So the big question yesterday was "where to next"? That's one of the perks about not being locked into reservations. We decided against Ruidoso due to predicted rain although we hated missing the chance to see Brenda. Our decision was to head back to Texas but we were not in a hurry.
Texas has a number of free or low cost campgrounds that are often sponsored by towns hoping you will stop and spend some money there seeing the sites, eating at a restaurant, or buying some groceries. We had a number of options the direction we wanted to go including the Ray and Donna West RV Park in Muleshow TX where we stayed on our way to New Mexico. Or the Coleman RV Park in Brownfield TX.
But we opted for the Yoakum County Park that our friend Maritha told us about last year. After arriving at the park entrance, you will find 8 RV hookups locate along the left side of the road. Each post has two separate RV hookup boxes on it. If you arrive first, it's just polite to pull up to the very last pole so that others can easily come in behind you. Elaine pulled in ahead of me as far as she could go and still reach the outlet box. And then I pulled up immediately behind her. That put our RVs in the optimum position for hookup since she tows her trailer and I tow a car behind me. There are both 50 and 30 Amp plugs in each box. There are also water hookups.....the kind most of us don't love as they are in the ground. Luckily, I had plenty of water in my tank.
We stayed overnight here last year so we knew what a lovely little park it was. Lots of trees and grass
There is a pond with a fountain and lots of ducks and geese.
If you continue up the road past the last RV hookup pole, there is a golf course. It is pretty popular but certainly didn't detract from our stay. That fence marks the end of the course closest to the pond. We arrived on Friday and decided to stay two nights. You are allowed three nights.
There is also a community building between the 2d and 3d RV poles. We were sitting out on the backside of our RVs enjoying the shade and beautiful weather when we noticed a small group of people setting up behind the community building towards the pond. They carried out chairs and set them up and then set up two arches. A gentleman walked up towards us to chat. Turns out that he was a minister and there was going to be a wedding. It was a beautiful setting and he had conducted his daughter's wedding there the year before. This photo is a closeup shot as we were quite a distance away. The geese can get a bit excited and noisy so I hoped they weren't planning on recording the ceremony, lol. It was a lovely small wedding. After it was over, a woman came over to chat with us. Turns out she was the mother of the bride and she wanted to share some of the cake with us. They had Italian Creme Cake and Orange Dreamsicle Cake. It was delicious. When she came back with the cake, she was followed by her son and his fiancé from Australia. The son was in the Marines and was going to retire in two years so he was probably mid 30s and their plan was to RV around the country for a few years after he retired so they had lots of questions. He currently has a truck camper but they plan to get a motorhome when he retires. Anyway, it was a most interesting afternoon. The wedding was all packed up by dinner time.
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