Well, we’re closing out our stay here in Texas. We arrived last Sunday in Willis Texas at the Lake Conroe resort by Thousand Trails, and spent two nights there. The drive between Willis and Livingston was about an hour each way, and after we had no luck getting the car registration transferred the first day, we decided to just move to Livingston and stay at the Escapee’s resort. It’s $15.50 a day plus electricity, versus free at Thousand Trails, but the gas was going to cost a couple nights stay just to go back and forth.
We DID eventually have success getting both the RV and the car registered in Texas. We also now have Texas insurance (significantly more expensive) and I have a Texas drivers license. It’s amazing the hoops. I had to show proof of insurance for the inspection, for the registration, and even to get the drivers license. Each one wanted more “stuff”. But, not much money. The main reason we went through all of this was for me to be a resident of Texas. The income tax savings will pay for the registration and drivers license in one month, and the next two months will pay for the extra insurance. So, I get 9 months of that extra dough for us. 🙂
We’re heading out tomorrow morning. It will be a slightly later start than we usually have because we need to settle up with the RV park office on our way out and pay for our site and electricity. Should also be a fun time, with rain in the forecast for most of our trek. The goal is to be in Orange County sometime late(ish) Sunday. Fingers crossed that all works out well and we don’t run into troubles on the way.