Thu 25-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |
After a stop at a HEB grocery for some much needed supplies, we drove about 200 miles — San Antonio to Del Rio. The drive west and south took us through part of the Texas “hill country.” Lovely area, but not...
Wed 24-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |
Guadalupe River State Park has two sections: The main section where we are camping and hiked yesterday and the Bauer Unit which is north of the river. The latter is largely undeveloped, but has some nice...
Tue 23-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |
Freezing temperatures overnight, but it turned warm by the time we started a hike along the Painted Bunting Trail. This 2.5 mile hike is a mostly level, easy trail except for a few rocky portions. One walks...
Mon 22-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |
A short 50-mile drive took us from Lake Calaveras to the Guadalupe River State Park north of San Antonio. We made one stop to give Vanessa a much needed bath. She looks much spiffier without her coat of salt...
Sat 20-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |
Saturday, January 20 Drove to the east side of San Antonio where we found a campground on the side of a man-made Lake. The lake is a depository for treated sewer water used by a power plant for cooling....
Fri 19-Jan-2018 Louisiana, Texas, Travel |
The interstate reopened. Heading west! Drizzle and fog, but moving well until Houston when we had a downpour and terrible traffic. As a result we made it only to Katy TX for yet another night in a Walmart....
Thu 18-Jan-2018 Louisiana, Travel |
Wednesday, January 17 Interstate still closed, so we read and walked in Walmart. Entertainment of the day was watching cars drive toward the front of the store and try to negotiate a left hand turn on glare...
Tue 16-Jan-2018 Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Travel |
More driving, this time through beautiful pine hills. Hoped to get to Baton Rouge, but the snow had started there, so we pulled into Coventry LA — right at the north end of the causeway from New Orleans. Got...
Mon 15-Jan-2018 Alabama, Tennessee, Travel, Virginia |
Drove all day to get further south than the track of an impending storm. Spent night south of Tuscaloosa. Had nice sandwiches at Philly’s. The gyro was the best. The Philly Cheesesteak was delicious but very...
Sun 14-Jan-2018 Travel, Virginia, West Virginia |
After a cold night, 5-degrees we headed south on I-77. The day took us from Cambridge OH to Bristol VA. WV and this part of VA have beautiful countryside. The sky was sunny and the roads were dry and clear....
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