Today, January 28th, we left Riverbend Campground around 11:00 am and headed 60 miles down the road to San Antonio, Texas. We are staying at Braunig Lake resort and campground. We have a very nice site, water, electric, cable, and free wi-fi.
The weather is much better today. Our two days in Luling, Texas were not too good. In fact, last night there were ice storm warnings just north of where we were staying. It was cold!!!
But today is great. It is in the 70's and beautiful clear skies.
We got the motor home set up, took a tour of the campground, and then headed to Wal-Mart. Had to get groceries and Miles was out of treats. Luckily, the store was not crowded and we finished shopping pretty quickly. We are back home and relaxing. Tonight we will have a salad supper and call it a day. Tomorrow we will check in with our niece Jeni and her husband and one of Bob's former baseball players and his wife and see if we can visit with them. We will be here for a week.
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
River Bend RV Park
We arrived here about 3:00 PM today, Monday, January 26th. It is a nice park. Full hook ups and wi-fi. We have a nice level site. It was a long drive for Bob today-220 miles. We usually only drive about 125 to 150 on travel days, but he wanted to get through Houston. But the motor home ran good, great timing through Houston and not too much highway construction. The last 30 miles or so were a little windy so that slows us down. Otherwise, it went well. We will stay here for two days and then head to San Antonio and stay for a week. We didn't even unhook the car. The owners of the park have racehorses and they train them every morning, so we are going to watch them.
The weather is supposed to be getting a little cooler and some areas north of us are calling for sleet and cold temperatures. We don't think we will get the sleet and the temperatures won't get as cold. I talked to my mom today and she said they are supposed to get six to eight inches of snow.
Next stop-Braunig Lake RV Resort in Elmendorf, Texas
The weather is supposed to be getting a little cooler and some areas north of us are calling for sleet and cold temperatures. We don't think we will get the sleet and the temperatures won't get as cold. I talked to my mom today and she said they are supposed to get six to eight inches of snow.
Next stop-Braunig Lake RV Resort in Elmendorf, Texas
Gulf Coast RV Park
Wow!! This park was really nice. Most anything would have been an improvement from Maxie's. But this park had great reviews and they were correct. Paved streets throughout the park. All concrete site, full hook ups, wi-fi, and cable. $17.50 a night. They also served a free continental type breakfast everyday from 7:00 am to 10:00 am in the rec room. It was very clean and spacious and had a library to exchange books. A pool. laundry room, excellent clean showers and restrooms, and there were also complimentary bicycles for the guests to ride.
The weather was a little cool and we had a little rain the first evening.We went to Cracker Barrle for dinner after we got the motor home set up. It was good.
The next day we rode our bikes to the softball field complex located close to the RV park. It was nice. We rode five miles around the park and got our exercise.
Family news-My brother's daughter, Jaime and her husband Jim welcomed a baby girl, Cameron Elise, to their family on January 12th. She is welcomed home by her big sister, Aydan. We are happy to add her to our family.
Next stop-River Bend RV Park, Luling, Texas
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
The weather was a little cool and we had a little rain the first evening.We went to Cracker Barrle for dinner after we got the motor home set up. It was good.
The next day we rode our bikes to the softball field complex located close to the RV park. It was nice. We rode five miles around the park and got our exercise.
Family news-My brother's daughter, Jaime and her husband Jim welcomed a baby girl, Cameron Elise, to their family on January 12th. She is welcomed home by her big sister, Aydan. We are happy to add her to our family.
Next stop-River Bend RV Park, Luling, Texas
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
Maxie's RV Park
Oh, boy!!!! By far, the worst RV park that we have stayed in. It was located right off of a major highway. Once we parked our RV, the back of the RV was about 50 feet from the highway. Noise, noise, noise. I didn't even go check out the restrooms or showers. It was run down and some of the RV's in the park had seen better days and they appeared to be permanent residents. We really didn't have a choice but to stay because we didn't have wi-fi and didn't know what other parks were close by. When you check on line for these parks, you have to try to read between the lines of their descriptions. And they post pictures that could be really old. We also check reviews and unfortunatly there were no reviews on this park. But it happened to be on our route. Anyway, we made the best of the situation. $10.00 a night and we only had to stay two nights.
Next stop-Gulf Coast RV Park in Beaumont, Texas
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Next stop-Gulf Coast RV Park in Beaumont, Texas
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Bay Harbor Rv Park
We arrived at Bay View RV Park and it was nice. The area of Mississippi that we were in looks as if it is still suffering the effects of what ever hurricaine that went through there. Lots of signage that needs to be repaired, homes that need to be repaired, and not really a pretty area scenic wise.
We were about 10 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico and a casino. We went to both.
Bob and I both won $10.00 and also came back with our starting cash. It was fun, except for the smoke, noise, and old people on oxygen. Ha-Ha!
This stop was again just a rest stop for us. So we just took it easy for two days. I did wash a couple loads of clothes and cleaned the motor home.
Next stop-Maxie's in Broussard, Louisana
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
We were about 10 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico and a casino. We went to both.
Bob and I both won $10.00 and also came back with our starting cash. It was fun, except for the smoke, noise, and old people on oxygen. Ha-Ha!
This stop was again just a rest stop for us. So we just took it easy for two days. I did wash a couple loads of clothes and cleaned the motor home.
Next stop-Maxie's in Broussard, Louisana
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Eagle's Landing Park
We arrived at Eagle's Landing Park. It is a private campground and it is part of the Recreation USA Camping Club. By being members, we can stay at member parks for $10.00 per night, a great deal. We had water, electric, and sewer hook ups, and free wi-fi. The sites were nice and level and it was a small park. The owners were very nice and lived on site. They had been full time RVer's and then decided to stay put and opened the park. It was located about 10 miles outside of Crestview, Florida.
One of our objectives while we were there was to make contact with one of our "Herky" friends. Rick Hollett. Bob grew up with Rick during their grade school years in Antonia and then Rick attended Herky with us and graduated with the great class of 1970.
We were able to locate Rick and his wife. We met them at their home and had a great visit. We talked, and talked, and talked. We laughed, and laughed, and laughed. We then went out for lunch to a local bar-b-que place and had a great lunch. Back to Rick and Kathy's to finish our visit. We really enjoyed seeing them. They go to Kathy's homeland of Thailand every February and stay for two months. Rick is retired from the Air Force. Hopefully, we will stay in touch.
We finished our stay by going to a movie. And as our family knows, that is quite an accomplishment for us. The last movie that we saw in the theater was Saving Private Ryan. This time we went to see Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood. It was a good movie.
Next stop-Bay Harbor Rv Park in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
One of our objectives while we were there was to make contact with one of our "Herky" friends. Rick Hollett. Bob grew up with Rick during their grade school years in Antonia and then Rick attended Herky with us and graduated with the great class of 1970.
We were able to locate Rick and his wife. We met them at their home and had a great visit. We talked, and talked, and talked. We laughed, and laughed, and laughed. We then went out for lunch to a local bar-b-que place and had a great lunch. Back to Rick and Kathy's to finish our visit. We really enjoyed seeing them. They go to Kathy's homeland of Thailand every February and stay for two months. Rick is retired from the Air Force. Hopefully, we will stay in touch.
We finished our stay by going to a movie. And as our family knows, that is quite an accomplishment for us. The last movie that we saw in the theater was Saving Private Ryan. This time we went to see Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood. It was a good movie.
Next stop-Bay Harbor Rv Park in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Falling Waters State Park
Falling Waters State Park is a relatively new park. It was built in the 1970's. It is located near Chipley, Florida. It had nice showers and restrooms. We had a nice site and even spoke to some Missouri folks that were staying there. The park was set up on a hill-I mean high on a hill. We tried biking and I could not ride back up the hill. But the park was quite scenic and quiet. Water and electric at the site and a price of $15.00 per day. Pretty reasonable, for sure. We enjoyed nice weather while we were there. No sightseeing here. It was just a stop to rest up. And that is always nice.
Next stop-Eagle's Landing in Holt, Florida.
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Next stop-Eagle's Landing in Holt, Florida.
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Oleno State Park
After leaving Tarpon Springs, Florida, we headed to Oleno State Park ion High Springs, Florida. We had a beautiful day for driving and Bob just motors along in the "Big Rig" Vivian.
We were pleasantly surprised by the park. It was very nice and quiet. Water and electric at the sites and we had the only pull through site in the park. The rangers were very friendly and the history of the park was interesting. It was built by the CCC in the 1930's. There is an on site museum dedicated to the CCC and the building of the park. There is a swinging bridge over the Santa Fe river that runs through the park.The Santa Fe river is trbutary of the Suwannee river. The distictive geological feature of the park is the River Sink where the Santa Fe river disappears underground to re-emerge three miles south at River Rise Perserve State Park.
We rode our bikes around the park and also walked some of the trails. I wouldn't go down on the river trail because gators are quite numerous there. But Bob went and came back fine-no alligator shoes!
We went to town one afternoon and ate lunch at a Jimmy Buffet themed eatery. We were the only customers for a while. The food was good and we enjoyed the atmosphere.
We also drove to another park to see some springs. It was called Ichetucknee Springs State Park. While we were there, we walked along the wooden boardwalk which took us down a trail head. Bob got the brillant idea that I should climb a tree up to this huge branch so he could take my picture. Well, I made the climb and got out on the branch to sit down for the picture. I almost lost my balance and he couldn't quit laughing. He was sorry that he didn't capture that Kodak moment. What do they say about paybacks? An interesting day for sure.
We finished our stay without any further mishaps.
Next stop-Falling Waters State Park.
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
We were pleasantly surprised by the park. It was very nice and quiet. Water and electric at the sites and we had the only pull through site in the park. The rangers were very friendly and the history of the park was interesting. It was built by the CCC in the 1930's. There is an on site museum dedicated to the CCC and the building of the park. There is a swinging bridge over the Santa Fe river that runs through the park.The Santa Fe river is trbutary of the Suwannee river. The distictive geological feature of the park is the River Sink where the Santa Fe river disappears underground to re-emerge three miles south at River Rise Perserve State Park.
We rode our bikes around the park and also walked some of the trails. I wouldn't go down on the river trail because gators are quite numerous there. But Bob went and came back fine-no alligator shoes!
We went to town one afternoon and ate lunch at a Jimmy Buffet themed eatery. We were the only customers for a while. The food was good and we enjoyed the atmosphere.
We also drove to another park to see some springs. It was called Ichetucknee Springs State Park. While we were there, we walked along the wooden boardwalk which took us down a trail head. Bob got the brillant idea that I should climb a tree up to this huge branch so he could take my picture. Well, I made the climb and got out on the branch to sit down for the picture. I almost lost my balance and he couldn't quit laughing. He was sorry that he didn't capture that Kodak moment. What do they say about paybacks? An interesting day for sure.
We finished our stay without any further mishaps.
Next stop-Falling Waters State Park.
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
Onie, Larry, and Tarpon Springs
Tarpon Springs is located on the gulf side of Florida. It is known for the sponge divers and it was settled by the Greeks. We took a drive to the boardwalk with Onie and Larry and saw the sponge diver's boats. We enjoyed lunch at a local restaurant.
We picked Miles up and got him back to the motor home so he could get acclimated. He was happy to be home.
The RV park that we stayed at was very nice. Clen showers and restrooms, great laundry facilities, heated pool, and the sites were level.
The next day after we got back, I did laundry and got all of the things we brought back with us put away.
Bob and Larry had to take a motor home tire to be fixed. Luckily, it was just a slight valve leak and quickly fixed.
We had beautiful weather while we were in Tarpon Springs.
Our next stop, Oleno State Park, in High Springs, Florida.
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
We picked Miles up and got him back to the motor home so he could get acclimated. He was happy to be home.
The RV park that we stayed at was very nice. Clen showers and restrooms, great laundry facilities, heated pool, and the sites were level.
The next day after we got back, I did laundry and got all of the things we brought back with us put away.
Bob and Larry had to take a motor home tire to be fixed. Luckily, it was just a slight valve leak and quickly fixed.
We had beautiful weather while we were in Tarpon Springs.
Our next stop, Oleno State Park, in High Springs, Florida.
As always, we appreciate our family and friends and miss them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
The holidays
We left the motor home and Miles in Tarpon Springs, Florida and drove the car home to Missouri. It took us four days of driving and staying in motels. As we got closer to Missouri, the colder it got. We had just left 76 degrees and shorts and t-shirt weather.
We arrived at Jim and Steff's about 3:00 in the afternoon. Both Jim and Steff were sick and about 2 days later Bob and I were not feeling well. I recovered pretty quickly but Bob developed a very bad sinus infection and was not feeling well the whole time we were home. In fact, when we got back to Florida he went to the doctor.
But despite the sicknees, we did have an enjoyable time with the kids and grandkids.
We were going to stay through the New Year, but decided to leave on December 30th because we missed the warm weather and I missed Miles.
We took another four days to get back to Florida. Once there, we stayed three days and visited with our friends, Onie and Larry, and picked up Miles. He was glad to see us (me) and I was glad to see him. Apparently, he made himself quite at home at Onie's and Larry's and pretty much ruled the roost. Their dog, Allie, got slapped on a daily basis by Miles we were told. I'm sure he was provoked!
Anyway, it was a great time and it was good to see everyone.
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
We arrived at Jim and Steff's about 3:00 in the afternoon. Both Jim and Steff were sick and about 2 days later Bob and I were not feeling well. I recovered pretty quickly but Bob developed a very bad sinus infection and was not feeling well the whole time we were home. In fact, when we got back to Florida he went to the doctor.
But despite the sicknees, we did have an enjoyable time with the kids and grandkids.
We were going to stay through the New Year, but decided to leave on December 30th because we missed the warm weather and I missed Miles.
We took another four days to get back to Florida. Once there, we stayed three days and visited with our friends, Onie and Larry, and picked up Miles. He was glad to see us (me) and I was glad to see him. Apparently, he made himself quite at home at Onie's and Larry's and pretty much ruled the roost. Their dog, Allie, got slapped on a daily basis by Miles we were told. I'm sure he was provoked!
Anyway, it was a great time and it was good to see everyone.
As always, we miss our family and friends and appreciate them very much.
Mary, Bob, and Miles, too!
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About Me
- Bob and Mary Fehlker
- We are Emma Campbell's grandparents. We travel the USA and visit all kinds of places. Our cat, Miles, travels with us. Our "home" is an RV that we drive from place to place. We also tow a car behind our RV. We have met a lot of nice people on our way.
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