Roscoe, Texas (GA293)

 Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.

Because we have 4,500+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.

I’m currently in my 23rd year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click Here

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The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails RV Resort in Palm Desert, California. I’m scheduled to depart here March 15th.

 

 

 

Since my RVing life is changing (see above), I’m starting to re-visit previously visited places. So rather than constantly re-blogging past entries, I’ve decided to do something different.

 

 

In 2011-2013, Mary and I did a 682 day, 12,679 miles in the motorhome and 8,000 miles in the Bronco, circumnavigation of the United States, which I called The Great Adventure. I called it so because other than my oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation in June in Connecticut, I didn’t know where we would be going or when we would be there!

 

 

So, unless I do something really different and unusual warranting a new blog entry, I’ll be posting entries from that trip.

This entry was posted November 11, 2012

 

 

 

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical issues.

 

 

Yesterday I drove the motorhome the about 125 miles from Lubbock to Roscoe, Texas. In doing so I dropped from 3,256 to 2,358 feet in elevation and from 229,000 to 1,322 population. I was driving southeast on U.S. Highway 84 and fighting a constant 30+ mile per hour wind hitting the motorhome broadside on the passenger side. It was a very tiring 2.5 hour drive driving directly into the sun once again. When you are in West Texas you are in WIND COUNTRY! I saw hundreds of wind generators along the way.

 

 

I’ve got the motorhome hiding behind American Legion Post #217 trying to shelter it from the wind which still manages to come around the side of the building. I’ve done a lot of rocking and rolling since I arrived here just before noon yesterday.

 

 

I expect to depart later this morning. Here are some photos…

 

 

 

 

 

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

 

 

 

 

 

Driving into the sun once again…

 

 

 

 

 

Here I am hiding behind the American Legion Post…

 

 

 

 

 

Looking out the motorhome windshield and using the zoom lens overlooking the railroad tracks you can see some wind generators along the highway…

 

 

 

 

 

I might as well show you the trains going by. 100+ car trains passed by about every hour. I did not get a great night’s sleep…

 

 

 

 

 

And I always like to show the view from the dinette widow…

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, sunset over Roscoe, Texas at 6:30 PM…

 

 

Dealing with strong and constant winds is not another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

 

 

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! MARY WROTE A MANY GREAT BLOGS…SO WHENEVER SHE PUBLISHED A BLOG POSTING THE SAME DAY THAT I DID…YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HER BLOG BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK! DO IT NOW.

https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/my-prius-is-a-champ/

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.

Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 78 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

 

 

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

There are more than 600 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

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