Weather Stop

Livingston, Texas

Weather: low 70 degrees, high 80 degrees, winds to 30 mph, rain on and off from noon on

We decided to stay in Livingston today because the forecast for the weather was so bad. As I have said before, we don't like to travel when the weather is forecasted to be this way. Tomorrow is supposed to be better as far as rain, but we will have to contend with elevated winds if we move.

Last night when we set up the RV, we noticed that we did not do a very good job of leveling it. In fact, we did a lousy job. We felt like we were leaning downhill when facing the kitchen counter. I found myself putting the brakes on when I walked. Okay, there's a little exaggeration there, but not much. Once we decided we were not moving today, we moved the RV enough to get some leveling boards under the tires on the curb side. What a difference that made. Now we can walk inside the RV without feeling like we're leaning. I think the reason we did such a lousy job was that we were tired. Not a very good excuse, is it?

Since we needed to do a couple errands in Livingston, we decided to eat a late breakfast, early lunch by stopping at Burger King. After that, we drove to Lake Livingston State Park to check out their RV sites. It is a nice state park, and they have about 160 sites. Most of the spaces are too small for us, but we found some on the shore of the lake that look like they will work for our needs. We may want to stay there at some time in the future.

When I picked up our mail yesterday, the registration renewal for the truck was in it. Since we were in the Livingston area, we went by the tax office and got the new registration. It was a relatively painless process, and only took about 10 minutes. Now we're set for another year on that.

Before going back to the RV, we filled up with diesel. It was $3.839 a gallon, and who knows where the price will stop. The good news was that we averaged 12.5 mpg pulling the RV on this leg of the trip, which is pretty good, considering that the newer trucks and motor homes don't seem to do as well.

If the weather cooperates tomorrow, we will be moving on down the road.

More later, be safe.

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