Heading West from SC
I think we are close to being ready. We have an ambitious two month road trip planned, already one hitch in the works, beginning in September. Plan was to leave 9/1 and be back home close to 10/31....
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We are on the return side of our trip. Due to an unexpected health problem and hurricane we did not hit the road until 9/ 12. We were thinking about going from Little Rock up to Tulsa before going on to OK City. With the delay we had to cut that out and go from Little Rock to Dallas. We stopped and spent several days in Murfreesboro, AR. We stayed at Crater of Diamonds SP and mined for diamonds and went over to Hot Springs along with making new friends who live in OK.
From Dallas (State Fair is a must see and do for anyone who like fairs) we went up to OK city and stayed at Lake Thunderbird SP. Lovely park about 30 miles south of OK City. From there we spent several nights at Foss SP. When we were in AR we started having weather issues, Dallas weather was perfect and OK City was good. When we started heading west on I-40 the weather went south. It was cold wet and miserable with flash flood warnings. Foss SP is on a reservoir, on our last morning I looked and the ditch that was empty the day before was about to run over its banks, time to go!
In Amarillo we stayed at Amarillo RV Ranch. Nice enough, the cable is a farce but nice fenced dog parks and fairly easy access to all parts of town. We did the whole tourist thing and took the limo to Amarillo Steak Ranch for dinner one night. Palo Duro is an excellent SP to visit when you're in the area.
In Amarillo we looked at the calendar and the map and realized we were not going to be able to go all the way west to Albuquerque. We went south to Lubbock, some wonderful museums and we were really taken with the Ranching Heritage center. South to San Angelo. The Fort is a good morning and the river walk is a good strol. We stayed at San Angelo SP and really enjoyed the open area.
From San Angelo we began our eastern trek heading to Fredericksburg. What a great little town. We really liked the WWII Museum and the Texas Rangers Heritage Center. We will be watching for the future expansion. On to San Antonio. We had a horrible drive here, the rain and traffic. At last on our first full day in San Antonio we saw the sun for the first time in about a month! The weather here has been perfect, we actually were able to take our bikes out on the river walk and ride to the missions. We will wrap up here tomorrow and head towards Houston. We might change our plans again and do a drive through of Houston and visit the Space Center on another trip.
I have been pleasantly surprised by Texas. I think the park ranger who did the guided tour at Mission San Jose explained why many of us have a negative view of the state. He said it is basically four main regions and what many of us are exposed to are the folks from an unnamed part of the state (I don't want to make enemies here) will get on television and go: YEE HAW!!! I'M FROM TEXAS!!! He assured us that is not true of the whole state.
Tomorrow we head to Houston. We're skipping the space center and will just try to get through unscathed.
From Dallas (State Fair is a must see and do for anyone who like fairs) we went up to OK city and stayed at Lake Thunderbird SP. Lovely park about 30 miles south of OK City. From there we spent several nights at Foss SP. When we were in AR we started having weather issues, Dallas weather was perfect and OK City was good. When we started heading west on I-40 the weather went south. It was cold wet and miserable with flash flood warnings. Foss SP is on a reservoir, on our last morning I looked and the ditch that was empty the day before was about to run over its banks, time to go!
In Amarillo we stayed at Amarillo RV Ranch. Nice enough, the cable is a farce but nice fenced dog parks and fairly easy access to all parts of town. We did the whole tourist thing and took the limo to Amarillo Steak Ranch for dinner one night. Palo Duro is an excellent SP to visit when you're in the area.
In Amarillo we looked at the calendar and the map and realized we were not going to be able to go all the way west to Albuquerque. We went south to Lubbock, some wonderful museums and we were really taken with the Ranching Heritage center. South to San Angelo. The Fort is a good morning and the river walk is a good strol. We stayed at San Angelo SP and really enjoyed the open area.
From San Angelo we began our eastern trek heading to Fredericksburg. What a great little town. We really liked the WWII Museum and the Texas Rangers Heritage Center. We will be watching for the future expansion. On to San Antonio. We had a horrible drive here, the rain and traffic. At last on our first full day in San Antonio we saw the sun for the first time in about a month! The weather here has been perfect, we actually were able to take our bikes out on the river walk and ride to the missions. We will wrap up here tomorrow and head towards Houston. We might change our plans again and do a drive through of Houston and visit the Space Center on another trip.
I have been pleasantly surprised by Texas. I think the park ranger who did the guided tour at Mission San Jose explained why many of us have a negative view of the state. He said it is basically four main regions and what many of us are exposed to are the folks from an unnamed part of the state (I don't want to make enemies here) will get on television and go: YEE HAW!!! I'M FROM TEXAS!!! He assured us that is not true of the whole state.
Tomorrow we head to Houston. We're skipping the space center and will just try to get through unscathed.
