In celebration of a short day of driving we started a bit later at 0815. Heading out it was mostly suburbia until south of San Antonio. At that point the scenery became very flat and lifeless. A lot of the land was agricultural and the fields went on (literally) for miles. After we got south of Corpus Christi the agricultural land gave way to scrub. There was little sign of life, and this was reinforced by a roadside sign stating “next gas station 60 miles”
We made it to the RV park around 2:15 and first impressions are good, large sites not too close together. The temperature was 27C and quite windy. For the first time I noticed the effect of wind on the fuel consumption. The last couple of days the average was around 12.7 mpg, today after we turned south straight into the wind id dropped to 9.7 mpg. Finally coaxed it up to 10.5 by dropping the speed abit.
Had some issues with (what else) the water, but that can wait until tomorrow.
I gather you are in Texas, but where in Texas? Thanks for the info on the truck, guessed that, but do you take bikes with you for very short get-about? So the key for Cleveland on the way back is to get a suitable RV park? I am sure you will enjoy the sun, even with the wind! Have fun.
Good Point, we’re near Brownsville which is on the Gulf of Mexico coast and a few miles north of the Mexican border. We have the bikes for local jaunts should we feel energetic !
Unfortunately we go back a different route as we will be heading east to Alabama in March then up through Virginia. Cleveland will be quite a few hundred miles west of our route.
Guess the bikes won’t be having too many trips out then!!!
Bl**dy Cheek, but you could be right!