Nobody bothered us overnight at the nice, flat, and quiet cinema parking lot, but we figured we should move on fairly quickly as the RV starts to heat up exorbitantly from 9am onwards. Unfortunately, our plans were thwarted when we couldn't find the small, portable, USB-chargeable black fan that we use inside the RV, particularly […]
In the morning, the man who was in his car next to us was still sitting in his car, but with his mouth wide open, fast asleep. But by the time we were ready to drive off, he had already woken up and driven off to wherever he was going that day. We've both fallen […]
We left Fairway, Kansas and as we were driving back into Kansas City (the one in Missouri), we passed by huge mansions, which looked ultra posh and expensive! The stonework on some of these houses was incredible. We looked it up and Fairway and some of the surrounding areas are considered expensive places to live, […]
Today is July 4, US Independence Day! We celebrated it by first visiting the World's Largest Belt Buckle in the town of Abilene, Kansas. It was unveiled at the end of 2022, with the aim of drawing more tourists to stop and visit. Clearly it worked--we went to check it out! The area was already […]
Driving further into Oklahoma the next morning, we saw all these store chain names that we'd never heard of before: Ollie's (a discount store), Heartland Grocery and Pharmacy, Golden Chick (a fried chicken franchise), and Willy's Wash (ok, this was real but seemed to only be one store in Oklahoma--still, that store name would be […]
We had only one light out of four showing how much propane we had left for the last couple of days. It's not always easy to find propane refills for RVs (sometimes a gas station will have it, but not all branches, sometimes the place will have it but only at certain hours, etc). Usually […]
We headed back to Oklahoma City to wrap up some of the things we hadn’t done yesterday. We were driving down the highway and when we got to the city, a pickup truck pulled up next to us, and the couple honked to get our attention. They told us that we had just lost our […]
From the town of Norman, we stopped first at Chickasha (this is a fun town name to say!) in Oklahoma, for a quirky American roadside stop: a leg lamp! The sculpture, which is 12 meters (40 feet) tall and stands on a 3 meter (10 foot) box, is modeled after the prop that appeared in the […]
When Lisette lifted up the blinds on her side to take her daily photo of what the view was from outside her window, she was surprised to see a truck parked so close to us, that only the truck and the word "FOOD" could be seen. It'll be good to compile a video at the […]
We weren't ready for it, but our alarm woke us up just after 6am, as the parking meter kicked in at 7am at the spot where we'd parked. But when we left around 6.30am or so, downtown Dallas was already coming to life, with cars whizzing past us, people stepping out of the Aloft Hotel […]
We weren't parked on the railway tracks by accident last night, so we survived the rush of two trains honking so loud that they sounded like they were going to run us over! The Silos at Magnolia First thing in the morning, we walked over to the Silos at Magnolia, which were old grain storage […]
We'd stayed across the road from Mayfield Park and Nature Reserve, and after a hot night, it was already shaping up to be a stinker of a day when we left in the morning. The neighborhood around the Park turned out to be incredibly posh, and we oohed and aahed at the swanky homes that […]
It was an overcast start to the morning, with folks starting to come in to the park to walk their dogs as we got up and started to get ready. There was even a slight cool breeze in the air. Junk and Objects Not far from us was the Castle of Junk, the home of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
While we aren't big Elvis fans, we both wanted to see Graceland, Elvis' legendary home that is now a museum. We had stayed at the RV Park right next door and could see Graceland already from where we were staying! When we looked at the prices to visit though, it gave us pause: there are […]
After Graceland, we headed east towards the Crystal Shrine Grotto, the only man-made crystal cave in the world. Located in the Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery, the grotto is concealed in a hillside, spanning about 18 meters (60 feet) deep
While it was noisy sleeping under the overpass and having traffic whizz pass us overnight, we at least had 24/7 security roaming around while we were there. But the temperatures were rapidly rising in the morning, so we were eager to get on our way! We weren't far from the Beale Street Entertainment District, a […]
While we'd driven and had stops at 3 states already yesterday, in the morning we crossed into yet another state, across the Mississippi River: Illinois! It's our 24th state on this trip. But more importantly, it's Michael's birthday!! It's not until we are a few days out that we tend to know where we'll be […]
People have generally been friendly when we've stayed at RV parks; we've had a bunch of conversations with folks we've met and gotten recommendations of places to visit, and at the very least people greet each other as they pass. When Lisette got out of the RV in the morning, a man walked past who […]
After what seemed like a never-ending number of scorching hot summer days, we woke up to cooler temperatures in the morning-- finally some reprieve! Most RV parks have a check out time of 11am, but the Double J Campground offered a 12pm check out, which we figured we'd take advantage of to swim in the […]