Our Experience in Ballinger Texas

On May 19 we made it to Texas, where we headed in a SE direction so we could avoid Dallas/Ft Worth area.

When we were on the outskirts of Ballinger, K used her cellphone to look up RV Parks.  She called the guy at South Park RV Park and he said to go down the road until we see the white buffalo, turn in, drive to the back of the RV Park and when we see #40, we can park at any open spot after #40.  We can leave our payment of $20 in the electrical box at the site we choose after #40.  Okay.  We found the buffalo . . .

We turned into a dirt road, and we all said to ourselves, "What a dump."  We drove on back and there was a white mobile home parked at a curve in the road.  Painted, in tall black letters, on the side of the mobile home was #40.  C got out and surveyed the situation and determined which way to pull through, so our utilities would hook-up on the correct side of the RV.  It did have a full hook-up, so we had air conditioning! 

Here is the trailer trash.  We thought it was kind of spooky here, but we laughed real hard about it all evening.  Just as C was fixing dinner, the loud horn sounded, and K said, "It's a train."  She was right!  The train tracks were about 65 feet from our RV.

Next morning, we went to Walmart then to the train station in Ballinger.  Nice station, but I really enjoyed the amazing colorful junk shop across the street from the station.

I love all the colors!  Then we resumed our trek across Texas.  We went through Waco on a thrilling ride around the expressway and got stuck in traffic due to construction, and we were there just before 5 PM.  We went through Palistine . . .we ended up in Rusk for the night.  That is another amazing RV Park story.