Texarkana, TX

We have moved from West Memphis to Texarkana, TX for a couple of days before going on to Houston.  Texarkana is about halfway between the two cities, so it was a logical stop.  We found a great little campground outside of town, Shady Pines RV park. The park is very nice.  Each site has a level concrete pad with grass all around.  There are only about 40 spaces in the place so it is not crowed.  All for only $27 a night.  The only issue was I was not able to get a satellite signal on set up.  I usually get the satellite set up in about 15 minutes but not this time.  I will have to further work the problem to see what is wrong.  I have ordered a professional meter to aid in set up and should have that next week when we get to Houston.

We did have one RV issue while in West Memphis.  At 2:30am one morning Fran wakes me up to say she hears a clicking sound and the TV keeps going on and off.  I get up and see that we do not have AC power.  I go outside to check the connection and the surge protector I have put on our AC hookup is cycling on and off signaling some kind of problem.  As it is 2:30 in the morning I do not want to deal with it then.  I unplug the surge protector and plug the RV directly into the outlet box and everything works fine.  In the morning I check everything and all our working fine including the surge protector.  Not sure what the issue was but of course it does have to happen at 2:30 in the morning!

On our last night in West Memphis we did have a pretty powerful storm move through.  It was very windy all afternoon and night with drenching rain all night.  I was concerned about the awnings over the slides as they were flapping pretty good.  In the morning I checked and everything made it through great.  I did learn that after a rain you must check the slide awnings for water before retracting the slides!  Lesson learned.