It is a long trip from Arizona to Louisiana. After leaving Tucson we hightailed it across southern New Mexico, then into Texas, and across Texas, then still in Texas, then MORE Texas. You get the point, it's a very large state and I'll do more on Texas on our return trip. It IS a bit disheartening when you enter Texas from New Mexico and the first road sign you see says "Beaumont - 832". Really. We were going to get to see all 832 of those miles, and then some, then see them on our return trip as well. Good thing we like Texas because we were going to get to see all of it from west to east. But I digress...
We hadn't seen Julie and Shane in person for some time so this was a great visit. It was like we had just been over for coffee yesterday, which is how it should be. We love them, they love us. We didn't do much - ran some errands, did laundry, went to lunch, laughed A LOT. It was all good.
The star of the show is their Boston Terrier, Sammy. What a ham! And, while not great photographically, we had to do the obligatory family Christmas photo and carried on in general. It only took two tries to get everyone, including the dog, looking at the camera so we considered that a rousing success.
Sadly, it ended too soon. We are tentatively planning a joint RV trip next summer. They get to pick the place and we'll meet them for a week....or hopefully longer. Till next time!
Two other things of note are: Boondockers Welcome and Tickfaw State Park. Boondockers Welcome is a site where RV'ers can find places to stay for free. It is usually folks who RV and have a piece of property where they allow people in transit to stay for a day or two. We availed ourselves of the hospitality of a couple of people on our way to Albany and it's fascinating to hear about other peoples travels and how they got to be where they are. Secondly, Tickfaw. Don't let the name put you off, this is one of the nicest state parks we've ever been to. Great trails, beautiful scenery and wonderfully empty.
That's about it for now. More on Texas in the near future.
We hadn't seen Julie and Shane in person for some time so this was a great visit. It was like we had just been over for coffee yesterday, which is how it should be. We love them, they love us. We didn't do much - ran some errands, did laundry, went to lunch, laughed A LOT. It was all good.
The star of the show is their Boston Terrier, Sammy. What a ham! And, while not great photographically, we had to do the obligatory family Christmas photo and carried on in general. It only took two tries to get everyone, including the dog, looking at the camera so we considered that a rousing success.
Sadly, it ended too soon. We are tentatively planning a joint RV trip next summer. They get to pick the place and we'll meet them for a week....or hopefully longer. Till next time!
Two other things of note are: Boondockers Welcome and Tickfaw State Park. Boondockers Welcome is a site where RV'ers can find places to stay for free. It is usually folks who RV and have a piece of property where they allow people in transit to stay for a day or two. We availed ourselves of the hospitality of a couple of people on our way to Albany and it's fascinating to hear about other peoples travels and how they got to be where they are. Secondly, Tickfaw. Don't let the name put you off, this is one of the nicest state parks we've ever been to. Great trails, beautiful scenery and wonderfully empty.
That's about it for now. More on Texas in the near future.