Quiet two weeks
Saw some turtles and a moccasin snake in the ponds at Ray Roberts State Park. The snake was sunbathing where on a previous day the big turtle had been, hope he didn't eat him!
We left Ray Roberts on Saturday 11th March. As it was only a thirty four mile drive to our next stop and there was a hard and fast rule of no check in until 3pm at the next park so we took our time packing up and then stopped at a truck wash on the I35.
When we had arrived at Ray Roberts there was a big storm and the rv and truck were brown. Found out later there was a dust storm nearby and we got some of it. The truck wash was good though we had to wait in line for over an hour. It was a manual wash which I was surprised at but seeing the different types of vehicles using it I guess it's easier. Everything from a pickup truck to a semi with box trailer to a semi with a big open farm animal trailer, Class A rvs and us with our pickup truck and 5th wheel. It cost $60 to wash both and that included an upgraded Rainex finish.
Due to a crash on the highway and the truck wash taking longer than we thought we arrived at Hickory Creek Campground,
This is a very popular campsite situated on Lewisville Lake. It's near Dallas and has a lot of new developments and shopping areas surrounding it as nearby towns build more and more. We arrived at the beginning of Spring Break (half term for UK readers) and the park was full. We do not have a lake view on our site but in this instance I am glad as the sites next to the lake are very close together and there is road noise from the I35 that you can see crossing the lake.
We are under the flight path for Dallas Fort Worth airport so we see and hear a lot of airplanes.
A lot of part time/weekend people who probably live not too far from campsites bring two or even three vehicles with them which makes some of the campsites that have small roadways very full as they tend to park all over the place though they are not meant to. I think if you have more than one vehicle you should have to park it at the visitor parking area so the roads are clear especially when kids are playing on bikes and skateboards.
We got backed into our site, leveled easily though it was on a hill, unhitched and went to lower the steps when we saw an ant hill on the edge of the blacktop. John kicked it and out poured angry fire ants. Emily warned us not to get bitten by them as they cause a bad burn. So we dashed to Walmart which is luckily five minutes away and bought lots of stuff to kill them.
A very strange travel day that took as long to complete thirty plus miles than as if we had driven our usual two hundred plus miles.
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| Our spacious site with a roof over the picnic table and no neighbors on one side |
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| The locals |
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