From January 20 – 27 we camped near the Colorado River, in Columbus (Texas, of course), to try out all the bells and whistles on our new rig. We stayed in a Thousand Trails campground, so we didn’t have to pay (we are members). It’s a pretty good deal, really. As long as you use the membership, which we do!
Our GPS took us out of the way so it ended up being a longer drive to get there. But, it was good to finally get to try her out. We’ve been to the storage unit almost daily, and on Amazon nearly as often 🤪😂, getting her prepped, organized, and ready for action. Everything (almost) is reversed here, so I kept going to the wrong side to reach for stuff. But, it’s working out great so far.
The spot we got in was fairly level, but we did raise one side up just a notch. We ate at Joe’s Italian in Columbus the first night. Delicious bread and pizza! They showed a movie at the campground, but we were too tired the first day, so we watched the movie Dog Gone in bed. The TV is on my side in this trailer. It has 3 HDMI inputs, so we can use the iPad to stream (which we did).
Tim gave a quick ten-minute tour of our trailer the day we got set up. He talked about how it’s different from our other one. You can watch it here. We have almost decided on a name, so you’ll probably see another post about that coming soon!
The temperatures were mostly cold, then rainy, then sunny, then cold again. That’s Texas! It was a good test for all the different A/C and heating units in our trailer! We went for several walks by the River, sat in front of our camper and watched the sunset, and watched the deer frolic and play.
It was cold and rainy after the first couple of days, with a tornado watch 😳😳 to boot! But our girl did great. She did have a leak on the front door, so we’ll drop it off at the dealer to get that fixed. But, no damage from the storm was noted (Praise God!).
The skies cleared so we took an auto tour of historic buildings in downtown Columbus. We read a bunch of historic markers, re-telling historic stories. The first Texas Ranger started here.
I loved the courthouse, with a beautiful green stained glass ceiling in the courtroom.
They also have a LOT of big beautiful live oak trees. One of the largest in the world lives here. This one is in the middle of town. It’s a very cool town.
We ended that day with schnitzel at Schobels Restaurant. Delicious!!
Our truck was covered in frost! 😳
The deer stopped by to say good-bye on our way out of the park.
All in all, a great week, and a successful Maiden Voyage!!
À la prochaine…hasta la próxima vez…until next time!