Party prep

We are in San Antonio parked in Larson's driveway. This is beyond doubt the campsite we have visited the most. It's paved, it's level, it has electricity and it's free. The ball is rolling for Larson's 98th birthday party scheduled for day after tomorrow, Saturday. His care givers are singularly focused on the event. Josephina is woring on some personalized desserts. She is very talented. The catering for the big event will be us. Jerome is doing the heavy lifting. He has to get up at 5 to get the ribs on the smoker. Better him than me. More later.

Last day at Brazos Bend

I had a good ride this morning but our afternoon was kind of a bust. There's a place near her called "The George Ranch Historic Site." We drove by it yesterday and it looked interesting. Well, you have to book a tour and 3 weeks ahead of time usually works. So, that didn't pan out. Because that fell through I looked up some info about the Brazos river. Here are some fun facts: It is the 11th longest river in the country. 1280 miles. It drains an area of 45,000 square miles. Here's a real fun one: Its source is Blackwater Draw in New Mexico. That place is near Clovis. The Clovis Point was discovered in Blackwater Draw. For many years that object set the timeline for the earliest known inhabitants of the western hemisphere. 12,500 years ago. New evidence has been found elsewhere the drives that date back substantially further, but the Clovis Point was an earth shattering discovery when it was made and it was just upstream of where we are camped. Did I here a WOW! We are in SA tomorrow. 

Brazos Bend day 2

Today (Valentine's Day) required that we do something special or at least a little different. I'll get into that in just a minute. I mentioned yesterday the many miles of trails that spider web throughout the park. I did some of those this morning. Nothing the least bit challenging but I got some much needed exercise. After 3 days of driving I could feel my arteries starting to clog. This place has an observatory for some reason. It's open to the public by reservation on Saturday nights. After lunch Jenny & I hiked a trail around a marshy lake. It was full of waterfowl and 1 alligator. The pic was taken from an observation tower. The special thing we did today was a seafood lunch at a restaurant in Sugar land. We thought eating a Valentine's day meal in Sugar Land was special. It doesn't take much to cross the threshold from normal to special.

Brazos Bend SP

This park is South of Houston. It's on the Brazos River and I'm assuming there's a bend in the river somewhere around here. To get here we had to drive through some of Houston's insanity. The driving is difficult enough when you know where you're going but it really suks when you don't. The 3 sources of nav information we were getting did not agree. I'm still not sure how we got here. Anyway, we are here for 3 nights. There is hiking and biking. We have had 3 one night stands in a row and we are ready to wind down for awhile. The pics are of the Brazos River. 

Enroute to Larson's 98th

We got the MP back from the shop just 1 day before we needed to leave on this trip. It took 5 weeks to get the part we needed. We really didn't do much planning because we honestly didn't think this was going to happen. Yesterday (Thursday) we got into a comercial campground with no problem. Today was a problem. Jenny was looking pretty hard and getting rejected by every campground. We ended up driving a little further than we needed to and are in Alabama. I am in the process of germinating some seeds: artichokes, Poblano peppers and lettuce. I brought them with us. 

Fort Mill HS pageant

2021 winding down

We spent Christmas with Seth, Courtney and our granddaughters in Tega Cay. This should be our last post in 2021. We did have a month long trip planned for January but the MP needs a part in order to get one of the slide outs fixed and we can't get it until February. Here's hoping we enjoy an improved 2022.