Texas spanned large, yet finally relented, so we were off to Louisiana! Sam Houston Jones State Park near Lake Charles was our destination. The day started out with clear blue skies as we began to pack up for our travels, and wouldn’t you know it, the same main slide issue on our 5th-wheel reared it’s […]
Freeport, Texas Our next destination, San Luis Pass County Park in Freeport, Texas, was only about 240 miles away, the skies in New Braunfels were clear and sunny so, we decided to load up the trike early in the morning to get a good start on our drive with the hope of arriving early and,
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“Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” -Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, English banker, politician, philanthropist, scientist, polymath, naturalist, archeologist, and author Leaving the squally weather in our rear
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“The Voice of the Sea, Speaks to the Soul!“ -Author Unknown South Padre Island…Our Wet Arrival and the Big Blast! What can I say?! Laura and I were excited to get to the Gulf Coast of Texas to enjoy the sun and beach life at South Padre Island. Departing from Falcon State Park, however, Mother Nature
Oh lucky us! NOAA has predicted that the South will experience more rain, while the North should expect warmer weather. All we can do is shake our heads… Amistad Means Friendship in Spanish By all accounts, the 66,465 surface-acre Amistad National Recreation Area reservoir, was alluring. From the name’s meaning, to the fact that we’d
“It is a heaven or a hell, a land of serene beauty or barren ugliness, a place of soothing solitude or haunting loneliness…The Big Bend allows no winners; there are only survivors.” -Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale, noted Big Bend Historian Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas At over 300,000 acres, Big Bend Ranch State Park is
What the heck?!?! What type of livestock are they peddling out here?!?! I can assure you that we didn’t see anything untoward in the brochure?!?! Yet, as we turned off Highway 118 and entered the historical Prude Guest Ranch to set up camp for the upcoming week, we were accosted by a myriad of flapping
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” -John Muir, American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. Looming sentinel above the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert is the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, just
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“It’s just the Grand Canyon with a roof on it” …….”It’s got all the cathedrals of the world in it, with half of ’em hanging upside down” -Will Rogers As nature lovers, Carlsbad Caverns was high on our list to see. Planning ahead is a must, because we waited too long to attempt to make
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