We got chased out of the White Mountains, north of Phoenix by snow – so boogied off to Texas. Palo Duro Canyon, SUDAN, Old Settler’s Music Festival. Then we explored as we headed North.
April 28, 2017 Snow overnight at Heron Lake so we boogied out of there, stopping in Pagosa Springs for a hot tub soak. We ended up in the “old”, cheaper pool area – 100% spring water – but a little run down since they are only doing maintenance so they don’t have to comply with…
April 27, 2017 Advice from Mick and after a relook at the weather report we re- route thru Santa Fe, instead of going the freeway, lowland route thru Albuquerque. Very pretty. A dusting of snow on the mesa tops but the roads were fine. We first pulled into Echo Campground, Abiquiu, New Mexico – but…
April 26, 2017 353 drive miles Started the day with a short walk to the levee. Walking back along the road another of those friendly Texans pulled up to make sure we were ok. He was afraid we might have broken down. The cool, wet weather continues so another big driving push 353 Miles. Might…
April 25, 2017 Bidding farewell to S & M we drove a short distance and stopped for a nice, hill country bike ride out of Georgetown, Texas. Rick found maps for the Red Poppy Charity Ride so we poached their route. The plan worked even better than expected because the route was already marked. Nice…
April 24, 2017 Quick overnight stop in Austin – Barton Springs walk thru on the way in from Driftwood. Then lunch with Steve and Vern. In the afternoon Rick re-loaded our hillbilly gear onto the rack. I used Marilyn’s sewing machine to modify our mattress cover so it fits the angled mattress better. I also…
April 17 thru April 23, 2017 Camp Ben McCulloch what a scene. We have a beautiful, shady “Alaskan compound” thanks to some stragetic parking by Scott and Joyce. We got here in time to watch lots of the steady influx of festival goers arriving at the campground. Lots of RV’s and tents being shoehorned into…
April 13 thru April 16 Austin, 2nd visit A few days of town living. Lots of night time jazzy. Sweetly Austin has some free early happy hour bands so we can enjoy a night out and still get home by bedtime. Last night was a big 3 event evening – dinner at Guerros, happy hour…
April 11 and April 12, 2017 An early start from Galveston and headed out the western end so we wouldn’t have to go thru Houston again. 350 miles our longest day yet. A Hardware store stop at Needs, Texas broke up the drive a bit. Got a “needed” hose fitting. Where “thousands live like millions…
April 9 and 10 Portland to Texas, Coast to Coast – I guess a southern coast counts. Galveston Beach State Park has seen better days. The cockroaches in the bathroom were not my favorite wildlife. We arrived early afternoon and went for a walk along the beach. Tons of kite surfers enjoying the winds and…
April 8, 2017 After breakfast burritos with S & M it was off to Houston. Yikes that entailed some tense freeway driving. And some toll road banditing. Hopefully the bill/fine won’t be huge. Can we blame the GPS? “White knuckle driving”, Rick called it. Why so many people driving on a Sunday? The RV Resort…
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