montemover

Here’s my proud little guy. He’s got hitch itch too. I’m getting eager to pull up and head out again. Last weekend I went to Lorena, TX (about 3 hours down the road) and spent the day with Jeri and Ralph Campos whom I haven’t seen since the early 80’s. They have a beautiful home which they built, sitting on 41/2 acres and they have RV hookups. How about that! I’m hoping to spend some more time with them when I leave here. They are about ½ way to San Angelo where my cousin Rosalie lives and would be a good spot to spend a few days before heading on to Rosalie’s.

Two more weeks of washing dishes. I think when I leave here I’ll use nothing but paper and plastic for my meals. The job isn’t difficult, but I surely am tired of doing dishes, dishes, and more dishes. And I’m ready to move on – thus the hitch itch.

Tomorrow I take my rig in to a local RV place to have solar panels installed. I’m not getting a lot of panels, just enough to keep my batteries charged. I don’t use a lot of electricity as I don’t have a lot of appliances and gadgets like some of the rigs do, so my needs are pretty minimal when dry camping. Anyway, I’m excited about getting my solar system up and running. Unfortunately, we’re also supposed to get more storms with tornadic winds tomorrow, so I may be delayed with my solar installation – we’ll see what tomorrow brings.

Meanwhile, the humidity here is a killer. I get up in the morning and put on my clothes and they feel like they came out of the dryer too soon and are still damp. They ARE still damp, but not from laundry, just from the humidity. I can’t wait to head west and get to drier air. I noticed that when I was in Lorena last Sunday, it was considerably drier than here.

I’ve gotten lots of good information, especially from other volunteers who have come and gone since I’ve been here (seems most volunteers come for 1 month or two at the most instead of being here for 2 ½ like me), about places to stay that are safe and cheap. Some of these folks have been full-timing and volunteering for 20 years and some have just started in the last few months like I have. What a wealth of information. I’m sure I’ll see some of them “down the road” as they are headed west like I am. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to go east into the humidity, but many folks are headed that way. Maybe some day I’ll go east, but only when it’s the time of year that it’s dry there.

Well I’ve written a lot of nothing, but there’s not much new here right now. I’ll have more to say as I get ready to leave and after I hit the road.
Kris

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