Wednesday, October 30 – We are about 30 miles north of the heart of Houston on Rt. 59.
Traffic isn't any lighter since we were here back in March.
We are staying at Forest Retreat RV Park, in New Caney, TX.
The park has concrete sites, concrete streets, nice grass between the sites, 50 amp FHU's, some nice trees, and a beautiful club house. We are in site 122. We have a Maple tree, and it is turning colors. Marsha just stares out the window. This is the first "real" autumn colors we have seen.
We stayed here before, back in May of 2010. The WIFI is excellent. They offer free coffee all day and night and one bag of ice per day. It's a very nice campground and fairly well priced compared to other parks in the Houston area. But compared to the Elks lodge the price is high, but the amenities are better.
Looking right.
Looking left.
When we got ready to unhitch the truck, we were disappointed to find the left landing gear jack would not work. Remember, we knew it was acting up but hoped Paul had repaired it. “Not so fast, my friend.” It is out of commission! Well, after removing the jack from the 5th wheel and figuring out how to dismantle it, Paul found an internal sheer pin broken.
Pointing at the sheer pin that is broken.
Of course, it was pouring down rain making repairs difficult, and now we were faced with the problem of how to get to a hardware store to buy parts. No bus service in the area, and the closest hardware is about five miles away. Paul asked the office workers if anyone was considering a Home Depot trip but didn't have any luck. So, I guess tomorrow morning we'll haul the RV with us to fetch repair parts.....JEESH!
The good news is Paul was able to locate the problem and is able to make repairs once parts are obtained. So check back and see how the fix turns out.
He needs to keep all the parts together.
One more splash of autumn for you.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y'all back real soon. Have a great day!
