Cold

Winter comes to Texas when a cold front comes through I found out.  Yesterday and today being good examples.  The high today was to be 57 which is not bad, but tonight it will get down to 21 degrees.  The good news is that Sunday it will be a high of 72 and low of 48 so winter won't last long.

When the lows get in the 20's I need to take some precautions with my water system in my RV.  I make sure my fresh water tank is full and disconnect the hose and put it away.  The inline filter needs to come inside since it cannot handle freezing.  If I have a full hookup site as I do now, I connect up the sewer hose and open the grey water valve so nothing will be sitting in the pipes to freeze.  The black water tank pipe is a larger pipe and I usually do not worry about that if the cold spell is a short one. I can't leave the black water valve open and still use the bathroom so only in extreme situations will I leave it open.  It is usually fine if the temps get well above freezing during the day.  On the inside, if I open a few cabinet doors, all my plumbing will be kept warm.

Between my small electric heater and the propane furnace, I can keep nice and warm.  I usually wear extra clothes so I don't need to use much electricity or propane.

I am currently near San Antonio now so this is as far south as I will be going. I hope it doesn't get too cold and stay that way for long.  No extra protection has been done on any of the water pipes here so either that is a good sign or they will have a lot of frozen pipes before winter is over.

There is a herd of deer that seems to live in this park.  They are rather small, fortunately, and just wander around the place.  They are not afraid and I can walk right past them and they just stand there.  Here are some pictures of them in and around my campsite.

This is across the road from my site. I think someone spread something for them to eat at that site because they spent a lot of time nosing around in the gravel.

Here is a doe wandering through my site.  I am standing at my RV taking this picture.

This is about as big as they get.










I took a walk today on one of the trails in the park. It was well marked and there were no other trails connecting with it so it was real easy to follow.  Here is a picture of the trail.

There are taller trees here than at the last place I was at and it is not so rocky. It was totally quiet on the trail, no highway sounds or campground sounds and I felt like I was far removed from civilization.






I just arrived at this park yesterday so I have some more exploring to do.  It is on Lake Medina but the lake seems to have disappeared. There is a small stream running through where the lake was but that is all.  I will hike around that area and take some pictures on another day.