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Today was for cleaning the RV

b_pilot — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:43:22 +0000

Today was the first day in about 3 months that I have had a chance to clean the exterior of my RV. It has been parked in Medina at The Farm Country RV Park. As is the case with most RV parks they do not allow washing RVs in the park using their water. Therefore [...]

Alamo Springs Cafe and the Bat Tunnel

b_pilot — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:40:57 +0000

Yesterday we went for lunch at the Alamo Springs Cafe in Fredericksburg, TX. Our original plan was to go for lunch at the Camp Verde General Store. However, some friends of ours here at The Farm Country RV Park asked us if we had ever been for hamburgers at the Bat Tunnel. Since I had [...]

Take some games when you go camping

b_pilot — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:33 +0000

When you pack up the RV and head out for your favorite campground, it is a good idea to pack a few games to take along on the trip. You should include indoor games as well as outdoor games. There will be times when the weather will prevent you from enjoying the great outdoors, so [...]

RV Shows for 2012

b_pilot — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:30:19 +0000

Here we are in the second week of January 2012 and the world hasn’t come to an end yet. Some people say that because the Mayan Calendar comes to an end this year, the world will cease to exist. Others have also predicted that this will be our final year. Well I say that if [...]

Back-in sites at RV parks

b_pilot — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:17:40 +0000

In the process of looking at some camping websites I saw an article that was written about backing trailers into the back-in sites at campgrounds. The essence of the article was the difficulty of backing a trailer without the assistance of a spotter, usually your spouse.

This brought to mind several things. One is that we [...]

Why did they name it after the Devil?

b_pilot — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:03:59 +0000

This summer we visited the Devils Tower National Monument in northeastern Wyoming. I did a small write up of the Devils Tower National Monument and put it on the website as a place of interest. After doing the article, I got to thinking about the different places where we have been that have the Devil [...]

Special Olympics in College Station, Texas

b_pilot — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:02:07 +0000

This past weekend we made a trip to College Station, Texas to participate in the state Special Olympics softball tournament. My oldest grandson is special needs and is involved in several different Special Olympics sports, softball being one of them. We started attending about four years ago with only one team. Because we have added [...]

Mill Creek Ranch Resort

b_pilot — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:38:27 +0000

Every now and then we run across a RV park that is a cut above the average. On our return trip from Eureka Springs, AR, we stopped in Canton, TX and stayed at the Mill Creek Ranch Resort. A friend of ours stayed there just after the park was opened for business. He was very [...]

A trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas

b_pilot — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:54:35 +0000

A few weeks ago my wife and I decided that we needed to take another trip. After all we had been home for at least 3 weeks, so we needed another break. We didn’t need a long trip, just something short that might get us out of the persistent heat of Texas. We picked a [...]

Confession is good for the soul

b_pilot — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:54:20 +0000

Someone said that confession is good for the soul. I don’t know who said that, but perhaps it is true.

A few days ago I was browsing through some of the posts on RV.net when I ran across a post by a gentleman who had just suffered through his first ding of his rig. He had [...]