White springs

We are now at White Springs Florida. We will be staying here for 2 nights. It is a very nice rv park with very clean bathrooms and showers. We had an uneventful drive though the traffic was heayier than I liked. Jean and I were on freeways. As we got close to our destination I was joking about seeing Paul on the road with Jean and then I had to admit I was joking. Two minutes later I really did see Paul on the road. He was about  1 mile from the campground when we went by him. We got on the road a little late today because we stopped for groceries and gas and a sandwich from Burger King. I was able to get some cash out of the ATM machine which was good since I have been unable to get any from the grocery store. Some of the  places we stay will only take cash. We still have not seen any alligators except the road kill alligator down by New Orleans that was about 6 feet long. Andrew is soo wonderful.Iit is fun to have him with us for a while, and Jean too.

Defuniak Springs to Monticello

Our night at Defuniak Springs ended up producing a nice thundershower. The humidity was very high and Jean and Andrew ended up sleeping on the floor of our trailer. They did good and with the air conditioner going all night we kept cool enough to sleep. Yesterday we stopped at the Florida Caverns state park and had lunch and took a tour of the cave there. It was really neat. If you want to see pictures look at Pauls journal entry. After the shower during the night the front brought in cooler and drier air. Last night we didn't even need the air conditioner and today the weather was perfect for me. The shade was very pleasant and the drive was as well. It is hard on Andrew to sit in the car seat for a couple of hours but he is doing well. I am sure it is a strain on Jean to try to keep him happy during that time. We stayed at a Corp of Eng. campground last night. It was located on a very nice lake. The campground was very nice and the weather was nice as well. I think I slept all night through, one of the very few nights that I have done so. When we were pulling into the area where we thought we were going to camp I drove down the road to the very end looking for a campground that was in one of our books. Some guy in his car saw me and realized that I was lost. He followed me and helped me figure out where I could camp. It seems like everytime we are in need of a guardian angel one shows up. I think someone is watching out for us. When I got to the campground last night Paul did not know where we were going to be camping. I walked down to the lake and I was able to get cell phone reception and get ahold of Paul to tell him where we were. Back at camp he could not call me because of poor reception. We found each other and are still on the path that leads to St Augustine. 

De Funiak Springs

Today we traveled (at least Jean and I) on freeway and made good time on our drive. We arrived at our campsite about 10 minutes before Paul did. The day was very windy and looked like it would rain any minute. Fortunately it did not rain. The wind felt like it was buffeting us around a bit. After lunch we drove over to Ponce De Leon State Park. It is a fresh water spring that is always 68 degrees. The water was very clear and clean looking. It also seemed kind of cold to get into. Someone there told us about another spring just down the road that was supposed to be warmer and more gradual to enter the water. We drove there and I got in the water and Jean got in up to about her waist. Paul wimped out and held the baby. It was cool water to get into but it sure felt good when the weather is so hot. Then we went to Arby's for a sandwich for dinner and did a little shopping at Wal Mart. Tonight the weather is windy and there is a forcast for a possiblility of rain. There is more severe weather north of here but it is not expected to come this far South. We all just gradually making our way east and on to St Augustine which will complete the southern part of our trip. 

Grand Bay Alabama to Milton Florida

We are finally in Florida. It is hard to believe we have come all this way. Today we took the ferry across Mobile Bay. It took about 40 minutes to cross. There was a lot of wind and some nice size waves. At one point I was standing by the front of the boat and a big wave came up and I got soaked all down one side of me. All day it has looked like rain was threatening but we only recieved a few drops on the windshield until after we had been to camp for a while, then we had a brief shower that sent us scurrying to the trailer. Today while we were driving we needed to pull over while Jean nursed Andrew and while they were doing that I went in the grocery store we stopped at and got a few groceries. Today is Jean's (and Roger's) birthday so I got a little ice crean and a pastry to celebrate with. We are stayiug at a KOA tonight. It is very nice and has the nicest showers we have incountered on our trip. When Paul arrived at camp we got in the swimming pool for a short time and then all took showers. The temps have been in the upper 70's today but with the high humidity it has still felt warm, just not hot.

poparville to Grand Bay Alabama

Today we are in alabama. We have been off the biketrip for a couple of days while we went to New Orleans for Easter. We drove down from Poplarville on Friday and Saturday we took a city tour of New Orleans. It was a nice tour but we almost missed it. We thought we had allowed time but there were so many people in New Orleans that we had a very hard time finding a parking place and by the time we did, we only had about 10 minutes to travel 8 blocks through very crowded streets. We made it by the hair of our chinny chin chin. We attend church on Easter Morning. The ward congregation was larger than I expected. It will be a good ward for Justin and Valerie because it has so many babies and young children. We drove back up to Poplarville yesterday and then on to Alabama today. Jean(our daughter) and her young baby has joined us for a few days.

Morganza to Easleyville to Poplarville Mississippi

Last night we were out of any area where internet could be reached so we didn't post yesterday. We did cross the Mississippi River on a ferry. Paul and I tried to time it so we would go across the river at the same time and it worked pretty good. I got in line and then I wondered if he woud make it in time but he did. It feels kind of like a landmark to cross that river. I actually didn't realize how far East it was. Today we crossed over to the state of Misissippi. One more state completed. Actually we are going to drive back to La. to New Orleans and spend Easter weekend with Justin and his family, They are in the process of moving there. It will be good to see family again. Jean is going to meet us in New Orleans as well and travel with us for a week or so. It will be fun to see the babies again. All along the roads in La and Eastern Texas there is some kind of plant that is in bloom with a nice fragrance and we have also seem some honeysuckle still in bloom and a few Magnolias but nothing like the trees that are flowering in Oregon right now. I miss all the spring flowers back home. Everything is very green here and there are way more trees than I expected. Many of them are trees that I am unfamiliar with. Not only are the trees green but the fields and yards are very lush. I think in that regard the cows and horses are lucky. I am not so sure they are lucky to live in such a warm climate. Today seems to be cooler though. It has been cloudy all day and almost feels like it could rain but it has not done so. With all the humidity we have had a shower is a must for me tonight.   

Washington to Morganza.

The campground we camped at last night had a tavern on the property. The good news was the tavern is closed on Mondays. The bad news is the tavern is closed on Mondays and there would have been access to better bathrooms if it had been open. The setting was very pretty but there were some old buildings on the property that had a bad smell so sometimes we could smell them. Today we have moved on to Morganza. The rv park here has nicer bathrooms and showers but is not much more than a parking lot. It is very windy here and the wind blows our little trailer a bit. My drive today was very frustrating. I tried to put Morganza into the gps and must have got it wrong. It felt like I traveled in a big circle. Finally I came to a freeway and just pulled over to study the map. Some nice guy parked close by came over and saw that I had Oregon plates and pointed me in the right direction. I went ove a tall bridge and than over a long causeway that seemed like it went on forever. Then when I got over there I missed my turn and had to go down and turn around, then to pour salt into my wound I missed the turn off again and ended up going back over the cause way and bridge again before I could get turned around. I ended up going over the bridge and cause way three times before I got on the right road. I sure was relieved to see a sign for this rv park. Today the temperture when I got here was 88 degrees acording to my truck and the humidity must be close to that as well.Tomorrow I think I will follow Pauls bike maps instead of the gps. We will be taking a ferry across the Mississippi River

DeRidder to Washington

Well we have moved on again. The last weekend was so nice and dry but this morning dawned muggy and overcast. The heat got up to about 82 while I was driving. I don't know what it went up to after that. It is quite breezy and warm. We drove past rice fields and still lots of trees. Paul arrived at this site soon after I did and helped me get set up. This RV park has very run down toitets and shower so I think we may just use our trailer tonight. We are camped right next to one of those Lousiana Bayous. The water is very brown. I asked one of the guys here if there were alligators in there and he said there could be and that he knew there were some futher up the bayou. We have seen a few fishing boats zip by. I think Paul went out to take a picture.Today is one of those days when you just want to stay in the air conditioned places. I think we are going to cook hambergers for dinner tonight.

DeRidder rest day

Today is Sunday and so it is a a rest day for us. We went to church services this morning and after the services a very nice couple invited us to have dinner with them. They served tilapia and it was real good. The weather has continued to be very nice though this afternoon the have been some wind gusts.Paul is working on his bike to get it ready for the coming weeks ride. It will be a short week since we expect to go to New Orleans for the weekend.

Silsbee to DeRidder Louisiana

Today we left Texas. I have almost become fond of it. The Eastern half of Texas is very beautiful. I could even see myself coming back to this area someday if it were not so far from home. We have met many nice people here. It has been interesting as we have moved across country to realize how many people live in RV Parks full time and how many people use them to work out of. Many of the parks we have stopped at have rv's that are rented by companies so that their employees can use them when they are working in the area. Paul and are becoming experts on what would make a perfect RV Park. The land is much flatter here now and Paul is able to make good time in his riding. Today we got into De Ridder at pretty much the same time. After getting settled in we took showers and went to town to do our laundry. They have a laundry here but it didn't look like it was in the best shape so we thought we would make it an outing and go to town to do it. It is nice to have everything clean for the coming week. We heard that there has been some rough weather in some parts of the south and east. We have not experienced any bad weather, in fact it has been lovely. We have had cool mornings and warm afternoons but low humidity so the weather has been very pleasant. I hope it stays like this until we get out of the hot and humid part of the country. I realize that is too much to hope for but I will anyway.

Double Lake Rec Area to Silsbee

Last night we were camped at Double Lake. It was a nice campground. There seemed to be a lot of bugs though. I took the broom with me when I went to shower so I could sweep the ants out of the shower area. We even had little ants that got into our trailer. Paul had his map outside while we were working on our computer and a caterpillar started to spin a web right there. It was muggy so we kept the air conditioner on during the night and it came on occasionally. This morning we had a brief shower and then had tree rain  off and on. I was afraid Paul would have a rainy ride but the sun came out and the wind changed direction and the air seemed much drier. Paul made good time and we both got to Silsbee about the same time. I had a little challenge finding the RV Park but with a little help from my friends I found it. Paul and I went out for a burger and then messed around in Wal-Mart for a while. It was very pleasant sitting in the shade with a breeze blowing. Tomorrow we leave Texas after travelling aver 1000 miles in it. Paul has ridden 3210 miles so far. The weekend is coming and it is supposed to be cooler so I am looking forward to that.

Navasota to Double Lake Rec Area

Last night we were camped right by an airport and at a city park campground. During the day I saw a few small planes take off but not many. It was more an airstrip than an airport. Then in the evening we had all these cars come in and drop off kids to practice soccer at the park. As the evening wore on the wind blew from the south and brought humidity with it. At least it wasn't too hot and the breeze felt good. Today has been what seems to us like very humid. I guess for the locals not so much. Tomorrow night a front is supposed to come through with dryer air. I must admit I prefere that. I left camp at about 8:30 this morning and got to this camp at about 10:00. It was actually a very pretty drive. We have left the arid Eastern part of Texas far behind. today we drove through various small towns and forrests of trees. It looked to me like they were ponderosa pine and oak trees. Paul got in about 1:30 and we took a nice stroll around the lake. Texas is in the middle of a drought and the lake was down about 5 feet from where it should be this time of the year. They have extreme fire danger warnings everywhere. If a fire should start the trees would go up like matches. I hope they get rain soon, as soon as we leave. There is a nice breeze tonight and we are sitting out side on our chairs to do our computer work. We tried to eat lunch outside but the flies drove us back in so I guess we will cook and eat inside. As long as we don't have food they are not too bad.

Boescher State Park to Navasota.

Last night the spot we had camped in was on a bit of a slope so this morning I wanted Paul to help me get the trailer back on the truck before he left. We were up at about 6:00 so we could have it done by 7:00 so Paul could get on the road. He rode 90 miles today and got to camp by 3:30. I arrived at 11:30 and spent most of the afternoon reading. The weather has been pretty nice and I really didn't need the air conditioner until late this afternoon. We are camped at a city campsite that offers water and electric for 10 dollars a night. It is a great deal but there is not much here to do. I looked online for something to do in Navasota and didn't find anything so I guess we will work on planning. We need to figure out when we will get to Virginia so Brent can ask for some leave. Maybe we will play Skipbo tonight. I think it should be my turn to win.

Wimberley To Bueschar State Park

Today started out nice and cool. We even had to slip a jacket on. The night was cool and I think I slept better than I have for a while.Today warmed up to about 84 according to the truck. I am sure it seemed hotter to Paul while he was out riding. I left camp at about 12 for a drive that should have taken me a little over an hour. Since I got lost it took me a couple of hours. I was listening to my gps but sometimes I have a hard time seeing where they want me to turn. That is what happened today. Then it kept telling me to turn right and I just wouldn't believe it. Finally I pulled into a business and went in to ask for directions. They even printed me up some. When I tried to follow them I still couldn't get back where I needed to go. I ended up on a toll road that I had no idea where it went. My gps kept saying "recalculating" I finally realized it didn't have this road in it's maps so I got off on the next exit. Then the gps started working again. It took me on some very rural back roads and I started to wonder if I would ever get where I needed to be. I had a few very frustrating minutes there. However the gps did get me on the right road eventually. What would I have done without it? We just finished eating and the evening is cooling off and very pleasant.We are in a state park filled with trees and a small lake. Paul and I walked down and watched the ducks on the lake for a while. It is actually nice enough that I am sitting outside to type this blog. We have lawn chairs with footrests and it is so nice to sit here and be comfortable. The seating in our trailer is not as comfortable as I had hoped. Paul wants me to spell derrick as in oil derrick and check the spelling since he saw some oil derricks on his ride today. We did not try to meet up for lunch today so he saw things I didn't.

Kerrville to Wimberley

Lasr night at about 1:00 in the morning we were awakened by a thunderstorm and rain shower. It really came down for about 20 mins or so. Then it moved on. When we woke up this morning the air was cool and the skies were clear. The front that came through was from the north and it brought dry air behind it. It is so nice to have the humidity gone. I think the high was in the low 80"s and tonight it is supposed to be in the 40"s. That is going to make sleeping much nicer. This morning when I got up the host said we had been under a tornado watch while the front went through. This morning I used the gps to find my way to this town. I thought I might not able to meet up with Paul but we ended up going through the same town at pretty close to the same time so we met up for lunch. Then I went on and set up camp. It was so nice to set up camp and be able to open the windows and be outside without being too hot.The terrain has changed from the arid western Texas and now there are more trees and even some of the land has some green in the grass. I must admit I think this part of Texas is much prettier. I guess I am a tree girl at heart. This evening Paul and I walked down to the river a couple of blocks away and sat under a tree and the weather was just about perfect. We watched some kids playing in the river. There was a small bank there that went down into the water and it must have been mossy because they would stand on it and slid right down into the water. It was only about knee deep. It looked like they were having fun. Tonight we have cable so I think we are going to watch Harrys' Law.

Kerrville

Today  we did not travel. We attended church this morning. I was suprised at the size of their congregation. It was larger than I thought it would be. The building was air conditioned and that was nice. I am afraid if I lived here I would never go outside because of the heat and humidity. And the truth is I imagine it has not really got hot yet compared to what it will in the summer. I think they are forcasting a little cooler week coming up. I hope it turns out that way. Today we spent several hours trying to figure out when we will be where.  We still have some work to do but at least we figured out the days until we get to St Augustine Florida. It is almost 10:00 and I think I will walk up to the bathroom and brush my teeth and get ready for bed.

Kerrville, Texas

I thought I had posted my blog for yesterday but we were pulling from someone elses wi fi and I think I lost connection just before I posted Today we are in Kerrville. It is in the heart of hill country. Yesterday Paul and I both went over some hills. Today Paul had more hills to climb so I asked the gas station attendant if there was an easier way to get from there to here and she told me about some different roads. It made a real difference in my day to avoid having to do all that climbing pulling the trailer. I got to our campsite at about 1:30 today and did not meet up with Paul for lunch. Paul arrived a little after 2 and after relaxing for a few we went to the swimming pool and cooled off. The pool was a salt water pool. It was nice because it did not smell of clorine. Then we dicided to run to town so I could get my hair cut. I had about 7 in. cut off. I think it will be so much cooler for the summer months. The last 2 days when Paul has left to ride the sky has clouded over and kept it from getting so hot so soon. I think he is being blessed. The sun still comes out in the afternoon and it definately feels like summer here. tonight we tried something new. We cooked a pizza in our microwave-convection oven. It worked pretty good. Tonight we got a movie from redbox and we have cable TV so I guess we will have a TV kind of night. We have found a church to attend tomorrow. It is only about 4 miles away. Tonight our campground is right on the Guadalupe River. I think I will walk out and see if the sun is going to have a nice sunset tonight.

Seminole State Park to Brackettville

Last night the wind howled all night long and the temp did not really go down a lot. It left me worried for Pauls ride today. The wind makes his riding really hard if it is going the wrong way. Fortunately when we got up this morning the wind actually died down. I think it was in answer to prayer. This morning while Paul was riding I went on a ranger lead hike down into the Seminole canyon to see some petroglyphs. This is something I have always wanted to do and it was pretty neat to see. The walk was 2 miles and most of it was either up or down so I got hot and tired but of course nothing like Paul gets when he is riding all day. After my little hike I headed to Del Rio and a chance to go grocery shopping. It was nice to get to a city big enough to find what I wanted in the store. Of course it was Wal-Mart.I stocked up on things we were getting low on. Then I drove on to our camping spot for tonight. It is called Fort Clark Springs. It is a very nice RV Park but more than likely we will not use most of their amenities. They have a pool that holds 1 million gals of water. It is the 3rd largest in Texas. If it was right next door we might get in but we would have to drive maybe a mile and that would mean unhooking the trailer from the truck and that means I have more to do to get it ready in the morning. Also when Paul has been riding all day he doesn't really feel like being out in ther heat anymore. When I arrived at our campsite the truck said it was 91 degrees. Later when I went to see what the temp was when Paul came in it said it was 111 degrees. We are hanging out in our air conditioned trailer for now. We drove by the Armistad National Recreation area. It is huge. It was created by damming the Rio Grande below the junctions with the Pecos River and the Devils River. The ranger told us on our hike today that the humidity before the dam was about 10 percent in this area and that since the dam went in it is about 70 percent and may be contrubiting to the deterioration of the petroglyphs. Texas is in the middle of a drought and many of the plants look very dry. The Ranger told us that it had not rained since last July in this area. While I have been sitting here typing this a herd of 12 deer wandered across my field of view. Tonight for the first time in a while we have TV so I am going to listen to the news.

Sanderson to Seminole Canyon State Historical Park

Tonight we are camped at a State Park where there are indian petroglyphs. I hope to be able to take a trip to see them while Paul is biking tomorrow. The day started out sunny and nice this morning. I was able to help out another cross country biker this morning by giving him a cup of soap for his laundry and letting him borrow Pauls bike pump. He told me he has written a couple of books that he is trying to get published. Unfortunately I don't know his name so I will never know if I read one he has written. We had a nice visit. Paul and I met in Langtry. This is the town that Judge Roy Bean lived in and was the law in these parts, at least so the story goes. They have a nice visitor center there with nice cold water and clean rest rooms. Paul and I stopped at a little store on hwy 90 where the guy sells sandwiches that he grills the meat for out in the yard. He only sells one kind and you get the condiments out of a little fridge and put them on your sandwiche yourself. It has one table that seats 4. I asked if a class of water came with the sandwiche and he said "no we don't have water here" I noticed he had water to sell of course. Still the sandwich was good. Paul fought the winds quite a bit today so he didn't get into camp until after 5:00. I was just about to go looking for him. I was glad to see him turn in to camp. I checked the temp in the truck and it was 91 degrees. It didn't feel that hot in the shade but of course Paul was not riding in the shade. We had canned soup and toasted cheese sandwiches for dinner. I am going to restock up on food tomorrow in Del Rio. We are excited about getting to Del Rio because then we will turn East instead of going futher south. Paul rode 80 miles today and the only town we saw was Langtry with about 800 people. We stopped at a picnic area to discuss our lunch plans and someone had cleaned out their horse trailer and it smelled of manure so bad I felt like I smelled of manure all day so I had to take a shower tonight. It felt good. As we are parked here we can hear the wind blowing around our trailer. I hope for Pauls sake it dies down before morning or changes to a more favorable direction. I am sure glad I have air conditioning in my truck.   

Fort Davis State Park to Sanderson

Well another day on the road. Yesterday started out windy and cold but Paul perservered. He stopped for a hot chocolate at a restaurant on the way. Not even the motercycles wanted to leave shelter. When he left the weather was pretty good and he only wore a windbreaker and nothing on his bare legs, bare fingers and short socks. It soundls like he was really cold for the first part of the day. Later it warmed up a bit but never really got warmer than 62 degrees. I waited until about 1:00 then left camp to catch up to him. We had lunch at a nice little picnic area up in the mountains. Last night we camped at Fort Davis State Park. When we got up this morning it was 44 degrees and we ran the heater to take the chill off our trailer. Paul rode 114 miles today. There were no mountains to climb and we had a drop in elevation of about 2000 ft over the course of the day so the traveling was easier for Paul and me. This afternoon it was about 75 degrees when I pulled into camp here at Sanderson. I had a nice visit with another camper in the rv lot. I think her husband might be part of the law inforcement in this area. We met a man who is riding his bike the opposite direction from us. He said that our ride tomorrow will take us through an area where we will see many border patrol people. We have gone through a couple of border patrol stops on our trip so far. I will be glad to turn East and get away from the border. That will happen Thursday. The landscape is getting to have a little more green. I am not sure if it is because more trees are leafing out or the topography is changing a bit. There are still many catcus plants around, in fact Paul noticed a sign that said catus center of Texas. Today I paid 3.90 for gas. It has been as low as 3.50 but we are in a very remote area with cities about every 50 miles. When I say cities that is really stretching what a city is. The one we had lunch in today didn't really even have a grocery store. The town of Sanderson is supposed to have 861 people. I never realized just how big this country is.

Van Horn still

We are still at Van Horn or at least I am. Saturday night we took our comphy camp chairs out and sat our computer on the stair of the trailer and watched a netflix movie. It was kind of nice when the temps had dropped. Yesterday was sunday so we did not travel. We got up in the monrning and set up the tent that attaches to the side of our trailer and cooked breakfast out there. It was real nice and we looked forward to having the shade and a pleasant place to spend the afternoon out of the trailer. After breaklfast we went in and listened to conference on the internet. While conference was on the wind came up and lifted our tent right up. We hurried outside and took the tent down. The wind blew all day long and the temperature was about 87 degrees. We ran the air conditioner most of the day and even into the night while we were in bed. There was so much dust in the air we could hardly see the hills around us. Now it is Monday morning and when we got up the air was cool and nice and pretty calm, but soon after Paul left the wind really came up. I don't know how Paul can ride in it. I hope he is doing OK. Today we head up into the hills. We are really ready to be out of the desert country. As I sit here in our trailer I can feel the wind blowing the trailer a bit. I can't imagine what it is like to ride a bike in this. 

Van Horn Texas

Last night we spent the night at a rest stop. It means we spent about 17 hours at the rest stop. For the entire time we had a big semi runninghis engine for his air conditioning. We would have liked to open our windows but the exhaust from his truck was too much. When Paul took off this morning I was more than ready to leave the rest stop. Paul's route today did not lead itself to meeting him for lunch so I took off and went strait to this campground. It is a KOA aand we plan to be here for 2 nights so Paul can rest on Sunday. I was able to listen to conference this morning and since we will not be where there is a church for us to attend it is good that this week is conference. Paul rode about 100 miles today and this afternoon we heard the high today was 90 degrees. I must admit I worry about Paul riding when it is so hot. He got to camp at about 4:00 and we jumped in the pool to cool off. The water in the pool was quite cool but it felt good on what seemed like a hot day to us. Since we have electricity at this site I was able to run the air conditioner and spent most of the day on the computer or reading. It is starting to cool down nicely now and I think Paul and I will take a lillte walk. There is supposed to be a fish pond or something at the edge of the camp. It is nice to kow that we don't have to move tomorrow. They have a little cafe here and we had a nice supper there so no cooking or cleanup tonight. It looks like a nice sunset so I better get out there and see it.

TEXAS

 Well now we are in Texas. This morning I thought I would have an easy day on the trip. I should never think that. I thought going through El Paso would be like going through Eugene but it was much busier than that. At least I started the day with a nice shower and took a little walk around a pretty big block. It was still cool and pleasant. I started driving about 12:00 and had not gone very far before I started into El Paso. The traffic was heavier than I though but I just kept telling myself I would be through town soon. The city was larger than I though but I made it safely. I was to meet up with Paul in a town called Habens but I missed the exit and had to go on about 6 more miles before I could turn around. There was a rest stop on the way so I pulled in there for a minute. When I got to Paul we had still not determined a place to camp so I told him about the rest area. We talked to a couple of boarder patrol people and they said it woulkd be a safe place and no one would kick us out so we are planning on camping here at the rest stop for tonight. We are very close to the boarder but hope that we will have no problems Our boarder patrol said they come through about every hour. We had bought a generator hoping it would allow us to run the air conditioner but it just isn't powerful enough. Right now it is 90 degrees in our little trailer, It is almost 5:30 so soon the temperature will start to drop we hope. Tomorrow night we plan on being in a KOA and will have full hookups so that will be nice for the weekend.