We brought Julie’s mom to our motorhome on Thursday to enjoy the wonderful Thanksgiving meal Julie had prepared. We watched one of our favorite Thanksgiving themed movies, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” from 1987, with Steve Martin and John Candy, before the meal.
We headed back to Kerrville and Buckhorn Lake RV Resort on Friday, November 29th. The RV resort had put up beautiful Christmas decorations and lights.
Last Tuesday morning we went in to Kerrville with our motorhome to have our chassis batteries tested and diagnose a “check engine” light. While we were there, the RV repair shop offered to install our new “house” batteries that I had bought and had shipped to them a few weeks before. We had an appointment on the following Friday, but they had the time to do it on that Tuesday while we were there.
While we were waiting at the RV repair shop, I noticed a Unity class B van had pulled in to the shop for service. Later I noticed an older gentleman who was browsing the RV supplies next to where we were sitting. I asked him if the Unity van was his and he said yes. We got to chatting and it turned out he was Ken, the author of Big Rig Best Bets, a book we have used since 2013, when doing our trip planning.
Big Rigs Best Bets list campgrounds through the country that can accommodate RVs that are 40-foot or longer. Ken and his wife Ellie visit or stay at every campground listed in their book and actually measure the campsite lengths. They published a new edition of their book every December.
I had corresponded several times by email with Ken after we bought our first Big Rig Best Bets book in 2013. Ken and Ellie recently sold their business after 18 years.
Last Friday we left Kerrville and drove 30-miles up the road to Fredericksburg, Texas where we’ll spend a week.
Steve & Julie Cornelius
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