Lundcruiser Adventures–Part 2

Tuesday - February 11, 2014
It’s hard to believe that it was exactly 5 months ago that we ended Part 1 of the Lundcruiser Adventures.  Since the Alaska trip, the Lundcruiser has been a “snowbird” in Arizona at an RV Storage facility, and appreciated not having to be winterized this season!  Finally, the Lundcruiser is making its way back to Indianapolis, via the Daytona 500. 
About a week before we left Arizona, there was a mini-Alaska reunion.  Five couples from the Alaska caravan travel to Arizona in their RV’s, and spend the winter, so we were able to arrange an AZ get-together.  It was really fun seeing everyone.   Here is a picture of the gang (minus one couple that got away before we took the picture).

We left Scottsdale on Sunday afternoon, and loaded up at the RV storage facility.  When we hooked up our truck (our tow vehicle) to the RV, we found the Alaska trip had taken quite a toll on the wiring harness—those bumpy roads shook the wires loose! In doing our standard pre-travel check, we found the lights on the truck weren’t working.  Jim was able to diagnose the problem with his volt meter, and do a repair on the loose wires to get us on our way. 

Then we made the 2 hour trip to Tucson where we spent the night at an RV park, and saw a beautiful sunset as we got to Tucson.  We had planned this short drive on Sunday, just to make sure we didn’t have any major issues before taking off on the 2100 mile journey to Daytona. 

We got up early on Monday and drove almost 600 miles to Fort Stockton, Texas.  It was a beautiful day, and interesting, as we passed very close to the Mexican border.  You could actually see the wall between the countries, and the Mexican village on the other side.   We had to stop at one border patrol post, near Juarez, but were asked just a few questions and sent on our way.


We found out Texas is a BIG state, and West Texas is a remote area.  We chose Fort Stockton as our stopping point because there isn’t really much in the area, and they have a Walmart, which allows RV’s in their lot overnight.   We walked to a nice local steakhouse about a block away, and had a good dinner, did a little Walmart shopping (a courtesy-- if you use their lot, it’s only appropriate to go spend money in their store!)  There were about 15 RV’s that stayed overnight.
When we woke up it was 26 degrees!  We haven’t been that cold since leaving Indy on January 9.  We got an early start, but ran into problem about 120 miles down the road.  There was sleet and snow and the roads became very icy.  A truck jack-knifed and shut down the highway.  We were stopped for 2 hours, but finally got rolling again, and laughed about our popsicles on the wipers and icicles on the wheels!

There were quite a few trucks parked along with us on the side of the road, and one actually almost slid into us as he tried to leave.  Thank goodness everyone seemed to make it out ok…just took a little longer than expected.
Spot found a cozy place under an electric blanket and missed most of the excitement all day. 
We are still travelling…(I brought my own hotspot).  We have about 100 miles to go..destination Gulf Coast RV Resort in Beaumont, Texas, where we will meet up with some relatives!
….and the Lundcruiser Adventures continue….stay tuned for Part 2!