Mckinney

Our drive from Greenville to McKinney only took around an hour, but with coffee stops, shopping, roadworks everywhere, and wrong directions, we finally made it to the Lighthouse RV park.

The only thing worth reporting is that Brian struck up a conversation with a youngster who lives in the park with his family.  Xavier is 9 years old, and Brian promised him all our leftover gear that we have to ditch when we take the RV back - BBQ, towels, leftover food and things we had bought for the trip.  He also gave Xavien a kangaroo pin which he loved.  Now Xavien had a mate -Braiden who also wanted a pin.  Brian told them if they could name the capital of Australia, they could have the second pin.  Google came up with the name really quickly as both boys whipped out their phones, but their pronunciations left a little to be desired.

We spent a restful final night in the RV before handing over all the excess gear to Xavien and his Mom, then drove to the El Monte depot to say goodbye to our trusty ride.  Brian and Rod shared a high five to celebrate no prangs, no tickets and very few anxious moments on the trip which in total was 3025 miles - about 5000 km !

El Monte RV Rentals arranged a shuttle transfer to Dallas, where we booked into the Omni Hotel - very swanky, where the beds are full size, comfortable and stationary, and there is no walking to the shower block.

I think we can settle in without too many problems for a couple of days and explore Dallas.