll spend four nights here at an Escapees park, using it as our base camp for day tripping to National Parks.  We're in a straight row of 14 pull-thru RV pads and we pretty much have the place to ourselves.  We only had another overnighter twice in our four nights.  Pecos is all about oil.  There were dozens of RV parks, most of them with covered RV pads to protect the long-term residents from the scorching sun and fierce wind, and they were full.  Then there are the thousands of tiny homes and work camps with barracks-like living quarters.  All catering to oil field workers. Tra-Park, an Escapees members park in Pecos, TX is centrally located for our sightse
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Onward to Texas!

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  After a most pleasurable three night stay in Pendleton Bend, AR we're back to getting some miles in heading west.  We're entering Texas and we have an extensive list of things to do over 19 nights.  Our normal day's driving distance has brought us to Texarkana and the Sunrise RV Park. Sunrise was a big, flat, gravel roads and RV pads.  Getting parked and level was a breeze but there is a noticeable rise in temperature from our previous days.  We took both vehicles into town and found fuel at very attractive prices.  Both gasoline and diesel under $3/gal. Next stop, The Trails at Lavender Road, Tyler, TX.  Staying two nights here to visit with a friend from high school.  The park and our friend's property are north of Tyler, just on the north side of I-20.  Again we are in a dirt and gravel park.  Hoping it doesn't rain while we are here, looks like things could get real muddy in a hurry. Tyler, for it's metropolitan size of 110,000, has an impressive amount of
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The Next Adventure Begins!

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Big time mixed emotions about this next adventure.  While we are excited about our new gig with Death Valley National Park, we're not too happy about separating from our daughter, son-in-law and grandkids.  We had gotten pretty comfortable with having them only steps away and popping in and out at will.  It was a great 10 months but hitch itch got hold of us and we have to go. So we're off.  We're taking a meandering route so that we can see friends and family along the way.  Our driving style is to drive in the morning and be off the road before the heat of the day hits.  That puts us driving 3 or 4 hours at a time, covering up to 300 miles.  We get both vehicles unhitched from their trailers and then go to town and get fuel and supplies while the A/Cs cool the camper down to something bearable.  By the time we get all this done it's been a full day and we're ready to watch the Braves play some baseball. First stop, Spacious Skies Campgrounds - Belle Ridge, Montere
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Looking Ahead - Distant Destination

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  Not much happening since last post other than routine life.  Doing things with the grandkids and old people doctor visits.   Except! We have been applying for winter volunteer jobs for 2024/2025 and have been officially accepted as campground hosts for Furnace Creek Campground, Death Valley.  My first communications for this position date back to about three months ago.  There was a lot of waiting between the first few communications but the pace has really picked up in the last three weeks.  We have had phone interviews and signed volunteer agreement forms via encrypted communications.  And as of six days ago of this writing the medium level background checks were begun and completed.  We were told that they could see we had many background checks showing in the system from our past positions and that facilitated rapid progression through the system for this one.  All we have to do now is show up for our October report date. Maybe "all we have to do now" was a little under
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