Well, here I am, just sit'n here 30 miles from the nearest gas station. There damn well better be a gas station in the next little town, that all I got to say bout that. Ya see, I was do'n some figger'n in my head...."I should be able to make it to Van Horn on what gas I got". I pull off in Fort Stockton. I cain't fit into that station or that one neither. There's one over there I can fit into. I pull up to the pumps....."what the hell"? They got plastic bags on the nozzles. They ain't got no gas.The only exit from this station is the I-10 ramp....what I get on.
The lower the gauge got, the more figger'n I did....."I need gas now". I'm get'n nervous.
This morn'n, after a miserable night of worry, I'm 80 miles to Van Horn an' according to my calculations, "it's gonna be a close one" if'n I cain't fuel up in Balmorhea or some other little hick town along the way. I'm talk'n....I could get by with just 2 or 3 gallons.
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Afternoon update....
I stop in Balmorhea an' buy me up some gas. Get back on I-10 an' lay back like a big shot, not a worry in the world. I got me enough gas to make it to Deming. Whoa there bucco, you said that back up the road a piece....remember?
Arrived at my designated gas station in Van Horn right bout 12:30 oclock. Put me another 28 gallon in the tank (hunnert dollar bill). Now I'm sit up here at that truck stop where I got a citation a couple year ago. As I entered town, the city proudly display a "no overnight camping" sign. Dirty bastards.
Tomorrow I may tell ya why you should never worry bout petty stuff. Like run'n out of gas. YIKES, run'n out of gas ain't petty....that some serious shit.
Truck stop with fuel at hwy 17/I-10 just before Balmorhea on the south side.
ReplyDeleteCorner market in downtown Balmorhea with fuel but I do not know if you can get into it. It was no problem with my rig.
Thanks Barney. Got me a hunnert dollar worth, but my god, did you see the price that stuff? $3.89
DeleteWhen you are the only game in town, squeeze tighter.
DeleteGood luck, sure don't want to run your rig out of fuel. But at least you have "that Jeep' maybe push the coach on down the road and Sadie Mae can steer it?
ReplyDeleteI don't want "nuttin" to run out of gas. That's walk'n time an' I don't walk.
DeleteDon't be silly George. You know ya cain't push a motor home.
We had friend did that in Arizona, pushed their coach around the corner and off the road with their toad!
DeleteMaybe silly but they did it!
Gog a hose? Syphon some out of the jeep and put into Sally.
ReplyDeleteNo no no Dizzy, where ya been? You should know you cain't siphon gas out of newer cars. They design that way ya know. Did I ever tell ya bout the time....I runed out of gas an'.....oh never mind, you don't listen to the old Billy Bob anyhows.
DeleteLooks like it might be all downhill..
ReplyDeleteI'm sure glad you made it to a gas station before you ran out. It could have ruined your whole trip.
ReplyDeleteYou ain't near as glad as I was. Holy cows....I could'a die on the side the road in west Texas.
DeleteI wish I could say something excit'n bout this trip. That's just what it is, a trip. I don't always make the soundest judgements an' decisions. Sheesh....I could'a had a V-8.
Don't beat yourself up over it. You know you needed to do something, go somewhere. You're not there yet and maybe there are good things to come.
DeleteWay back on our "maiden voyage"... bought our rig in California in 2001 and drove it back to Ohio to get ready for our full-timing life..... we stopped along I10 in those very towns you write about. No Wal-Marts to spend the night... even the 24 hour truck stops were few and far between (well, there WAS that one that had the herd of goats that bleated all night)... anyway, we found a Baptist Church and hunkered down in the parking lot for the night. I sure was glad nobody came by because, being Catholic, I knew absolutely nothing about that religion and didn't want to fake singing some hymn to "prove" my credibility about staying there.
ReplyDelete5pm here at the New Mexico Visitor Center overnight camp'n site. Although, two hours early. Now gonna have to sit out there in the park'n lot in 94 degs heat for 4 hours. Less than 2 hours from destination Deming.
ReplyDeleteRead all about it tomorrow morn'n.
Oh, did I mention, never go a hunnert mile a hour through El Paso during rush hour traffic? Sheesh...cars an' trucks go'n everwhich way.
Love that New Mexico Visitor centre, stayed there a few times.
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