After great times in Houston visiting friends and family, on Tuesday we’re packing up and headed toward home. Our original plan was to take about a week to make the nearly 1000 mile trek across Texas, part of eastern New Mexico and into southern Colorado. However, with temperatures pushing into record territory all weekend and fuel prices rising seemingly every day, we’re going to compress the transit into 3 or 4 nights.
Our first night is at Little Lucy RV Resort on Lampasas, TX. The city calls themselves the Gateway to the Texas Hill Country and a gem of Central Texas. Certainly they have history to boast of. One of the oldest courthouses still in use in Texas is impressive, beautiful murals, award winning wineries and natural free-flowing springs. This looks like an interesting place to spend a few days. Little Lucy RV (I’m not sure I’d call it a resort yet) is nestled among pecan, oak and elm trees along the shady banks of Little Lucy Creek. We stayed in site #1, a long pull through right along the creek, nice cement pad with a picnic table and full hookups. The only downside is that we could find no WiFi. And, since we’re about 5 miles out of town, the T-Mobile cellular signal struggles a bit. However, for a quick overnight, this park was prefect and we’re return for a longer visit. The 3 “overnight” sites #1-#3 are very nice, and those set back in the trees, #8-13 offer a bit more shade along the creek.
Little Lucy RV Resort, Lampasas, TX
From Lampasas we’re at Hat Creek RV Park in Big Spring, TX, in the middle of oil country. Big Spring straddles I-20, about 100 miles west of Abilene and 50 miles east of Midland/Odessa. This newer park is basically a gravel parking lot with paved roadways and gravel lots, some with concrete pads. Each pull-through site offers full hookups and streamable WiFi. The clubhouse, store and laundry rooms are first-rate. Again, for an overnight, this park worked just fine.
Hat Creek RV Park, Big Spring, TX
Our last night was at Oasis RV in Amarillo. We’ve visited Oasis before, and in fact, the owners of this park also own the Oasis in Durango, CO where we started this trip 119 days ago! This park is truly an oasis in the Texas panhandle, along I-40 and providing first-rate pull through concrete sites, full hookups, great WiFi and beautiful pool/clubhouse facilities. FULL REVIEW HERE
Oasis RV, Amarillo, TX
From Amarillo it’s a relatively short drive into New Mexico, and then over Raton pass to southern Colorado. We’ve driven over 5000 miles on our 2022 Spring Road Trip, exploring Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico and Texas. We’ve visited 22 different parks and spent great times with friends and family. Our next trip is to Dolores, CO for a Montana owner’s rally. More from Dolores…
The Spanish Peaks, Walsenburg, CO
Small Home - Big Yard 