*Trip South info 2018*

We have our winter trip itinerary planned. Our first night will be in Peculiar, Missouri.
 And that will be on October 12th and 13th. Staying at the Peculiar RV Park Place. $33 a night because we are Lifetime Good Sam members. If I had known what I was doing back in 2000 when we were planning our retirement years I would have saved our money. It cost around $300 for a lifetime membership and at $2 savings per use, I am not at all sure we have recouped our money. I expected a much bigger payback when I purchased it. Life lesson.

We will be there until Sunday morning when we will be going to Quapaw Oklahoma and the Downstream Casino. Free stay if we go in and show them our player's card. It is only a 149-mile trip that day but it makes our stops work without having a 500-mile day in there somewhere. We like to take it easy on ourselves. Staying overnight and then proceeding to the Winstar Casino at Thackerville Oklahoma on that Monday night. Our last stay here was $20 and I think it was because we had a players card.  Did not reserve and we were lucky to get a spot. That is happening more and more often. Our route from Thackerville is taking I-35S to Gainesville TX and Hwy 51 to Decatur TX picking up 380 to Jacksboro TX. We do not go all the way to Jacksboro as we turn south instead of north on Hwy 281 south to I-20W, then to hwy 16 south following it all the way to Llano TX and the River Way RV park. It is a Passport America park so it will be $17 a night because we are Passport America members. Staying 16th and 17th leaving on the 18th, a Thursday. We will be leaving Llano Texas and going to Alamo Texas unless the plans change.
Plans could change because we do not have to be in Trophy Gardens until the 20th. That too could change with a phone call.
When we leave Llano we plan to go south on hwy 16 to Fredericksburg and then on hwy 87 to Comfort TX and I-20 E, joining up with hwy 1604 southbound to I-37, followed by hwy 281 south to Alamo TX. I have checked all my directions...twice.

All that above is for my future reference.
Now if you have read all that CONGRATULATIONS! And as a reward, I will tell you that I tried to use the dictation on the first part of this and when I said Peculiar it translated to several different phrases without getting it correct. The last one was the funniest and when I quit using it. Peculiar translated to "we can kill ya".
Oh, and my asterisk trick does work. I did a search after the fact and it found every post with an asterisk.