It got down to 22 degrees last night. Glad I unhooked our hose.
Part of the morning ritual on a travel day is to start the Flex and let it run for awhile to pump oil through the transmission. The battery was so dead that I had to dig the key out and use it to manually unlock the door. This the 2nd morning that this has happened during this trip. Both times after 2 days of travel without unhooking it. I always start it and let it run for 4-5 minutes when we stop for lunch. The first time it happened I though maybe it was because I didn't unplug the brake unit overnight. This time I had unplugged everything the both nights. It isn't a huge problem, just an inconvenience. The coach chassis batteries are in the engine compartment so it is easy to hook up jumper cables. In the future I will make it a point to not store them where I have to unload a bunch of tools to get back to them. Also, the coach alternator is supposed to charge the Flex battery while they are connected. I need to do some diagnostic work. All went well after that.
It was 324 miles from the campground in Fort Stockton to Braunig Lake RV Park on the south side of San Antonio. We are 1,274 miles from the campground in Cathedral City, 233 miles to go to get to Victoria Palms in Donna, TX. I didn't drive any yesterday but today I drove the "middle stretch", about 140 miles. We arrived around 5:30.
We drove through an area with dozens of windmills on the hilltops. Only around half of them were turning. We did see oil wells pumping away during today's drive.
Parked at Braunig Lake. The folks in the Class C next to us pulled in just as we were setting up. Their home base is Kansas City, KS. They are here for a week before heading south to an area close to the border.
This appears to be a nice campground. There isn't much room between campers, especially if both have slides out. The staggered parking does allow each unit to enjoy the grass and open space in front of the adjacent unit.
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