So i figured 8 miles off the highway to be sleeping in a state park for 13 with shower etc was worth the extra gas but it turned out a long winding backroads route and i was out of gas panicking and cursing myself then shifting that and focusing on a good end result and then right around the corner was a main road and store and a guy who pointed me to the little convenience store down the road with a gas pump and said the park was right past it. Meanduring down the road all of a sudden i was in Buffalo Gap ..360 people and tiny streets and the coolest old western town homes with a historic village!! Three little old fashioned gas pumps and Mr. Stewart's store that was handed down through his family..and so much history..it was getting dark so I said i would come back tomorrow with my camera and interview him and get some shots. But the truck wouldn't start and something else was wrong with it. I was like one of 3 people in the whole state park i think..so thought they would come kick me out and would see that I couldn't get started but they didn't want to rush me so i had to call them with my cell phone . The women in the office were so wonderful and Bobbie the maintenance guy showed me how to light my hot water heater ...never used it before. And Cody had to come rescue me and get the choke opened or something.
Anyway when i first got there was almost dark so could hardly see..but did see deer everywhere...all over...and on either side of the Empress. Then a heron flew over head. This morning i opened my curtains in the cab so i could watch the show in the woods and i heard a beeping sound ..it was a cardinal on my side view mirror poking at himself in the mirror and trying to get int the rv. they were all around me...i saw it as a sign of prosperity..and later when truck wouldn't start one was sitting in the tree opposite me watching me the whole time...felt like it was someone else. And focusing on the end result so i would get it fixed, quickly and improve the gas guzzling situation ..after many calls from the park office and assistance by the women there i ended up with Mike of b-l automotive...50 years as a mechanic and once was the head mechanic at Dodge..my rv is a Dodge. he screwed around with the wires etc and then it started running better already..but apparantly i have a bad cylander that isn't firing well and the wrong choke on it...but it is idling better now so won't have the problems starting it anymore..Thank you all in the Abilene area for all your hospitality and assistance. Its off to El Paso tomorrow and then will be in New Mexico...and then Arizona
