Arriving back to Hondo

Friday - A modest travel through Texas. It’s not as hot as it has been the last couple of days but at 94°F, it’s still hot. The generator will, again, be running most of the day. Besides he A/C, it is also powering both refrigerators and the converter to charge the AGM battery. Even though the A/C will run off of the batteries, the refrigerator will need to be switched to propane. We prefer to have the propane shut off while traveling just for safety. 

The Garmin always tries to route us through San Antonio so we have Google Maps running as well. Eventually, the Garmin will start matching Google but not until we turn south at Kerrville. The San Antonio route is longer but maybe Garmin doesn’t like secondary roads. 

Wichita Falls, TX

Thursday - A long travel day from Kansas to Texas. About 470 miles and over eight hours. We arrived with the temperature at 100°F. The roof A/C was running all day long with the generator except for gas stops. But we finally made it into Texas. 

The RV park is fine though the showers seemed old. The pool closed at 8 pm, which I didn’t learn until 7:55 pm. Oh well.

Our next travel day is about 100 miles shorter and ends in Hondo. I’m not sure of the state of the class A as the Internet stopped working a while back so I haven’t been able to log into HomeAssistant. This is the second time the AT&T hotspot has quit in the middle of the summer.

Minneapolis, KS

Wednesday - It’s a hot one today. A 428 mile travel day to Minneapolis, KS. A small town that doesn’t seem to resemble the more well known version. But it’s nice enough for an overnight stop. Power for the A/C  is all we really need. And it is only $15 at this city campground. 

Tomorrow is another long-ish travel day to Wichita Falls, TX. It’s just across the border with Oklahoma. We had a head wind for most of today’s drive which drove up gas consumption. The class C did fine. I checked the oil level this morning and it was still full after about 2,300 miles. I can’t complain about that. The generator was run since about noon to run the roof A/C on high. The dash A/C sort of worked but it seemed to have difficulty with the triple digit temperatures. But when it was running good, the outlet air temperature was 49°F. 

Dinner is pulled pork! Thank you Annie and Kevin.

Sioux Falls, SD

Friday - We saw a couple of bighorn sheep, or that’s what I think they are, just across the street from where we were parked last night.

Another travel day today. Around 300 miles to a state park north of Sioux Falls, SD. Also by the way, we stopped at a welcome center/restaurant area. There was a fabulous statue called Dignity with the Missouri River in the background. 

We are staying at the Big Sioux Recreation Area in an electric only campsite. Water and a dump station are available. We needed to purchase the annual state park pass for South Dakota to stay here. The sites are large and, so far, very quiet. 

Most of our stay in Sioux Falls was spent looking at condos. 

Monday - Wednesday drove an hour west to Mitchell, SD, to see the corn palace. The murals decorating the building are made from ears of corn and the current murals are commemorating the 250th anniversary.

This is just one of many murals. They are redone every year and are different. I remember stopping here in the past but don’t remember when. Maybe back in the 90s.