Texline Inn

We left home this morning at 8:45.  We waited until later to leave so that we wouldn't hit the morning traffic through Fort Worth.  The weather is sunny and hot.  Temperature showed 104 at the highest.  We stopped for lunch at a roadside picnic area and fixed a sandwich in the 5th wheel.  We stopped just before Quannah on Hwy 287.  We arrived at Dalhart around ...

The last blog was written about events on Monday/Tues. One Tues I did some calculations and found that the stop I wanted to make in Tishomingo would actually add lots of hours to my trip home and to pick up Dale on Sat. would be pushing it. Dale had off Wed and Thurs nights so we talked and quickly decided that we would meet Wed morning in Albuquerque, NM. I picked up an airplane ticket for him and started preparing to leave.

In the meantime the company ...

... 8221;. He then asked if I was married and I said yes to which he replied that was disappointing. He then told me how his wife had left him (what a shock) and how he had an RV but the fuel was too expensive so he camped in his truck.

I chased him off by saying I had too much work to do so I could get out of Oklahoma. I would not be back anytime soon. Now I will be back soon but not to see him!

... for my businesses and get the USDA testing for the 4 types of cookies. Wow, this list is long but most of these things are not on the list that we made to do in 10 months.

No room for home improvements at all, no new flooring or stove, no new paint on the walls or fixing up the Ferrari or Jag. So it is exciting to think that the businesses that I’ve dreamed of for years can be launched but depressing that our payoff plans have gone to hell in a hand-basket.

Twinks and I left at 7:30 a.m. for a little place just past Dodge City, KS. I had Map Quested everything but didn't bother to check how long it would take to get there. I figured an hour to 1-1/2 hours should be plenty. Well 2-1/2 hours later I arrived. Now this was after a breakfast in which my milk turned out to be soured, like really spoiled. I’d tried to eat the cereal anyway but just couldn’t force it down.

So my ...

... everything hooked up this morning while I was doing my inspections. He said that I could come into the store on Monday and pay what I owed.

Sure enough, when I returned from my inspections the new battery was installed and the AC and fridge were working great.

As Thelma Rick wrote in her "This I believe" essay, “… I believe in humanity". Many people are good in this world and Jeff Graue is a gem!

... and pick up a battery charger and extension cord then charge the batteries that way. That would be a cheap fix until I could get home.

Hence, the trip to Wal-Mart. I did go in and purchase the items needed to keep me going. I swallowed my pride and ego, but just a little. I still have lots more pride and ego!

I came back to the RV and our man Ed walked me thru hooking everything up. Now I find ...

... at the place and wonder why anyone would live here. The town is really a sad town in a way; stores, like in many
places, have closed up. The stores that are left are the “Dollar Stores” and stores that sell stuff that I can’t imagine who’d buy it. There are only a couple of grocery stores but ...

... I’m alone but I do have Twinks, who has settled into our regular routine and that gives me company. The campground is very quiet, not like the KOA in New Orleans where we got to know our neighbors. But I’m here to work so it really shouldn’t matter.

I’ve only received a couple of claims a day for the past two days so I anticipate that we will move on soon. I’ll be done inspecting mid week so I’ll maybe go home if there isn’t more work.

So we arrived in Oklahoma and found a campground outside of a little town, Guymon. It isn't a KOA but then the sites are only $16/night with full hookups.

Justin organized the claims and we started to inspect on Wed, but we soon found that he was regretting the decision to miss the claims conference. So as in any CAT flexibility is the key to success and after returning back to the RV from inspections we changed our course again.
Guymon, Oklahoma, United States miss.chris