April 8-15, 2019 — Being full-time traveling RVers we have the luxury of following the weather. We avoid the cold, snowy winters by heading south and the stifling hot summers by going north. The goal is to find the sweet spot in between the extremes where it is 70 degrees.
Sometimes we do well finding the desired 70 degree temperatures and other times we struggle. This week was beyond a struggle and more like an epic fail. The week started out with two days of hot, sunny 90+ degree weather with little breeze. Thank goodness for air conditioning! The next day the heat continued and we experienced our first major dust/dirt storm ever with wind gusts nearing 80 mph.
The following days the winds remained gusty between 20 and 40 mph while the temperatures plunged to the 30’s. The air was cold enough to turn the precipitation to sleet and snow in north Texas. Brrr!
Despite the miserable weather we did manage to have a great week. We stayed at free campsites all week, visited several free museums and traveled to multiple other free attractions in Texas and Oklahoma. Follow along below for a glimpse into our week.
All nights this week were free stays with one night at a Harvest Hosts location and six nights at city campgrounds in Littlefield, Texas and Elk City, Oklahoma.
Amazing…please do tell how you find these city parks? Campendium? Also based on one’s you’ve been to, could they accommodate a 42 ft 5th wheel?
We use a number of different resources to find free city parks – Campendium, RVParky, Freecampsites.net, blogs, vlogs, etc. Our best guess is that these parks could accommodate a long 5th wheel at least on a few of their sites.