Thursday, December 25, 2008 - Uvalde TX

Flying Low, Foscue Creek Park, Demopolis AL, December 1, 2008

Throttle position sensor report

I put on about 175 miles today and am happy to say the new throttle position sensor I installed yesterday cured the the stumbling and transmission problems I've been having. Even better, it smoothed out the transmission shifting which has always been just a bit rough. And as a bonus the cruise control works again. It never did work reliably and eventually it quit altogether. It hadn't occurred to me the throttle position sensor might influence all these things. My automotive experience predates the computer age and I really know very little about how these modern engines are controlled. Anyway, we have a happy camper here. I don't exchange gifts on Christmas but I'll accept this one.

Continuing my journey west

My plan is to follow US 90 west to Alpine TX over the next couple of days. I-10 and US 90 are the only practical choices one has to cross southern Texas and I prefer to stay off the Interstates when I can.

Travel route for the day

From San Marcos TX I went

• West on TX 12 W about 10 miles then
• West on TX 32 W about 8 miles then
• West on TX 306 W about 12 miles then
• North on US 281 N about 2 miles then
• West on TX 473 W about 15 miles then
• South on TX 474 S about 15 miles

To Bourne TX and then

• West on TX 46 W about 10 miles then
• West on TX 16 W about 12 miles then
• West on TX 470 W about 28 miles then
• South on TX 187 S about 1 mile then
• West on TX 1050 W about 15 miles then
• South on US 83 S about 30 miles

To Uvalde TX

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Night camp

Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Uvalde TX

Wal-Mart Supercenter in Uvalde TX

Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #782, 3100 East Main, Uvalde, TX 78801 - (830) 278-9117

• This store has a nice level parking lot.
• Verizon cell phone service - Roaming, decent signal
• Verizon EVDO Broadband service - Access is via Verizon's Extended Network, signal is good but internet access is at dial-up speeds
• Find other Wal-Marts in the area
• Check the weather here