Another adventure

except this time the scenery is not so spectacular.  We are parked in a dealership/service parking lot in Nacogdoches (there will be a spelling test for that one later) Texas.  They have diagnosed the lack of heat and hot water problem in our diesel unit, and have received the part, but they are swamped with service business.  So we patiently await our turn.  Now what is there to do in Nacogdoches you might ask.  I might ask the same question.  So we stay warm with the heat pump on the dealers electricity – very nice of him – and catch up on stuff.  I will have my expected grandchild's baby blanket nearer done, have a few more scrabble games on my Kindle played, and maybe finish reading Mark Twain’s Autobiography.  It was just published on the occasion of the 100 years since his death as per his instructions.  It is very interesting. 

We had dreams of being out of here tonight, but it doesn’t appear to be happening.  From here we go to Livingston Tex, where we had planned on arriving about Dec 5.  That plan was altered when the rack and pinion went out on the Jeep – our tow car – in Hot Springs Arkansas.  That slowed us down for about a week, but a very satisfactory job done there by a mechanic recommended by the State park ranger.  We stayed in Lake Ouachita State park and it was a beautiful place to be stuck. 

We do have a premium parking spot in the dealers lot though, room for our car and a view of the woods on the other side of a barb wire fence.  Boy it will be nice to be able to take a hot shower again. 

Yes there are hot springs in Hot Springs Ar. However they have all been captured and commercialized in old buildings similar to Atlantic City genre.  It is an old town (at least the historical area), well kept but wanting for visitors.   They are pricey, and cost more if you want the whirlpool circulator turned on.  So we passed.   The whole area has been hard hit in the recession, lots of businesses closed.  I learned, too late, that a classmate – Ed Manor – lives in Jasper Ark, which is in the middle of hillbilly country for sure, but a beautiful area, and we drove right through it.  Wish I had known in time. 

So we are about 50 miles from our goal for this whole trip.  We will make it there by Christmas surely, and then who know.  David is getting homesick, but I think a hot shower will help. 

Till next time.   Okay – spell the town in Texas which is home to the dealership of the now defunct Country Coach RV,  I understand they may make a come back.  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .  Very good.  you didn’t cheat did you????????