RV Road Trip to Texas During Rolling Blackouts (Encore - Sunshine RV Resort)
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2021
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During Rolling Blackouts (Encore - Sunshine RV Resort) (EP 123)
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Rolling blackouts, no water, no food… in this episode of LivinRVision, Brian and Michelle decide to head down to the bottom of the Rio Grande Valley, in Harlingen Texas right after the historic winter storm passes through the entire state of Texas! But that’s not all this episode is about, so be sure to watch every minute of this very entertaining video!
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One just doesn't realize how BIG Texas really is until tryin to drive through it...driving...driving...driving...
It’s HUGE! Seems like it never ends lol!
I like that you put in road signs in a snap shot.
👍🏻 Glad you like it! 😁🤓
I love that part too!
Ok when Brian’s driving rigs and rv’s are passing you and when Michelle is driving she’s doing the passing 😂😂😂
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LMAO!! under pressure........makes me want to snack.....Michelle, you go girl........
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Great episode, congrats with Michelles willingness to learn. At a minimum she can provide relief during those long straight highway days. You did great Michelle, soon you’ll be “backin that thang up” .. 🤣
Woah don’t be talkin crazy now about backing up! Lol 🤓 😉 I need lots more practice for sure.
Thanks for watching and have a great week!
Thanks for this road movie with the competent new driver. One must really like driving such long distances! I do not want to recall the 4-week-trip in a rented RV in the US in 1981 when I had completely underestimated these distances! Greetings from Bavaria, Germany.
Long driving days is not our preference that’s for sure. However we only do them if we have a reservation that’s far away. We have to travel on the weekends due to Michelle’s work schedule. This time, we wanted to get down to southern TX as quick as possible only because of the bad snow storm that hit a week before and lots of places north of there were dealing with no power or no water. Otherwise we like to take our time if we can!
Have a great week! 🧡😁🤓
Michelle, congratulations for a successful drive of the truck and RV! By the way, it is the co-pilot’s job to make sure there is no one beside you before you move to the right!
Respectfully, Kevin
Thank you!🤓 Well, then I probably should of told my copilot I was switching lanes then LOL oops! Once he noticed I was merging, luckily he actually did alert me there’s a truck beside us. It was a close call. We usually don’t tell each other when we are merging, that’s kind of the drivers job to look in the mirrors for traffic. The mirrors are set for the driver not the passenger. 🤓
@@LivinRVision Teamwork.
Definitely need to have that! 👍🏻
Las Cruces my home town. My wife and I have traveled I10 many times and always stop at the rest areas at Texas canyon we love the rock formations there. Yep need that DEF don't want to go into limp mode. :-) Safe travels
There is some great landscape through that area. Thanks so much for watching and have a great week! 🧡😁🤓
Did you see my sister and brother in law - they live about 10 miles away from Harlingen?
Michelle did a great job behind the wheel!
We may have seen them! 🤣
Thank you! 🧡🤓
I haven't pulled our 5th wheel yet but then again it's only been 4-1/2 years 😄 we have family all over Iowa and Texas. The Texas folks are mostly up north in Lubbock but in Iowa they are in Spencer, Storm lake, Sioux Rapids and Marathon and my uncle used to have a house on Lake Okoboji. We haven't been to either in a very long time. We are both born and raised in California but we're retired last year and can't wait to hit the road. We love your videos. Keep 'em coming.
We know most of those places in Iowa well. We have some family in the DFW area of Texas besides Iowa as well.
Glad you enjoy the videos! 😊🤓
Another great video. But my wife and I went thirsty during it. Our drinking game of having a drink anytime you guys say pie...
Thank you! Well let’s make up for that...pie, pie, PIE! 🥂 🥂
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You guys make my wife and I laugh, love your light hearted videos
Mission accomplished! 😊🤓 We really enjoy making these for those that really enjoy and appreciate them, so thank you and we’re so glad you enjoy them!
Undah presshah! 😂🤣 Good job Michelle!
Thank you! 🧡🤓
Good job Michelle pulling the Airstream!!
Thank you! 🤓
Proud of Michelle for getting behind the wheel, it can be a bit intimidating. GREAT JOB. SAFE TRAVELS.
Thanks Joe! 🧡🤓
Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching! 😁🤓
You guys are great! Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! 🧡
I appreciate all of your helpful/useful information.
Glad you enjoy it! 😊🤓
Great video love the places you show all of us thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you! 😊🤓
Thanks for your video!! I really like your relaxing music choices.
Glad you enjoy them! Thank you! 😊🤓
Love yours video quality...awesome show again!!!
Thank you Nick! Glad you enjoyed it! 🧡😁🤓
Another incredible video!! Thanks Brian and Michelle!
Thank you Shane! 😊🤓
Thank you for another travel video....good editing and music!
So glad you enjoyed it! 🧡😁🤓
As always guys, Great video! Enjoyed the drive. That park looked great. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Dean! 🧡😁🤓
Happy pi day Michelle 3.14. Very proud of you for taking the wheel. You have just encouraged me to do the same😉
Thank you! 🤓 It felt so good! You can do it! 👍🏻
Y’all are awesome 🤩
Thanks! 🧡😁🤓
Thank you for taking us along your journey to/through Texas. Always enjoy your videos.
Glad you enjoyed! You’re very welcome! 😊🤓
Great rig So proud of co pilot lady a start to experiancing tow of Airstream.My parents had new Airstream back in late 60s. From Oklahoma Happy safe trails to ft Stockton ,HarligenTx. Always enjoy your channel
Thank you so much!! 🧡😁🤓
Love your travels .... thank you 😊
Glad you enjoy! Thank you! 😊🤓
Great scenery guys and lovin the music. Stay safe out there
Thanks Pat! 🧡😁🤓
Smart idea of topping off when you can...another good video and thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!! 🧡😁🤓
Love your videos. Michelle was very brave to take the wheel. Looks like she did a very good job.
She sure was and I was VERY proud of her! She did excellent! 👍🏻😊
Looks like yall are having some fun again. Glad to see. Hagd.
We are! Thanks! 😊🤓
Welcome to my home state! Although I am from the Austin hill country area. Enjoy your stay and be careful with all the mess going on at the border
Thank you Scott!! 🧡😁🤓
You do such a great job making these videos!! Never boring or filming something to long‼️👏🏻👏🏻💕
Thanks for the kudos! 🧡 We’re glad you’re enjoying them! 😁🤓
Great video and doing the driving enjoy your travels and stay safe.
Thank you Barry! 🧡😁🤓
Michelle has become a national hero driving the big rig, great job. Great job on the video, ya,all did good.
Lol! 🤓 And I only had one near miss of running into someone! 😱 More practice needed!
You did a great job driving Michelle! Thanks for sharing! ~ Shion and Matthew
Yes she did, I was so proud of her taking the challenge and doing so good! She says thank you!
Michelle nice job with driving the big rig ! Safe travels to you two and thumbs UP to you !
Thanks so much! 🧡🤓 Have a great week! 😁🤓
That's great that you letting her drive. She NEEDS to know these things. If something happened to you, where would she be? My husband never let me drive our 5th wheel. He passed away. I sold the whole deal, truck, rv. Now I'm back to TENT camping. Will build myself back up to an RV. Yea, our Texas rolling blackouts weren't fun.
Sorry to hear your husband passed. It’s good that you are getting back out and camping now. It’s good for the soul!
Michelle likes to drive this truck and she wants to help me with the driving when needed. I gladly let her drive but sometimes I have to drive again when I get car sick. LOL
The main reason we sold the Class A was for this very reason...I always worried about what if something happened to me. I worry and try to help her with things way more than what is captured on our video camera and shared.
Sorry to hear about your loss. May God bless you with finding someone who likes to travel and that he may already have an rv. I look forward to retirement so that I may travel more.
Sorry about your great loss. I’m noticing more & more people are getting Mini Vans & Converting to a camper or a cargo trailer. Something to consider!
I just shared your video to my niece and her husband as a good resource for first timers. I hope they subscribe. I really enjoyed this video. I like travel days.
Aww thanks so much Gene! We’re so glad you like it. Have a great week and stay safe! 🧡😁🤓
Glad you are getting the hang of the new RV. Sunshine certainly appears to have some interesting amenities. Enjoy your stay.
Thanks Pat. It’s a. Ice resort with a lot of amenities and activities. Wish we were retired so that we could enjoy them. Weekends are our only free time and then we are filming. LOL
Nice job of relief driving Michelle. Those were some long days. Pretty sure we couldn't go for that long. Thanks for sharing, we'll be watching next week !!!
Thank you! 🤓 We don’t like driving that long either, but we had to because of my work.
Completely enjoyed this clip, I left Tx in 93.. Miss it terribly all of my family lives there. Thanks for the ride!
So glad you enjoyed it! 🧡😁🤓
Hushy, hushy !. 🤫 😅😂🤣. As in “ Zip it.” 🤐. 😝
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@@LivinRVision IKSNAY ON THE EEDSPAY lol
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It was so great to see you guys and we so appreciate y'all celebrating our little girls birthday with us! 💚 That was a long trip! YAY Michelle for taking the reins! I think we stopped at that same T/A in El Paso, gotta love that TSD fuel card! 🤑Great video! Love the scenery and music! You guys rock! 🤘🏼😎💚
We are so glad we were in the same area to visit with you guys and join in the birthday celebration! Hopefully it won’t be too long before we get to see you again. Stay safe and happy travels!! 🧡😁🤓
God bless you ! That was a lot of driving in short period of time!
Yes it was! We typically don’t drive that far or long but we had to because of my work schedule. I cannot work during the week while we are traveling. 🤓
Look like might be a good place to visit. Good job on the driving Michelle
Thank you! 🤓
I bet you are so happy that very long, boring drive is over! How did you stay awake? Michele, you looked very comfortable driving. 👍 Enjoy your stay and safe travels.
Yes! LOL Thank you! 😊🤓
Enjoyed the video today guys! Michelle you were rocking the drive and looking real comfortable doing it....Brian a little nervous...just kidding.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Long day driving for you but enjoyed sharing it . Stay safe and see you next week! 😎
Thank you! 🤓 We don’t typically do those long drives like that but had to.
I think he only got nervous once...and we all know why that was from watching the video. 😂 Darn mirror!
Thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing your adventures... hoping the new rig is a better setup for you both... Michelle is doing great 👍... build her confidence on the straight highway runs and have her do some practicing backups when you're out by yourselves in a huge area or mega-parking lot... once she's got her confidence set, she'll be fine... Enjoy 😊 this time, regardless of circumstances... and remember you are truly blessed and living the dream of many.
Thanks so much for those kind words of inspiration, Tim!! 🧡 Bless you! Stay safe and have a great week! 😁🤓
POTTY BREAK! Great camera work on the roads. And even better editing!
Thank you very much! 😊🤓
Beautiful drive and so close to the border. Looks like a nice park you are staying at - time to get your two-step on.
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I enjoyed this video. I like travel days.
Glad you enjoyed! 😊🤓
Really enjoyed your narration during this long drive. I enjoy how you mix different camera angles and music. I’m glad you guys were able to locate campsites in TX. Also we liked Michelle shirt. “Pikes Peak”. Flying the Colorado colors.
Glad you enjoyed the vid! We love Colorado!! 🧡😁🤓
I know I’m a bit late responding to this - as we watched it on day of release - but I found your bravery, Michelle, to be inspiring!! I STILL haven’t towed our new rig - and I truly am becoming less afraid. Bravo!! 🎉🎉
Thank you! It doesn’t intimidate me like the motorhome did. I’m still nervous but feel much better now that I have. 🤓
Great episode, as usual, but really(!) enjoyed the soundtrack. Gotta look up some of those tunes for my next road mix.
Thank you! 😊🤓
Yeah you guys. Yes long days. We are heading back to Florida today. We made it to Tuson Az. Will be in Tx tomorrow and the next day...nice sunny weather to travel in. Stay safe. Yeah Michele!
Stay safe and happy trails! Thank you!🤓
Hi Brian! Hi Michelle! 👋🏻 I thoroughly enjoyed this video. So nice to see Michelle getting comfy behind the wheel. And Brian, you crack me up, praying 🙏 before Michelle takes over!!!! 😂. And Michelle, you are so sweet and good-natured! (You had your chance at Tombstone! ). Lol 😝. Wow...that was a gloomy drive...made me depressed going thru that part of Texas. You compared it to Iowa, where I have never been), and now I see why you guys love the ☀️ states so much! GREAT 👍 ☀️🌞😃😎. Enjoyed my 2 cups of coffee watching you two do all the work! 😜. And, you are right, it is so tempting to snack away on those long drive days! Yum yum 😋! What is your favorite snack? And you can’t say pie ... too messy on a car trip!!!! 🤪. Love to you both! 💜👍☺️. As usual, stay safe.
Aww thanks so much Jolene! 🧡
Yes, sometimes Texas reminds us of Iowa. We have been so used to the SW with the dry climate and lots of sun that we forgot what it was like to be back in humidity and overcast skies. 😂
We like to snack on cheese sticks, some almond crackers that we get at Costco and mixed nuts. However the snacks dont last on the really long travel days. They’re usually gone within a few hours! 😂
Have a great week and stay safe out there!! 🧡😁🤓
you guys just did a bunch of driving. And you made it safely that’s what counts.☕️👍
Yes! We don’t typically drive that far in one day, but when our destination is that long, we are forced to unless Michelle can take a day off work. Otherwise, we have to get there before the start of the work week. Thanks David! 🧡😊🤓
Safe travels
Thanks Loda! 🧡😁🤓
Going along watching the video...then suddenly realized I was totally enjoying the music! Ha! Saw your headlamp. Wife wanted me to order some of those, now was the time.
Glad you enjoyed! Those lights are handy!
I have been a subscriber for some time watching your videos I like the ones were you show you are traveling I like the scenery Thank you
Glad you enjoy, Ernest. Thank you! 😊🤓
Long drives. Truck and trailer and drivers seem to be doing well. Thanks for the video from up in 🇨🇦.
Hello up North! 👋 Thanks for watching! Have a great week! 🧡😁🤓
Proud to see Michelle during the rig! 🖖🏻👍🏻🙏🏻😘
Thank you! 🧡🤓
That is really cool are you stop the film when you see a sign so we can read it too. BRILLIANT‼️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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HAHA Your thumbnail! It's exactly the face on my husband the first time I drove our Class A
Priceless! 😂🤣
Great video.
Thank you! 😊🤓
Yay! Michelle! Gotta love that girl power! You might have been off the beaten path, but beautiful scenery. 👍💕
Thanks Patsy!! 🧡🤓
Our Airstream pulls so nice and we take turns doing the driving. Hope you both felt your rig pulled steady and continues to track good to the truck. Easy to just pull in and stay attached for a quick departure.
Sometimes you just have to drive a ways to a destination but you all put in a long couple of days. We have same concerns regarding finding a decent gas station in the middle of “no where” and we too also try to stay topped off. Enjoy the videos and look forward to next one.
It does pull very nice. We are enjoying it so much and even more once we get the Alde system replaced 😂
We had to make that trip in two days on the weekend because of my work. 🤓
Great video
Thank you! 😊🤓
Good job Michelle! You inspire me to try to pull our new 42 Ft fifth wheel when we pick it up. We loved that part of Texas when we went down just after Christmas. We stayed at a Encore in Donna. On the way home the GPS took us on some of those back highways as well. Not such a great idea as it had snowed the night before and OMG I was so grateful for a very brave and experienced husband because it was pretty bad. We too would like to avoid the interstate around San Antonio. Hope you got to dip your toes in the ocean at South Padre Island ...
Thank you! 🤓 We avoided San Antonio because of the weather at the time we were heading down. GPS was going to take us through San Antonio and then changed when we looked again before our trip. Lucky the roads were better the way we came. You’re right though, avoiding San Antonio and many other freeways around some cities is a good idea. 👍🏻😊🤓
Awesome job Michelle 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾our first TT would take a while to hookup and line up over the ball it was frustrating at times,our 5th wheel with the Anderson ultimate is so easy to hookup.
Thank you! 🤓 Brian is pretty good at lining it up. It takes some getting used to for sure, but he makes it look so easy LOL Not sure I’m ready for that!
Great Vid again thanks. Do ya have BLIS on the 250? Should help with blind side headaches while towing. I wish I had it. Takes some use to get the hang of the mirrors.
We do have lane-assist that lights up on the mirrors when there’s a vehicle near. Somehow I missed seeing that too! 🤓
We were in Harlingen during the freaky storm! We were at Tropic Winds (encore) and no power for 44 hours and the park turned off all water. They alerted us all so we filled our fresh water tank and were fine. I think Sunshine was the only place that never lost power! The grocery stores were empty for a few days!! Safe Travels! ~Lynette
That’s what we heard. We called before we headed down to make sure all was fine. Friday was the day it started to warm up and we left on Saturday. We stayed to the west of the state bypassed going through San Antonio. The grocery stores were still pretty empty when we first got there too. Glad all went ok for y’all when you were here!
U guys drove right past us in our home town of El Paso, Texas. Although I believe during that time we were in Dallas during the winter storm sighing for the new rig. Regretfully it stayed in Dallas awaiting its maiden voyage which is coming up this week God willing. Will keep u guys posted. Blessings always. G & L
Oh wow! Well congratulations on your new rig and your upcoming maiden voyage! Very exciting! 😊🤓
I love you guys
Aww thanks!! 🧡😁🤓
☘Hello!🙋♀️ So good to see you both! ☘ I really enjoyed your video. ☘ I love the music you select. ☘ The last RV park looked welcoming & inviting. ☘ 💰HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! 🍀
I you both have a really good week, & get to enjoy some of this park. Our gas up to $2.69.
Hi Kimberly! 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️ So glad you enjoyed it! Happy St Pats!! 🍀 Hope you have a good week too!
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Love your channel and have subscribed. A special request - would appreciate if you can zoom in when you focus on the town road signs for us nearsighted folks :) - I keep missing them. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks for the sub!! 🧡 We do try to zoom in and stop on the signs when we can. Sometimes it may not have been a clear enough shot of it. So glad you’re enjoying our adventures! Have a great week and stay safe! 😁🤓
Dang mirror. Swap out that mirror for her. You guys kill me!!😂🤣
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My dad was from Iowa 👍🏻😊. Once he made it to NY and met my mother in NJ. They married and he never went back. He loved the coast of the east and hated the winters in Iowa even disliked the summers. We grew up in S.NJ. They tried to go back when we were baby’s but that only last a month or so them back to life on the east coast.🤷♀️🏠♥️
Oh cool, what part of Iowa? We can definitely relate to the winters and summers in Iowa. Either way, it’s difficult to enjoy yourself outdoors...especially once you go to a dryer climate and realize how beautiful it is to enjoy the outdoors in that climate. We’ve only been to the east coat a few times and plan to see more of it soon. 👍🏻😊🤓
Great Job Michelle! I need to muster up the courage to tow our beast when we are on an open road (no traffic) preferably no cars at all 😂
Enjoy your video as always! Safe travels
Thank you! 🧡🤓 I would have preferred an empty highway with no traffic! 😂 I was much more relaxed the second day when we were on the regular 2-lane road with not much traffic. Gave me time to really get the feel of it.
Stay safe and have a great week! 😁🤓
@@LivinRVision 😂 sound about right! Safe travels!
Last year we did something new. I did the rig backup to the campsite and my husband became the guide for this task. Based on an excellent KOA staff person at Townsend TN experience, my husband now places himself in front of the truck and watches which way the trailer tires are tracking. I place the rig just past the site and straight before we begin. Kevin will communicate to me as the rig backs with an assortment of instructions such as: turn the wheel left...a little more left or stop straighten wheel and pull forward, stop ...come on back but turn right ... now turn left ...and he says from that view it was clear the tracking path I should back our trailer. When He checks for clearance issues I just stop rolling back and wait for new information. It is a process but so far it has worked for us. A tight site spot can be more problematic due to stuff your truck has to clear from the front of the turn. Our truck is F250 with crew cab plus 31’ trailer. Look forward to to seeing you give it a try. 😎
Sounds like something a lot of us do. 👍🏻
Sandra Westley UK here we have movers on our vans, they run off the battery, you have a hand set to manoeuvre left right back, all the time you can be walking round it, our camp sites normally are not big enough to stay hitched up or to manoeuvre on the car.
i would love a road trip like that
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Thx for the video with covid and the border being closed this will probably be our tour of Texas so we will tour Ontario this summer with the motorhome as you have to quarantine province to province for two weeks upon entering I made 24 butter tarts this week Michele and wondered if you ever had them they are Canadian
This past year has been terrible. We just recently went to Mexico, parked the car and walked across with no problems at all. Couldn’t believe how easy it was. Definitely not the same everywhere.
Yum, sounds good! No I have not had those before. I may have to get my chef to make them for me. 🤓
I always add a couple hours to long drives. I know I'm gonna stop for bathroom breaks, and just to wake myself up, since I'm traveling alone.
Good idea. We can only travel on weekend most of the time due to my work schedule. I can not work while Brian drives because I usually need both monitors. Otherwise we always drive shorter distances a d keep our speeds to 62-63. 👍🏻🤓
Nice video. Love how you show the drive through the area!
Being a spec person, how is the truck doing? What payload does it have on the yellow sticker? What mpg do you get towing the trailer? Nothing is perfect so what things do you like with the setup and what do you wish it had or did not do?
Great to see Michelle out there getting miles behind the steering wheel! For her first time towing she is doing a great job considering that it’s a pretty large rig as far as length.
Look forward to the Saturday mornings and seeing your content. Thanks for taking us along so we can see the country.
Bill
Hi Bill! Thank you, we’re glad you enjoyed it! 😊🤓
The mpg varies quite a bit, but here is what I have noticed. Keep in mind this 2020 has the new 10 speed, which really helps. Pulling we have been getting anywhere from13-15mpg a d not pulling it varies even wider from 18-22 mpg. A lot has to do with in town, hey, driving habits, hills or straight always, but that gives you the gist.
I’ll have to take a look at the sticker again as I can’t recall. We’re both laying in bed for the night answering y’all’s comments. 😂
The inventory was low when we were searching for a truck, so the one thing that stands out for me is, I wish we could of found a model that had a few more bells and whistles. This one does not have the newer tailgate the has the section that comes down to use for a step, which I have found that would of been very handy, but once we install a bed slide, it won’t be so important. This truck did not have the power slide out mirrors, we have to pull them out manually, but not a big deal. The truck pulls nice and we keep hearing from a couple other followers about adding the bigger fuel tank...but that hasn’t been something that we feel we need. Maybe our better mpg is helping with that. I don’t see the benefit being a good trade off for the money spent and adding more to the payload when it’s full.
Michelle is doing great isn’t she?!! I’m VERY proud of her and how well she has been doing! It’s amazing how much more comfortable she is driving this vs the Class A. It’s been nice as it has been more comfortable for us riding together also then the Class A was. So far it has been great. 🤞🏻
I was at an Encore park in Westlaco (just down the road from Harlingen) during Winter Storm Uri. Lost power my first night there and still had none when I left four days later.
This trip was the day after the first day the weather started to warm back up. Sunshine RV was the only place that still had electricity and water at the time.
Hi guys, we like your videos. We are presently at Fort Stockton RV Resort for a couple of nights on our way to Medina Lake and San Benito. Maybe we’ll bump into each other at a pie shop. 😋
Stay safe on these crazy highways. David and Kathy.
Hey guys! You never know! We have to leave for a service appt up north and unsure where we will be going next depending on the weather and how this appt turns out. Hope to run into you guys! Safe travels! 😊🤓
Hey fellow Iowan. My wife and I recently retired and haven't gone the full-time rv route yet. My wife is more of a glamper...so when we camp she wants all of the amenities. I may have to look into an Encore membership. We are heading to Glacier this summer and then hopefully winter in the Tuscan/Phoenix area this winter. We have a 2020 Grand Design Reflection (bumper pull) and tow with a 2019 Ford F250 6.7L....so I love your rig and truck. May see you on the road some time. Happy and safe travels to you.
Hello!! You’re one step ahead of us play the song was never even interested in the idea in the beginning, so glamping is a very familiar word around here! 😂
We are sure you both will enjoy it very much!
We hope to see you both out there soon! 😊🤓
Great job Michelle! I noticed the same from a previous comment. Michelle is doing the passing, and Brian buddy, you're always getting passed.😀 Did you guys feel much Airstream sway on this longer drive? Fun video, stay safe out there!😎
Thank you! 🧡🤓
Haha! It must have been just timing of the video filming capturing the times getting passed and passing with each of us driving. That’s funny! 😂🤣
We did not feel hardly any sway during either day driving. I can only remember a brief time when we felt it with a gusty spot but nothing bad.
Thanks so much for watching! Have a great week! 😁🤓
When Michelle drove 150 feet 😆 That would be me too!
😂 But I was impressed that she asked to drive the next two times on this trip. I was very proud of her! She did awesome didn’t she?! 😊
@@LivinRVision She did! 👍
If you go for a road trip check out Port Aransas TX (Port A) great RV places on the Island, fishing is great along with beach walks! Corpus Christi has a nice brewery Nueces Brewery and has great BBQ! Safe travels watch out for people running across the hwy :)
Thanks for the tips, Jack! 👍🏻😊🤓
I hear ya on that last part! 😂🤣
She did great...
Yes she did! 👍🏻 She says, thank you! 🤓
Long days guys. Don't know if I could go that long. That's one of the downsides of traveling on your own....you don't have anyone to keep you awake, lol. Good music selection for the landscapes you were going through too. Heck, what about that laundry room. Half of the machines could be out of order and you would still have more than most parks. Safe travels till next week.
Yes those were two long days but we typically don’t do that. We had to because my work.
You are right, there is more machines there than in some city laundromats! LOL 🤓
You guys do some long drives between distinations. Was proud to see Michelle driving. I (Cyndi) have actually been the first to drive any of our rigs. Budhi is getting more confortable with it though.
We usually don’t drive that long. We like to stay under 4 hours if possible. It just depends on how far our reservation is. Michelle’s work prefers we travel on non-work days, which means the weekend. So we only have 2 days to drive if going long distance. Otherwise we would have to stay a week someplace in between if we only drive shorter periods on the weekend. In this case, we wanted to get down to southern Texas as quick as we could because of the timing when that storm went through the state. We knew lots of places in the middle of the state would have power and water issues still.
That’s good both of you are able to drive the rig. 👍🏻
Thanks so much for watching and have a great week! 🧡😁🤓
Well I won’t say you took the most scenic on today’s video but in Texas you take the good with the not so good. My Texas recommendation for you all is go up to Fredericksburg TX and stay a few days. Texas hill country at its best and not to far from Austin. Thanks so much for sharing your travels in the Lone Star State!!
We may have to go there when we head back up north. The timing of our reservations in the Rio Grande Valley was right when that big storm went through so we just wanted to get down to the southern part as quick as possible. We will put Fredericksburg on our list of stops! Thanks! 🧡😁🤓
Miles and miles of Texas. If you’re passing through the Houston area before May, stop and say howdy!
Will do! 😁🤓
So glad you hit Texas after the great storm! Michelle is an awesome driver...speedy?
Yes, we delayed our reservations a week to let the storm pass. Yea she is! She does very good! She kept it at 62-63 also. 👍🏻😊🤓
It makes me sad to know you guys had to visit the great state of Texas during the rolling blackouts! In the DFW area it was BAD!!! I personally never lost power for long, but was without water for 12 days! It was certainly a time in history to remember! Glad you found a park with power and I agree ... that place is HUGE!! It always feels weird to me to go through El Paso, knowing the US is on one side and Mexico on the other. WOO HOO Michelle ... for getting behind the wheel!! So proud of you!!
At some point, I'd be VERY interested in how you guys go about getting your mail (like you just did) when you are out on the road traveling. You may have already touched on this in another video but I've been binging and need a break in the memory department! LOL
No problem at all! We get our mail two ways - 1) We have a mail service called Americas Mailbox. Some mail goes there as our permanent legal address and then we can see everything that we get as then scan it all and then we have it sent to where we are.
2) When we know we want to order something from Amazon or need something right away, we just have it sent directly to the campgrounds where we are located. It comes either to the campground office or to our site, depending on the campground and sometimes where the driver chooses to drop it off. 👍🏻😊🤓
We take the loop around El Paso as it’s less traffic and cuts a little distance off.