The last thing a scorching hot day needs is a trip to Hot Springs, but that's what we did today! Ahead of arriving in the heart of the town of Hot Springs, we saw a dazzling number of old school signs for petrol (or gasoline, as it's known here!) and roadside characters. We of course […]
Michael had already driven for about 5 hours from Baton Rouge to Texarkana yesterday, and we still had another hour to go before we arrived at Crater of Diamonds State Park, where we'd be spending most of the day. Crater of Diamonds State Park is the 8th largest diamond reserve in the world, and the […]
Lisette decided to walk Sheila first thing in the morning, and it was already hot, humid and sticky before 8am! Seems like there's no escaping the heat at the moment. Walking around the lake at the RV park, where motor homes were stationed, seemed to be a good idea, until Lisette saw the "Beware of […]
Hurray for free laundry at the Vinton RV Park! The only (extremely minor) challenge is that there's no timer showing how long a load will take when it's free, so it took longer than expected to get the washing done, but we were able to leave the RV park right at check-out time. An Itinerary […]
Lisette sequestered herself in the RV overnight and the next morning, aiming to avoid the mosquitoes that hung around the parking spot thanks to the water leaks from the connection to the city water. She also forgot to take her daily morning photo of the view from her back window, oops! While the temperature was […]
We'd planned what to see in Houston, with the closest attraction to our RV Park being the Space Center, a 15-minute drive away. NASA’s Johnson Space Center is a huge complex that’s delves into the space program of the US. Ticket prices aren't cheap (it's $44.95 in-person, but $39.95 if they're purchased in advance online--which […]
We did laundry in the morning at the RV Park, and the huge benefit of doing this (besides washing our sandy, stinky beach towels), was that we could pay by credit card at the machines--hurrah, no scrounging around for quarters! In this heat though, it's like getting third-degree burns taking the items out of the […]
After packing up from the RV Park in the morning at Port Aransas, we drove on to JP Luby Beach on Mustang Island, based on positive reviews we'd read about it. The best part was that we could drive onto the beach and park on it so that we were 20 meters in front of […]
While it was a hot night with very little breeze, we had at least parked our RV under a tree overnight, making it marginally cooler. Remember the Alamo Parking was going to be difficult at The Alamo, so we walked about 20 minutes or so to get there instead. The Alamo is one of the […]
Lisette woke up early, taking advantage of our stay at the RV Park to make breakfast, do her nails and clean inside. Yay to productive mornings! The Missions of San Antonio Check-out time at RV parks is usually 11am, and we went to see the Missions in San Antonio, which are five Spanish colonial missions […]