Jim Hogg Park - Jan 2006

There's not much to report from our short stay at Jim Hogg Park on Lake Georgetown. We were just really, really busy taking care of all our medical and dental needs and getting the doggies caught up on their health checks and vaccinations. After way too many appointments and lab tests, we left and headed for San Antonio to spend some time with Frank's family. We did enjoy several beautiful sunrises and sunsets from our site next to the lake.

One funny thing (although not so humorous at the time) happened while we were there and taught us a good lesson about the importance of using check lists for packing up and moving -- no matter how short the trip. We were parked in a site without a sewer connection, so after several days we needed to drive the RV over to the dump station and empty our tanks. We quickly got all the inside stuff off the counters and tucked away, we lowered the tv antenna, disconnected our electric line and water line, removed the wires for the satellite internet system and proceeded to pull out of the driveway. Immediately, we heard the most awful crash and loud bang and knew something was very wrong. Looking back in the side mirrors, we both watched in horror as our very expensive internet dish and tripod system were being dragged across the ground. "Holy Cr@p -- what just happened?" We knew we had disconnected the wires, so what was going on? After inspecting the situation, it turned out that Frank had neglected to remove the steel cable that he uses to secure the dish from campground thieves. Normally, he just loops one end of the steel cable underneath the RV tire and then, if we have to go dump tanks, we just drive over it. This time however, the cable wouldn't reach the tire so Frank had looped it around the back bumper of the RV and when we drove off, we pulled on the cable and the internet system came along with it. After surveying the carnage, we were relieved that the only damage done was to the tripod -- both legs snapped off, so that had to be replaced. Luckily, the dish and feed arm sustained no damage and once we located and bought a new tripod (thanks to Miller Blueprint), we had the whole thing up and running again the next day.

Several days later, over a beer, we were able to chuckle about how it was a good thing we heard the crash and stopped in our tracks otherwise we'd have looked mighty funny dragging that whole contraption over to the dump station and most certainly would have been the funniest story told around other people's campfire that night.

Before we left Lake Georgetown, we did have a glimmer of a rainbow one day. It was ever so slight and can hardly be seen in this photo, but it was pretty none-the-less.