July 6th, 8:00AM, another “Awesome Adventure” was about to begin. Th’ whole thing started off with a bang, I couldn’t get th’ RV's awning to retract correctly. Now, let me preface this statement by saying that th’ awning had been staked out for a little over three months, in th’ same position. Sooo, what should have been a one person 3 minute job quickly became a two person 1 hour task. Aggravatin’, that’s what it was. Anyhow, thoroughly wringin’ wet with sweat and tired already, 10AM, we hit th’ road. First stop, Canyon Trail RV Resort in New Braunfels, a short 3 hour drive. We stayed in New Braunfels for a couple days while having some much needed repairs done to th RV. Whle we were there, we shared a meal with Victoria Graham and her husband. Good folks.
Our route consisted mostly of I-10, US 83, 87 and 289 to Wiley
Co. We stopped overnight in Lubbock to visit our Grand-daughter Kara and her husband, Dustyn. Ol' JW and Taylor (our Great grand daughter) got a little closer to each other (that's another story in itself). We spent a few days visiting
with our boy Jeff, and his wife Debbie and our Daughter, Gari and her hubby Ronnie..
Rested, a lot. Visited with Amber and Jared and Kacey and Tyler (Grand kids and great grand babies).
While we were there, we (and I use that term very loosely) decided to
see what there was to offer in the way of a new pickup truck in this area. Anyhow, to make a long story short, we purchased a 2012 Ford F150 Lariat. Very nice truck. And even nicer after I had Jared tint our windows, thanks Jared, they look great.
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| Ford F150 Lariat |
A couple days later, we were off to th’ mountains for our “4
Wheelin’ Family Reunion.” Now,
Jeff thought there were only gonna be around 15 or so at th’ camp but it turned
out that there were 26. And we all
had a good time. We camped at th’
Poncha Loop area (10,200’), just
over Poncha Pass. Temps were in
th’ 70’s daytime and low to mid 40’s at night, perfect (at least for this old
fat man). We 4 wheeled every day
we were there and even got in some time at Mt Princeton Hot Springs.
Now, our 4 wheelin’ adventure deserves some mention because
of th’ SNAFU that ensued. We
reserved and made a down payment on a side by side 4 wheeler from Stanwood Motorsports
in Westcliffe back on May 31st or so. When it came time to pick up said 4 wheeler, they didn’t have one for us. Now, ole JW was
not a happy camper at this point.
We had to drive about an hour away from th’ campsite just to get to
Westcliffe. Not only did they not
have a unit for us but they also had no paperwork showing we ever rented a 4
wheeler. Well, thank goodness I
had my mobile banking app on my smartphone because it showed how much and when
they took th’ money. They did give
me back my deposit and we headed back to camp. Disgusted is a very mild term for what ol' JW was.
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| Artic Cat - Wildcat |
Now this is where it gets good. My wife, Wanda, was so upset that there
was no way Stanwood Motorsports was gonna ruin our 4 wheelin’ adventure. She called them back and negotiated a
better unit than what we were going to have to begin with and at half price and
money for gas. HA HA HA. (See picture above) Well, th’ only problem with this was, we couldn’t get th’ unit until th’ next day and we had to drive all th' way back to Westcliffe to get it. (I thought
they should have offered to deliver it.)
Anyhow, it all worked out and we had a great time 4 wheelin’. Now, it came time to take th’ unit
back. We were told to return th’
unit on Monday morning at
10am. No problem, except, when we
got there they were closed on Mondays.
(Their website said they were open Monday – Saturday). Since th’ insurance on th’ unit was
provided by, me, I didn’t feel safe leaving th’ unit and maybe having someone
steal it. Several hours passed and we tried to call every number we could find for them but to no avail. Finally, we went across th’ street to a
café and th’ owner said he knew th’ guys at Stanwood and would get ahold of
them for us, didn’t happen. Ole
Willie (th’ café owner) said, just leave th’ unit at Stanwood and put a note on
it sayin’ “Willie’s got th’ key!”
Good 'nuff for me. So folks, if you ever feel like you want to rent a 4 wheeler from Stanwood Motorsports in Westcliffe, Co. PH# 719 783-2880 be sure to have something in writing regarding your agreement and double check with them before you drive over to get your rental, (by th' way, we still haven’t got our copy of th’ rental agreement from them.)
After 7 days of boondockin’ (no ATT phone service, no WIFI,
no internet, no TV, HA, it was great)
we returned to civilization at Wiley, Co. About another week or so was spent relaxin’ and restin’
before we headed back to th’ grind of th’ oil patch.
We did take two days in San
Antonio at th’ San Antonio KOA. We
went downtown both days to th’ Riverwalk and th’ Tower of th’ Americas. Wonderful time in SA. On Aug 6th (exactly 30 days after we left) we
arrived back at our gate near Catarina, Tx. Despite our very few little problems, It was an excellent
vacation. Plan to put a bunch of photos on FB once I cull them out (we took over 1500 pics). Can’t wait for th' next time Jeff.
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