Oct 31st - I Have Arrived

Other than traffic jams in Dallas, todays 250 mile drive to Messiah’s Ranch was relatively uneventful. I entered the Dallas metro area a little after 9. The first stop and go traffic jam was only a little over a mile long. A TransAm was stalled in the left lane. The driver couldn’t get off the road to the left because of a barrier for the HOV lane.  After traffic just got back up to speed we had to slow down again. This time it was slow (stop and go) for maybe 4 miles. The second slow down was caused by an accident that had been cleaned up by the time I arrived at the accident site. This was not the most impressive view of Dallas freeways, but it was a place I could take a quick photo.

 

This place is certainly out of the way. The approximately 5 miles of gravel road was some of the dustiest road I've every seen. The CR-V was totally covered with dust. I thought I had let it run long enough last night to charge the battery, after a day on the road. It wouldn't start when I got it unhooked from the motor home. I had to jump it to start it. John loaned me a charger so the battery should be back to normal by morning.

 

 

Below is a photo of the gate to enter Messiah's Ranch.

 This is the driveway leading to the gate. The driveway starts after you get off the dusty road. Actually the driveway is not very dusty.

This is the view from the front of the motor home.

This is from across the road looking back at the motor home.

 

I've got the motor home hooked up to water and 50 amp electric. We have install a tee in a sewer line before the sewer can be connected. They have the line exposed.

 

It was 84 degrees here when I arrived. I've got the AC running. Tonights low is supposed to be in the mid 50's. The highs Thursday, Friday & Saturday are supposed to be in the mid 80's. These temperatures are about 5 degrees higher than normal for this time of year.

 

I am able to get CBS and FOX on TV with just my antennae. I've also got pretty good cell phone reception. I'm using it for my internect connection right now. They have WiFi in the dining room, and I'm parked close to the dining room, but my laptop can't "see" it now. I will check tomorrow to see if I can remedy the problem.

 





 Both John (the guy who runs the place) and Fred (Fred and his wife Gail have been full time volunteers here for about 18 months), seem like they will be great to work with. Fred and Gail are leaving for Tucson, where they used to live, in a couple of weeks. They are going back to spend the holidays with their family. I think John said that won't be back until some time in January.

 

I guess maybe I didn't sleep all that well at the rest area last night, because I pretty tired again tonight. Hopefully I can stay awake until at least 9 or I will be up to early. I'm supposed to meet John and Fred some time between 8:30 and 9:00 tomorrow morning. I think Fred works until around 3:30.

If you want to see where I am on a map, Google Kelumac Tree Farm, it is just down the road. http://www.kelumac.com/ I am stunned that there is a bed and breakfast out here.

Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.

PS. I sure don't expect any Trick or Treat'ers tonight. <grin>