Goldsmith

After hitting all the RV Parks we could find in Odessa and Midland, we only found ourselves on waiting lists, many of which were several months long.  So we've landed in the little town of Goldsmith, population 250.  We're about 20 minutes Northwest of Odessa and therefore John is 30 minutes from work.

 Our current RV spot is merely a patch of dirt designated ours in a lot with hookups.  Each trailer is squeezed in to a minimum of personal space.  Our nearest neighbor is about 18 inches away, which could be helpful if I needed anything: Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?  Fortunately we are the end trailer for the moment.  The owner plans on putting in more hookups but we hope to be gone before that happens.  The town siren is right over our heads and due to the fact I am living in an RV, I'm hoping that's not to warn of tornado's ...yikes!

Is this lived in trailer falling or is it just me?

The town offers a country store with sparsely stalked shelves of necessities like dish soap, trash bags, water (not advisable to drink groundwater in oil country), etc,  but few perishable items are offered.  Although there is a gas station here, it has no working pumps so we make sure our tanks never get below a quarter full before heading here. There are mini-RV-spots, much like ours, which are set up throughout the town to accommodate the overflow of oil workers who have come to the region.  Half the houses in Goldsmith are questionably inhabitable, but the people seem to be holding out. Dogs seem to be the pet of choice, maybe its a Texas thing, maybe its a small town thing, but they're everywhere and when I take a walk I "set off" all of them in town.  Interestingly, the town doesn't have individual trash service at all, but rather there are dumpsters at intervals in which the residents deposit their trash.  This is something I've never seen before for a whole town.

Goldsmith is our home for the moment, besides the natives are friendly and we have the comfort of our little home.  We are hoping to move into one of the parks that has a playground, trees, spaced trailers, a pool, and quite paved roads.  Until then, Goldsmith it is.