TUESDAY 10.15.19 NEW HAMPSHIRE TO NEW YORK

We had a decision to make. Stay and enjoy hunting down the waterfalls and covered bridges or move on because the nights are getting colder here. Snow is not impossible at this point and that is one thing we don't want to deal with.

At only 37 miles wide where we crossed Vermont is a state that we weren't going to get to spend the night in so we stopped to have breakfast and now considered the state visited for our States Visited Map.

So into New York we went. It was a beautiful drive and New York's foliage isn't as far as long as New Hampshire's but it was still a joy to see all the same.

We arrived at our campground in the late afternoon and our first impression was, "Oh my, what did we get into?" Not a well kept place, that's for sure but so many campgrounds and resorts closed on the 14th that we take what we can get.

One of the residents told us where to find a spot and that the manager would be around when he got up from his nap, It was an electric and water only site. The manager did come over after awhile to make sure we were settled in. After we got all set up I walked over to pay for the night and offered my credit card. He said, "only the owner can use the credit card machine and he's gone for the day. Do you have cash? We didn't. We hadn't been to a store in a couple of days to get any cash back. I asked if he knew where another campground was that was open. He said, "Don't worry about it". WOW! Thank you! We love free nights! This is our second this trip.

We've noticed that New York now has Text Stops. The signs were added to the top of the rest area signs. Some say, It can wait. Text stop ahead. A sign of the times.

WEDNESDAY 9.4.19 New Mexico / Texas

We were up early this morning but not the usual 5:30 that we are up.  It was close to 8 o'clock before we got to the office to pay for last night and get on the road.

I went into the office to settle our bill and the same young lady couldn't get the the credit card machine to work....still.  She looked at me and asked if I had cash.  I did!  A whole $2.30.  I had spent what cash I had on me yesterday at different stops we made.  She apologized to ME and said that she was sorry but she couldn't complete the transaction and that we should consider it a good way to start our trip.  The first night of free camping.  I thought she was joking but she assured me that she was serious.  I'll take a gift like that any day of the week.

Boss is a very good traveler!  We bought a baby crib mattress to put in the back seat and he loves it!  Usually within 10 minutes of being on the road he is sound asleep.

We saw the iron sculpture by artist Brian Norwood.   It represents a Comanche buffalo hunting party.

Traffic was a little heavier today as was the wind we drove into all day long.  Need I tell you how bad our miles per gallon was?  I didn't offer to drive today, nor was I asked.

If we saw a hundred dust devils today we saw a thousand!  Everywhere we looked at the barren land was dust swirling way up into the sky and they lasted a long time.

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet!  We are Passport America members which gives us 50% off the usual campground or RV park fees.  Being the Queen of Cheap that I am, I'm all over 50% off deals.  

So we get into the Road Runner RV Park in Fort Stockton, Texas today and according to the Internet we are staying in a really nice resort.  NOT!  What a dump!  We had to have them roto-rooter the sewer so that we could hook up.   What little bit of grass there was in between the RV sites hadn't seen a lawn mower in a long time.  Of course it was the only grass or anything that resembled something green so they left it alone I guess.

Once we got everything hooked up and other things done we gladly went inside because this place is just dismal.

San Antonio tomorrow.