We arrived at Thousand Trails Colorado River precisely at check-in time on Friday, June 5, 2020.
When we checked with the Ranger said they had no 50 amp RV slips available. This park has 138 sites, but apparently many of the 50 amp sites are out of commission. We resorted to a 30 amp site and determined it would not be too uncomfortable to run one A/C unit at a time. They offered to put us on a list when a 50 amp came available.
So we got all set up in our 30 amp site and went inside to get a bite to eat.
It was pretty hot outside and the RV just wasn’t cooling down much at all. At 10:00 pm Dennis was sitting in his underwear in the recliner sweating. Poor guy :(. I don’t really sweat much, but I was pretty miserable too.
When we went to bed that A/C did keep up pretty well in the smaller area of the bedroom. So we slept pretty good.
We decided not to cook breakfast inside because we didn’t want to heat the place up too much. So we went outside and cooked breakfast. That was pretty uncomfortable too. It is just hot here right now. But we made it through.
The ranger called on Saturday and said that a 50 amp site across the road from us would become available and we said we’d take it. But on Monday, we saw no evidence these guys were pulling out, so I stopped a ranger and asked about it and she said, ‘No, they aren't leaving today.’ She had no explanation and I even asked if they had mistakenly given the wrong site number and she said no. So I guess we dreamed that phone call then!
So this is what we have in the evening on Monday. We have still been cooking outside, so as not to heat the place up.
There is no outside temperature because we drove off a couple of times and left the outside thermometer velcroed to the RV so we haven’t replaced that again to get an accurate outdoor temperature. Funny, one time we found it in the back of the truck so we didn’t loose it that time. Actually, another time we hung it upside down and it filled up with water and it no worky after that!!! Anyway, we just gave up buying any more replacements.
We road our bikes around to see the boat ramp and check out the status of the 50 amps and there is a lot of permanent residence in the really nice area of this park. We counted about 27-30% of the spots taken by full timers. And those are pretty much all 50 amp sites and beautifully shaded. Combine that with the whole row of out of commission 50 amp sites and no wonder they don’t have any available. This place also has a lot of non-sewer sites. I asked why those had not been upgraded and they said they are waiting on approval and funding. I may have to find out how all this works and become a squeaky wheel.
We get back to the RV and meet our neighbor, Jerry. Jerry is a retired fishing guide. He is an old country boy and a joy to be around. He and his wife were full time travelers for 11 years. Then she was ready to give it up. He put her into one of the Reserve vacation homes in the Conroe Thousand Trails and bought a cab over for his pick up and continued on. Within about 30 minutes of meeting him he is over at our site asking if we would test drive a recipe of catfish enchiladas he made. OMG! They were restaurant quality enchiladas. He made the enchilada sauce and everything from scratch. They were too good. The following day he popped over and asked if we wanted some fish. He pulled out an enormous catfish and filleted it up for us. That is easily 4 meals for us! What a nice guy.
The days really are starting to get hot and the only way we can stand to be outside is when the breeze is blowing and we are on the back side of our RV. The front is just unbearable. This heat is really something. The news said it was record breaking, I don’t know about that, but it is bad. We have been cooped up for 3 days inside this RV and I feel like I am going stir crazy. In the late afternoon we sit over behind the RV and talk to Jerry since we cannot enjoy our own porch.
As usual the deer are everywhere here in Columbus. I even got a shot of a mother nursing her fawn in the field. We are in a pretty crowded area of the preserve so they don’t just walk through our site like they have before, but they are walking all around us.
There is some kind of moss in these trees too. Not sure what that is, but has to be related to Spanish Moss.
Things are finally starting to cool off around her and we got out of the house for a while on Wednesday. We went to eat breakfast at Schobels Restaurant and headed into downtown Columbus to browse the junk shops and see what is going on. It is a really cute old town - Courthouse on the square place. We were walking around the Courthouse and looking up the relatively new sidewalk and noticed that the flag pole and the street lamp are not centered with the building, but centered with the new sidewalk. What the heck? Who made that call? At first glance I could tell it was off, but took me a second to notice why. The sidewalk on the right goes to the outer windows and the sidewalk on the left goes to the next one in. I just cannot believe they let that fly!!!!
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