Caddo Lake State Park is about a four-hour drive northwest of
Houston. The entry fee $4, and the camping fee was $15 (with electric).
Showers, dump station, and bathrooms are available.
When I left Northlake RV park north of Houston, I already was having a
bad morning. Somehow, I was showing very low readings on my voltage
battery indicator, which did not predict a long future for an expensive
gel battery that wasn’t that old. Normally, I rely on solar to top off
the battery, and I’ve never let the battery get below 50% until now.
I headed off to Harbor Freight and then Wal-Mart to find a battery
charger that worked for gel batteries. Then I rushed back to the rv
park and charged the batteries up to 80% before leaving. Unfortunately,
the batteries wouldn’t take any more charge than that. I always used to
get the charge levels to 13.0, but now I can only go to 12.8. I think
perhaps the polar vortex may have damaged my somewhat fragile gel
batteries even though the charge levels stayed high throughout the cold.
Then I had another Brew Hut equipment failure. I know I remembered
to flip up my rear stabilizers, and I found them in the flipped up
position when I arrived at the campsite. However, the stabilizer jack
pad on the right side was simply missing. I flipped the stabilizer
down, and there was no rod/pad to let down. So I had to rig up a
temporary solution to have support under the right rear of the Brew
Hut. It should get me home until I can order the part.
Last, to add insult to injury the band on my watch broke. It was just one of those days.
Once we set up camp, Calle and I went for long walks to burn off energy and anxiety.
She’s
sleeping, as I eat my leftovers meal of pan-fried steak burritos with
rice, ny strip, jalapenos, tomato, onion, and cheese, washed down with
St. Arnolds Art Car IPA (maybe more than one).
If I can avoid further equipment mishaps, I’m headed for Arkansas.
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