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Fall RV Trip in 2022

We started our fall RV trip on September 13, 2022 and ended it 40 days later on October 23, 2022. Our two goals were to visit with our son and his family in San Antonio, Texas, and to spend some time with Ron's friend Don in DeRidder, Louisiana. Don is a jazz guitar player who used to visit Ron weekly when he lived in Huntsville. He moved back to DeRidder a few years ago, so we try to visit occasionally.

Debi spends a lot of time planning our trips, so we always have great campsites. We like to stay in State Parks when we can. They don't have a profit motive to pack campers as tightly as possible, and they are usually on a lake or river. We break the trip up into small chunks, so we don't have to drive too far, and then we stay a few days in each location. We look for wineries, nice places to eat, and other interesting sights to see on our trips.

Fort Parker State Park in Atlanta, Texas was a beautiful park, but there was a small problem. The trees rained sap. The droplets were tiny, so you could not see or feel them, but they made a mess. The windshield wipers of our truck got glued down and wouldn't move. Ron had to wash the truck the morning we left. The sap also got all over our awnings, and they sounded like you were unrolling a giant roll of tape when we extended them at our next campsite. Fortunately, we had one torrential rainstorm one night that washed most of the sap off our trailer and the awnings. That was the only rain we had during our 40-day trip.

We did have a mechanical problem when we got to the campground at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. While setting up the trailer, Ron noticed the right trailer fender was much closer to the wheels than usual. A closer inspection revealed a broken suspension link. We did find an RV repair shop about 10 miles from the campground that could work us into their busy schedule. They completed the repair in less than a day, so our trip plans did not have to change.

While in San Antonio, we visited Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery to visit the graves of some of Debi's family. Our last day, we tried an escape room with our son and his family. Our Extreme Escape from the Lost Tomb crew included, Christina (our daughter-in-law), Julia (Hunter's girlfriend), Debi, Ron, Evan (grandson), Hunter (grandson), and Aaron (son). Spoiler alert! We failed to save the world from the tomb's curse.

Ron made our new camper and campsite sign on his new CNC machine before we left. We picked up the flag last year, so Ron added it to the sign. View more of Ron's woodworking projects here.

 

Leg	Stay	Destination	Milage
A		Home
B	4 days	Hernando Point Campground, Mississippi	241 miles
C	4 days	Atlanta State Park, Texas	337 miles
D	4 days	Fort Parker State Park, Texas	222 miles
E	7 days	Fort Sam Houston, Texas	215 miles
F	5 days	Lake Conroe/Houston North KOA, Texas	211 miles
G	7 days	Pleasant Hill RV Park, Louisiana	183 miles
H	4 days	McLeod Park, Mississippi	278 miles
I	5 days	Lake Lowndes State Park, Mississippi	270 miles
J		Home	184 miles
	40 days	Total	2,140 miles
		Miles driven around local areas	955.5
		Total miles driven	3,095.5
		Total driving time	95:07:52
		Gallons used	360.4
		Average MPG	8.6

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