Friday the 30th we headed north west toward our next destination, Hondo, TX. South on 35 to 188 and west to US181. Not really a lot to see in this area, however we did see some cattle and some hay being cut and baled. At Skidmore, TX we picked up 4 lane divided into the town of Beeville where we found another picturesque Court house.
There are a lot of counties in Texas so you have a chance to see many court houses in the county seat towns.
Across US59 to the town of George West. A really nice sign at the edge of town, however not all of the towns are looking like they are doing very well. Many of the towns have closed businesses and many of the large car dealerships are closed. This should leave business for many of the smaller mechanical shops and as the cars get older they will require more maintenance to stay on the road. I know, I am driving one of those. The van is 14 years old and with nearly 140k miles it requires a little work to keep it on the go, but it has been doing well, considering it gets towed all over the country.
We took US181 out of George West to Three Rivers and to Choke Canyon Reservoir. Evelyn had conversed with the people at the camp ground about workcamping. This is a huge reservoir with actually two camping areas. One at the east end and one at the west. We passed the entrance on the east and went to the larger one on the west. It is a nice campground with a boat ramp and lots of shelters for tenting and picnicking. We then headed on north to Pleasanton. After spending the night, we headed west to Jordanton
and to 173 which took us north west and into Hondo, TX.
There was talk of gas getting higher, so we stopped at the WalMart and filled the motor home and the van before heading west on US90, the 9 miles to the Lone Star Corral and our home for the month of November. We missed the Halloween social hour at the clubhouse, so did not get to see all of those that dressed up. We did, however make the Sunday social (ice cream) hour. There we got to see a lot of old friends from last year, meet some new ones and also a chance to visit with the Drew's who came in a day of two before we did. They will be here for the winter as workcampers.
The rest of the week was spent getting some things sorted out and settled in. We are in space #1, next to the manager. They said they would put us here so they could keep an eye on us. Not sure what they are looking for, but I really do not expect much to be said one way or the other. We have done a little engraving for the locals and since their wi-fi has been down, we have to drive to Hondo to the library to get our e-mails, etc. Nothing as far as service on the AT&T air card and the signal is a little weak on the cel phones.
However, this morning, I brought up the computer after having plugged in the air card and hooking up the amplifier and it came right up. Only one bar of signal, but the speed is good and we have spent most of the day reading, deleting, and the normal things you do when you have a good connection.
Saturday evening we went out with the Drew's to Pizza Hut and had a couple of very good Pizzas, a vegy supreme and a peperoni, and a nice visit.
This morning it was partly cloudy and about 10am it got dark and started raining. It has rained off an on most of the day with some much needed moisture. They have been cutting and baling hay in this area. Closer to Hondo we saw a field that had just been harvested of cabbage. We did not see any last year in October, so maybe this is the first year in the fields we could see, not really sure.
We will attend the Social hour at 4 and have some more ice cream and visit some more. Not much TV in this area, so we have it hard to keep up with all of the news.