Spring Training 2023 - Day 75

 It was a hard travel day today. 

After the cold front came through last evening, it cooled down and the wind remained high on the backside of the front.  Nevertheless, we headed out from the RV park around 9:00 am and continued our journey west.  The skies were clear, and the wind was mostly a North-Northwest wind of around 20 mph with gusts. Our RV, even with towing our truck is still pretty light compared to larger and heavier vehicles and is susceptible to any crosswind component in the 20 mph and greater category.  So, it was two hands on the wheel drive pretty much the whole way on our 240-mile drive to our destination tonight, Ft. Stockton Texas.

The drive across West Texas between San Antonio and here is mostly rolling hills and few towns except for a couple of I-10 Interstate truck stop locations, no people and very few cows.  Just us, the semi-trucks and pickup trucks zooming by, often in excess of the 80-mph speed limit. 

We are staying at the Ft Stockton RV Park tonight. We have stayed here almost every time we have come this way, both East and West.  It is a nice, nothing fancy, overnight stop in the middle of West Texas.  There is a cafe in the park, but we ate in tonight. We had a frozen bag meal.  I cooked it, served it, did the dishes and cleaned up afterwards. I have significantly expanded my household skills on this trip.

Judy had a hard day riding sideways on the sofa as the RV bounced around on less-than-ideal road conditions and swaying from side to side fighting the wind. She did well despite it all.  Her appetite is returning, and she even had a small glass of wine with dinner. Leg strength, stability, and more energy remain her major rehab goals.

We continue West tomorrow to Las Cruces, NM, another familiar stop on our way East and West. We will stay two nights at the Hacienda RV Resort and on our layover day, do laundry, a little shopping for supplies at Walmart and Mexican food of course at our favorite restaurant there.  It will necessarily be takeout this year. Thats O.K. it will still be good.