Well, here it is Tuesday Nov 4 (election day) and we are setting comfortably in our coach which is located in Lowes Creek RV Park, 7 miles from Hemphill Texas. We actually arrived here on Nov 1, but due to setup, getting to know the area and the challenge of internet connection (not to mention cell phone service) have not been able to post in a very timely manner. Am now using a neighbors wifi connection, seems to work OK with only occasional outages. Strange in the fact that the system tells me that our AT&T signal is "excellent" while the borrowed connection is "poor" but our connection does not stay up long enough to get anything done. Oh well.......we are up for the moment, but if my updates are few and far between you will know why.
High Life......
Park is nothing fancy but very comfortable (and affordable). The couple that own the park (Roger and Terri) have made us feel very welcome and they are very laid back. The trust amongst the natives is very refreshing after city life. Everything has a lock but we have been entrusted with knowing where the keys are if we should need anything and they are not around. From the store to even borrowing the Corvette if we want to go for a ride (yes seriously).
The first night we were here, we were invited to the Saturday Jamboree which was a sandwich meal including entertainment......locals strumming the guitars and vocalizing to the best of their abilities. The only down side was that it seems most everyone smokes, getting a dose of second hand smoke was not a problem.
The next day we continued setting up, then later in the day we were invited to a football party that was also very homie....inclusive of Broncos decorations and Broncos fans. Seems there are many relocated Coloradans and if they are not Coloradans......everyone is a Broncos fan now days, or at least a Payton fan.
Made our first trip into Hemphill for supplies. Small town of appr 1200 but they seem to have all that we require. Have a hardware store, grocery, ALCO, lumber yard and not just 1 but 2 Dollar stores.
Got my fishing license so that I can get after those fish.
Temps for the first couple of nights were cooler than we expected, got to 39 one night, but 70s during the day. Low of 58 last night so hope that is more typical.
Couple of camp setup shots. Notice the nice deck and picnic table.
Newly built and I think readied for us.
View from or location, lake in the back ground
Checking out a possible (probable) fishing spot
Road Rash....
A bit of sadness in that Roger is a cancer victim and in poor health. His life has been determined to be short termed (maybe a year) but that does not keep him from smoking like a chimney. I guess a person can always second guess life style choices, if I was looking at a short term existence, I might simply say "the hell with it" and do what makes me the happiest also.
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