Bastrop State Park, Texas
Feb 16, 2014Site #6, this site has full hookups, 92 sites, 521 foot elevation. February 3rd - 19th.
Overall Experience:
We continue to outfit our traveling circus. Getting the Subaru outfitted to tow has been a bit of a challenge, but Robert finally discovered that Spillar Hitch Co. in Austin could...
Full-Timers!
Feb 04, 2014Well, it's finally has happened; we are now full-timers.
We returned home from our summer trip on October 10th and immediately when into fast motion prepping our home so we could put it on the market to sell. There were a bunch of small projects, because of procrastination, that got put on the bac...
Abilene State Park, TX - 2013
Jul 11, 2013Short drive the first day -- have to slowly get back into the rhythm of the road. Look at that red water in Lake Abilene.
Mini Road Trip to West Texas
Feb 12, 2013Sometimes, you have to hit the road even though there isn't time for a decent road trip. And that was the case with us: We had a window of about seven days, which was perfect for what I would call a mini-road trip. Once we learned about Big Bend Brewing Company's planned celebration in Valentine, TX...
Palmetto State Park
Nov 28, 2012On our way home from a family gathering over Thanksgiving weekend, we decided to stop at Palmetto State Park. It’s been years since Diana and I visited this park, and we have never camped here because of its proximity to home. Also, because the trailer’s black/gray tanks were approaching full from w...
Stopover at Guadalupe Mountain National Park
May 22, 2012This road trip starts with a visit to Guadalupe Mountain National Park, a place we enjoy and have visited repeatedly. This park's tent camping section has nice walk-in sites that fit in well with high desert camping. The RV sites are another story. They are nothing more than a paved parking lot stri...
North Central & North West Texas Trip
Apr 09, 2012Caprock Canyon State Park, TX (above pic)
March 26th - April 8th, 2012
This was the inaugural voyage for our newly constructed Little Free Library (link updated 4/11/2017). Stops on this trip included the following parks: Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Copper Breaks State Park, Caprock Canyon...