Arrived Home in Harlingen Sept 20, 2025 for the winter

 Drove from San Antonio to Harlingen(242 mi), arriving 3:30 pm Saturday.  Parked in #169 temporarily.

I buried Mom's urn on top of Audrey Winters(Nancy's mother, Mom's sister) grave in Westlawn Cemetery outside of Fritch.  $250 for burial, 

$1000 for marker. (I am making payments on the balance due.)

Nancy came out for the burial.  

Betty now has both Tisha & Joe's Urns with her.

Rained twice Sunday.  MH is ok.  Grass on Northside was high.  A/C failed @ 3:30 am Monday morning.  Called Action Aire,  arrived at 9:30, fixed by 10:30.  Added freon, capacitor replaced.  Cost $187.

RAM sales tax cost an extra $236.  Travel trailer title paperwork was returned to Parris RV.  09/23, They are mailing again.  Came in FedEx Monday.

Delta sales tax + tag cost $2660.16 at Cameron Co office.

Put trailer in storage space #34, with Jan/Roberta behind RPod.  Paid Jan $206.25

for rent thru May 2026. Added aluminum battery box.

50W solar is keeping batteries at 13.3V.

In Braunig Lake RV park, San Antonio, Sept. 19, 2025, 1 night

 Drove from Loves RV stop in Ranger, TX. To Braunig Lake RV resort in San Antonio.  255 miles.  Took 281 thru San Antonio downtown.

 @ 1:00 pm.  Not bad.  Heavy traffic.  1 night in pull thru $54.20 with discount.

We did not disconnect.

In Loves RV Stop, Ranger, TX on I20 30 miles east of Abilene, Sept. 18

 Drove from Amarillo to Ranger, TX.  i20 East of Abilene 340 miles.  Took 7 hrs

Counting two stops.  One for breakfast at Subway in a Pilot, then for diesel in a Sweetwater TA.  No issues.  We are in a Loves RV Stop in Ranger, space #1.

One night ($48).  On line reservation system worked good without human

Intervention, including check in.  Good place for one nighters.

Tomorrow one our way to Braunig Lake RV resort on south side of San Antonio

On I37. (250 miles)

Ate individual pizza 's from Godfathers Pizza (in Loves).

Batteries stayed 100% with fridge on.

In Fort Amarillo RV park, Sept. 4th-10th, Amarillo, TX.

 Drove Thursday from Albuquerque to Amarillo(300 miles).  Staying 2 week in Fort Amarillo, space #164, $341.00/week, $375/2nd week

Betty had Joe's body creamated.  We had a memorial luncheon at Frank Phillips

College meeting room.  Approximately 30 attended.  We met Katie (11 years old)

For the first time.  She is going to be tall.  Tonya and Katie flew in from San Diego for several days.  Darren stayed two weeks.

Betty and Darren

In American RV park, Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 3, 2025 for 1 night

 Drove from Flagstaff to Albuquerque today(313 miles).  Drove thru two rain showers on I-40. Checked into American RV park, space #104 pull thru ($61.16/night).

Rained 10 minutes after arrival in park.

In J&H RV park, space #16, Sept. 2nd, 2025, 1 night, Flagstaff, AZ

 Arrived @ 4:00 pm at J&H RV park for the night from Junction, UT. Checked in.

Space #16, $77/night with Good Sam discount.

Drove 300 miles today 6 hours at ave speed 60 mph.  No issues.

In Junction, UT. May 7th til Sept. 8, 2025

 Staying in Randy's apartment #B, camp host for RV park.  This will be our last year for camp host.  Randy is going to allow long term customers only in 2026.  Rent the apartment and get a grounds keeper to mow grass.

We are planning to travel next year in a new travel trailer.

Worked on new renogy solar in truck Saturday.  Ready to wire up panels.

Neal Bake coming in #4.  No more in bound reservations for May.

May 18: cold front bringing below freezing temps next two nights.

July 9, 2025. Drove to Stephen Wade Ram dealership in Saint George and drove back with a 2022 Ram 2500 Big Horn truck with a Cummins diesel engine.  77k miles good condition

This truck will tow any travel trailer I choose.  Added a used white camper shell.

Purchased Alliance Delta ultra lite RK234(2025) from Parris RV, salesman Jessica

Pierce in Payson, UT.  Scheduled pickup Wed. July 30,2025

We are going to leave Sept. 8th and head back to Texas.

Bad news: Tisha (my niece) died this morning, July 26, 2025 in Fritch, TX.

                This is Joe(my brother) & Betty's daughter, age 43.

Well July was a big purchase month.  Drove home our new travel trailer July 30th

From Parris RV in Payson, UT.

We added a 5" foam topper on top of mattress.

Travel itinerary starting Sept. 8th:

    Sept. 8 , 1 night, Homolovi Arizona State Park, Winslow, AZ

              9 , 1 night, Bar S RV, Grants, NM

             10-17, 1 week, Fort Amarillo, Amarillo, Tx

              17, 1 night  Loves RV, Sweetwater, Tx

              18, 1 night, Loves RV stop, Cotulla, Tx

               19 Harlingen

We are going to share TW storage #34 with Jan/Roberta Cummings to park Delta.

Sunday , Aug. 31 @ 10:17 pm Utah time.  Betty called, Joe in Borger hospital,

Died on the way,  hospital could not save him.  Monday is Labor Day.  We are planning to leave Tuesday morning. Take 2.5 days to get to Amarillo.

1st stop Flagstaff, 2nd night Albuquerque,  Amarillo by noon 3nd day.

Leaving Harlingen April 30, 2025, heading toward Junction, UT, first stop Waco Motel 6

 No RV this season.  We plan on stopping several times to inspect a couple of travel trailers on the trip north.  One Rockwood Mini Lite 2513S and Alliance Delta ML206 at Georgetown's Ron Hoover(Buck).  Try to leave@ 6:00am. Truck is loaded.

Road Ranger fill up in Harlingen. $16.13, 49107 miles on speedometer.

Pilot $35.79 in Austin

All motels booked on Booking.com, except Amarillo (Hotels.com)

1.  Waco Motel 6 rate = $71.29, confirmed for Wednesday night(4/30), very old, not clean, baseboard rotten.  3" rain,  super Texas Roadhouse pickup $34.21.  good steak, rolls, sweet potato.

Stopped at Buc'ees $16.58 gas.(Gasbuddy did not work)

2.  Thursday night in Ada, OK Motel 6 ($80.06).  Motel is one year old, very new & Nice.  King bed.

3.  Friday night in Amarillo Motel 6 on Paramount, 3 nights, $186.17 using Hotels.com.  room 108 is clean, King bed, bathroom fan works with light and is very loud!!  TV picture quality is terrible on all channels + hum in audible.

Murphy gas in Paul's Valley, OK $28.15, then at Bucee's in Amarillo $36.17 on Visa

Friday night with Gary's house.  Joe & Betty came over Sat afternoon. Paid for lunch at Braums($35)

Denny at Ron Hoover(Amarillo) showed us Flagstaff model 25FKB(2 exits).

4.  Grants Motel 6 $80.35. Very new and nice.

5.  Flagstaff Motel 6 $82.06, two beds, no microwave, but clean

Gas at Love's on Gasbuddy $25.13

Gas at Phillips 66 travel center visa $18.92.  lots of rain from Amarillo to flagstaff

Flagstaff Motel 6 $82.04, May 6, Tuesday.   Clean but no microwave. In non-smoking room, yet has smoke smell.

 6.  Junction tomorrow Wed May 7

Love's GB gas $23.65, cracker barrel meat loaf dinners($45)

Lake powell travel center $3.29, 9 gal, $29.85 (Utah debit)

Arrived in Junction Wed. May 7th @ 3:30 pm, trip miles=2050

Spent $500 in Motel 6 and $189 in gas on this trip, not counting food(est $250)