Southbound

October 2022

 I had the trip from Peculiar Missouri to Thackerville and then from Thackerville to the Linder's residence in Canyon Lake Texas all typed out and ready to post. And then somehow I lost it so now I am voice typing a document so that my chances of losing it are slim to none.

 We left Peculiar Missouri early Monday morning and knew there was a prediction of rain and at times we would have some light rain. When we made it to McAlester Oklahoma which is quite a trip from Peculiar, we hit a deluge of rain. It was so bad you couldn't see and this went on for 20- 30 miles. We did get out of it finally and made our way under a cloudy sky with no rain, to WinStar Casino where we stayed in The Inn which is a hotel on the property of WinStar. it was a great room; clean, up-to-date of course. Everything was wonderful. The water was so soft that when we took a shower it felt as though we weren't getting the soap rinsed off, it was that soft. I wouldn't want that every day, but it's nice once in a while.

We went to the casino to walk because it's a one-mile walk from one end to the other.  So 1 mile down and 1 mile back, you've done 2 miles of walking. They have done away with most of the eateries in the casino, ones like Dairy Queen and other small ones where you would just go for a quick meal or snack. They do have an IHOP and that's where we ate supper.

Our trip to Canyon Lake was uneventful with the exception of one snafu. We met up with a detour close to Stephenville Texas. They detoured us onto a country road no signs, no indication of how long the detour extended., We were out in thin air. There was a long line of traffic but I'm sure most of them didn't know any more than we did about where we were going or where we were. We finally found our way into Stephenville, determined to stay on Highway 281, we followed the GPS and she took us off the main road and we could see it was all dug up. They are doing major construction on Main Street throughout town. While on the detour, we went over a railroad crossing that had we been in the motorhome, we would surely have been high-centered. Shortly after that, we hit a dip that was so severe it would have broken all of the dishes in 

our motorhome had that been what we were driving. We did find our way back to 281 but I have to say it was through no help from the DOT of Texas.

I do miss the ease and slower pace of traveling in the motorhome. It is as if I went from a leisurely drive through the countryside to the Indy 500. But then I am convinced the entire world moves way too fast…I will get used to it, I assume.

Add on: For those of you with a need to know we both lost at the casino, Butch just lost a pittance and I gave them a 20. 20 is my max, if I give them that much I quit. on the other hand, we have been quite fortunate in the past at that particular Casino.