Finding Our Way
We love Fort Davis, Texas. One of our favorite destinations if you like nature, hiking, solitude, and small towns. The town has a few shops worth perusing such as the hat shop, the broom shop where they practice the art of old fashioned broom making, an ice cream store in
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We love Big Bend National Park. Lots of hiking opportunities and lots of nature, wildlife, and great scenery. The park is full of roadrunners and coyotes. All that’s missing is an anvil (he, he…a little Roadrunner humor). If you are heading west out of the National park then be sure
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Stop by Langtry, Texas to visit the Judge Roy Bean museum, free admission and plenty of parking for rigs. Also there is the Seminole Canyon State park with a nice visitor’s center and some pleasant hiking. Both are north of Del Rio on Hwy 90. RV Park: Holiday Trav-L-Park Location:
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As we headed south through Texas to South Padre Island we stopped by King Ranch for a tour and loved it. Quite an interesting place. RV Park: Isla Blanca Park Location: South Padre Island, Texas Site: S2 Cost: $35 Services: FHU Comments: A large, tightly packed RV park right on
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After we left Goose Island State Park we drove over the Lyndon B. Johnson Causeway (Highway 35) into Rockport and on down to Aransas Pass to the Redfish Bay Causeway and boarded the D.L. Deberry ferry to travel to Port Aransas on the northern part of Mustang Island. The island
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Goose Island State Park is close to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where you might get a chance to view the Whooping Cranes. In 1942 there were only 16 Whooping Cranes and by now, 2008, there are just over 300. The Wood Buffalo/Aransas flock accounts for about 227. AND they migrate
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How can you not love San Antonio, with the river walk, great food, and lots to see and do? And lots of nearby places for day trips such as Luckenbach and Fredricksburg in the beautiful Hill Country! “Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas With Waylon and Willie and the boys This
Continue readingCampground: Fort Stockton KOA Location: Just off I-10 east of Fort Stockton, Texas Site: 7 Cost: $24.30 Services: FHU Comments: Fine for those journeys when you just need a place to park overnight. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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Campground: Brantley Lake State Park Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico Site: 16 Cost: $14 Services: Dry camp Comments: Nice state park just outside of Carlsbad with ease of access to the Caverns and the Living desert Zoo and Gardens. Many sites have water views. Nice hiking around the lake. Link to
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No trip to New Mexico is complete without a stopover in Roswell. Stop by the International UFO Museum and Research Center, a great museum with documents/recordings from people from Roswell and the military during the time of the famous UFO incident in 1947. A great way to spend an afternoon,
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