Today’s goal: Drive another inch across the Texas map. Dallas to Big Spring, Texas. View from the window: shrubs, hundreds of massive windmills, and oil drilling and fracking machines and refineries as far as the eye can see. All that industrial equipment sprinkled across the barren landscape makes the 99 degrees feel even hotter somehow. So when a perfect sized water park popped up in the middle of nowhere (10 minutes from our RV park) we happily paid the $5 entrance fee to float around the lazy river, enjoy the 2 water slides and just happily swim for hours.

Back at our RV park we made our first taco night, played cards, and didn’t venture far from the air-conditioned RV, and not just because of the heat. Tonight’s accommodations are at the Whip In Rv Park just off the highway. You can just ‘Whip In’ and that’s about it. We have hook ups and a place to sleep on our journey west so it’ll do. No “campgrounds” to be found but plenty of RV parks – most with residents working in this rural area. Mat likes to read reviews before we book somewhere to find places that aren’t primarily residents for our 1 night stays. He did well (compared to many RV parks we passed today!) and we are parked under 1 of the 2 trees we saw in Texas today.

Friday, July 23rd, 2021