October 18, 2021

I’m settling into Moho travel mode, sort of. This trip is a multipurpose adventure. First and foremost, seeing my niece Karen, her husband Jeremy, my sister, and my grand nephew Alex, who is three years old and I have never met him. Secondly, I’m trying to determine if I will keep the Moho or sell it. Friday, Saturday and Sunday I was in travel mode, basically getting up, preparing the Moho for travel and hitting the road. Even though I try to keep things simple, it takes time to get rolling. Both Friday and Saturday nights, I was parked in a pull thru, allowing me to keep the truck attached, eliminating that step, but I still do the pre flight checks confirming the attachment points, wiring and functionality of the lights. After bringing in the slides, retracting the jacks, airing up the bags and brake system, I’m ready to roll. 

Fuel stops, even with a high volume truck stop pump, still take quite awhile to pump 70 gallons of diesel, go inside twice to pay, since most truck stops only accept commercial fuel cards and not credit cards at the pump. You don’t even want to know how long it takes at a normal diesel pump vs the truck stops.

I also travel at a much slower speed and do less distance in a day with the Moho compared to the truck. 60 - 62 mph vs 75 - 80 mph, 250-300 miles vs 450 -500 miles. Although I have lots of miles and experience behind the wheel of the Moho, it still takes much more concentration than just driving the truck. Even arriving at a spot for the night takes longer to get settled, dump the air, lower the jacks, extend the slides. I usually only plug in the electric cord and just run off my tanks, only hooking up water and sewer when I need to dump and fill, which is usually only once every 7-10 days. That’s the only advantage of traveling solo in the Moho, my tanks last twice as long. LOL

The comforts associated with the Moho are a double edge sword. In bad weather or cold temperatures, the creature comforts are very nice, but with nice weather, I find myself spending too much time indoors, living as opposed to camping, where as with Enzo, I live outside and usually only sleep inside. Anyway, I’ll figure it all out by the time I get to Benson, AZ, maybe. :)

I have been primarily relying on a paid app called daysenddirectory.com to find inexpensive camping spots. I like the app, and it’s a community supported app. The community primarily consists of fellow Escapee Club members.

Saturday night, I stayed in Hapgood RV Park, $15 FHU, pull thru 30 amp in the town of Heinretta, TX.

                                                                Hapgood RV Park

For the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights I’m camped at a Corp of Engineers campground on Wright Patman Lake near Maud, TX, $39 for 3 nights, water, 50 amp electric, pull thru site with a view of the lake thru the trees. I got quite the shock on arrival. I had checked the website and saw that there were many sites available, so I figured I’d just drive in and grab a site. Not so easy with some recent changes. What I learned upon arrival, was that they can’t take payment on site. I had to pick out a site, then call recreation.gov, stay on hold for ten minutes, make a reservation, get transferred to a payment specialist, give that person my credit card info, get an email confirmation and then the gate attendant gave me my entrance tag. But still with my senior parks pass, $13 a night is pretty cheap for a huge 50amp, pull-thru site.

          My pull thru site at Malden Lake Campground on Wright Patman Lake, near Maud, TX

Wednesday I’ll hit the road again and stop in Vicksburg for the night, then on to the Mobile, AL area, probably arrive a day early unless something catches my eye along the way.

Tight lines and safe travels