Today blossomed cold and blustery with freezing rain and pellety snow. I was entertained during work watching the Texans take on our weather.
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| Ice and pellet snow at the Texas Prison Museum |
Throughout the day I was stressing about temps and propane until I realized I could just get a hotel room for a couple days. DUH! So, the plan changed again. Instead of continuing south and trying to make it work I was just going to blow out the pipes and get a room.
Best Western in Waller Texas is going to be our home until Wednesday morning. That's when the worst of this stupid cold spell is done.
In the middle of the morning we had to find someplace with propane because we were running out. It took a couple of calls but I found a place open and not too far. The roads weren't too bad. Sure, they were a little slick, but nothing the Beast couldn't handle. We did go slow and steady, take the stops slowly and all the good northern techniques.
Once we were propaned up we found a Walmart close and parked there for a while. Again, the entertainment from the window was pretty good. Rear wheel drive pickups seem to be the biggest culprits of shenanigans.
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| Same stuff, different parking lot |
When it was time we headed to Hempstead, about an hour south of Huntsville where the Walmart was. First stop was at the Love's outside Huntsville to drain the tanks and blow the lines out. Love's has a great little dumping station that was clean and easy to use. Clay manned the inside stuff, turning on all the faucets, etc, and I handled the outside work. We even called each other so we could talk, walkie talkie style, while we worked. Once we had all the water out of the fresh water tank I hooked the air compresser up to the winterizing hose (courtesy of Ben putting a fitting on the hose for me) and opened the bypass. Clay was laughing because the water was shooting out everywhere from the faucets. Once that was done it was time to leave the faucets open, turn off all the water 'things' and add some antifreeze to the elbow traps and around the toilet ring. I'm praying that's enough.
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| Window washing bucket at Love's, foamy ice |
This Love's had a Wendy's. Nuggies for the win.
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| Mom's hat saving the day in the bathroom for Clay... it was sacrificed for the greater good. |
Hempstead has a great laundromat that caters to RV'ers. Wildflower Washteria. Cute name, cute set up. We were actually supposed to spend the night there, another HarvestHosts find, but with the cold we just stopped to do laundry.
Clay ended up taking it all on. With a little instruction and a few phone calls to me in the camper he handled it all just fine. First time doing laundry at a laundromat by himself. Not bad.
Oh, and the Bills were winning.
After laundry we drove the 20 mins or so from Hempstead to Waller. Roads by then were really fine. Nothing happening there.
We walked into the hotel, Best Western Plus Waller Hotel, at the 2 minute warning of the Bills game. The attendee had it on the TV. We watched the missed field goal as I was signing papers.
The room is very TALL, which is cool because it gives it a bigger feel. The beds are clean, the shower is clean, and the fridge works. I'm a happy mom. We settled in, after long, glorious showers, for a good night's sleep and food.
Did you know that Jack in the Box has delivery? We'd never eaten JB before so we ordered for delivery. Yes, really, and I'll post how close we were. We could have walked, but nah. We tried a burger, jalapeño poppers, mini tacos, churros and more.
Tomorrow is going to be wonderfully boring. Work, sleep, eat. No worrying about water or propane.
P.S. yes, we remembered to bring the sodas in with us so they didn't explode in the camper. :D
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