Temperature changes Wed 29,Thurs 30

Hi everybody. We had a great night overnight in Jeff Busby's park and the temp was 60 deg. We were roughing it until the propane heat got the trailer warmed up nicely. The weather was great for travelling there.

Ron's bird pic on our bathroom break at River Bend on the Ross Barnett Reservoir.65 deg yee ha!

Our arrival in Vidalia La.73.9 deg. this is the life-It only took Ron about 20 mins to set up (cement pad really helps) and me 10 mins to put the coffee on.
It is clouding over this evening and thunderstorms are in the forecast for tomorrow but we will be gone by then and heading for the Martin Dies state park in Texas.have to check out the alligators for the fun of it.
Hope y'all have a Happy New Year's Eve and take the next day to recover ! from Ron and I bye for now--talk to you in 2011

on the road again Dec 27

Hi to all our family and friends and followers! Hope Santa was good to you and you have a very Happy New Year. 2010 has gone by pretty quick don't you think .We started out this morning on the road again hoping to make good time and before we even got to Sarnia went through a snow streamer off the lake-slowed us down to 60 k. Lots of traffic at customs so by the time we finally got on the Interstate it was almost 7:30.Lots of traffic on the roads today but great travelling weather. Roads were bare and dry all the way. Arrived here in Shepardsville Kentucky at Grandma's rv park safe and sound.The garmin did a fine job today getting us through Indianappolis and Louisville Ky(Ron wasn't so bad either) whew! Maybe tomorrow it will be a bit warmer in Davy Crocket State Park,its mid 20,s here tonight --soon soon. well bye for now -will be out of touch for a couple of days Take care Dee and Ron

Sun March 21 2010

Midnight and Snowflake--the swans at Lakeside RV Park La. Hi everybody, well we arrived home on Thurs, at around 7 p.m. It was a great day for travelling and we sailed right through Louisville Ky and on to Indianapolis.The traffic there was also light and Ron decided to boot it for home.It actually got warmer as we travelled north!!It sure is great to be here. This was a picnic area we stopped at on the Natchez Trace for lunch.The sun wasn't out at the time or it would have looked much different.

A view of Davis Lake -a campground just off the Trace where we stayed for 1 night.

We hope everyone enjoyed our blog this year (even with all our whining about the cold weather.Most of the USA had a weird weather pattern all winter).We did see lots of interesting things by travelling around this year and we met lots of interesting people too.
See you next year-

"Don't drive any faster than your guardian angel can fly"

To all our followers ,family and friends-hope you have a fantastic summer addios Ron and Dee

March 14,15 ,16

Hi everybody, On Sun/14 we arrived at Rocky Springs on the Trace. It was very sunny and warm. The dry camping is free there . They had hosts who had been there since Oct. and really enjoyed their job.
On Mon/15 we headed for Davis Lake Miss. which is just 4 miles off the Trace.It seems to be a big fishing spot for the locals and a really great park to stay in for overnight or a couple of days.The sites were huge and all paved-some long enough for motor homes.
Tues/16-we have arrived at the Davy Crocket State Park in Tennessee. Its 46 deg. and just a bit cool.But were not complaining-I think were both anxious to get home to our own bed .Its been almost 3 months since we left---hard to believe!!
Had another slight rv problem but Ron fixed that as soon as he found the right part here in Tenn.Our next stop tomorrow is at Grammies in Kentucky. So we should be home by Fri unless we stop longer at the next spot.
Hope Eric has made it home safely from the African coast.
Bye for now and see you soon Dee and Ron

SatMarch 13

Hi everybody.Well today was another beautiful sunny day with just a few odd clouds. It was on the cool side but all the kids here didn't seem to mind one bit..This homemade camper pulled in beside us this afternoon.The writing on the side.....Jim's Wild Thang--but so Paid 4--Pretty HuH.....Its from Mississippi and on the back reads GITR DONE.. Recycling at its finest.Its priceless really!!!!

This is the outdoor picnic section of 1 of the rally halls here. It is the largest of the two, right beside the lake.The campers you see in the background are at one end of the loop.

These campers are at the other end of lake and another loop.Its been great for walking.

Tomorrow we head out north into Misssissipi for the Natchez Trace. Our plans are to take our time --But again there's no internet until we hit a library .The weather looks great all week and hopefully no tornado warnings this year!

That police incident yesterday was a murder-suicide of 3 people-mother, father and 3 yr. old son.It happened just down the road a couple of miles.

I sure hope your having good weather and all that snow disappears soon.Have a great night. Bye for now Dee and Ron

Fri March12

Hi everybody,well today was a gorgeous day -70's and sunny. It has cooled down to 63 since but no one here is complaining.We are here in Livingston and the park is really nice. It is all cement pads with a 17 acre lake that has resident swans-a black one called Midnight and a white one named Snowflake, oh and a few Canada geese.No boats allowed in lake!
A couple from Wiarton work here, yes -his job is to escort the trailers to their sites and back them in. They live in Big Bay.what a coincedence eh and not a bad job to put in the winter.
There was quite a lot of excitement in the area this afternoon.15 or more police cars went flying past here and some ambulances . They were heading towards Interstate 10 south of here near New Orleans. We've been listening to the radio news to see what'a happened but have heard nothing as of yet.A couple i spoke with had a 2 hr wait on Int. 12 this aft.on their way here from Houston.They were not very happy.
We found Camper's world today in Hammond and bought a new toilet for the trailer. We couldn't just replace the broken lid-go figure!
On the way home we stopped for cheap gas at $2.54. Its been as high as $2.79 in most stations.It seems its been creeping up all winter down here. Bye for now --Have a great weekend y'all Dee and Ron

Tues March 9

Hi everybody, Well today we found these flooded fields of rice and traps for crayfish. It seems to be a big business around here. We had planned to go south to Cameron but its been raining cats and dogs here with some thunder thrown in too. Thought it best to stick closer to home for the day. (I finally found your yarn Ruth at W. Mart)

Another field of rice. We are at 25 feet above sea level here. We haven't seen much hurricane damage as yet.

Will be at this park until Thurs. when the weather is supposed to pass and be sunny for the next week.From there were not sure just yet. Hope y'all have a great day and we'll talk soon.Dee and Ron

Mon,March 8

Hi everybody, We are here in Fenton La. It poured all the way here from Texas. We made it through downtown Houston with Garmin doing a fine job and Ron did excellent too. We haven't firmed up plans in La. but do want to do some sightseeing before leaving.
Sorry there were no updates while in park but had a great time there.Did not see the biggest gator but I'm sure ther's lots here anyway.
We had some bad news that one of the regulars from Parkview died of massive heart attack. His wife Joy was the cake decorator instuctor from last year. She is going to miss him terribly.
Well bye for now, our wifi is in the laundry so it is a bit inconvenient to say the least. Talk later . De and Ron

Tues March 2

Hi everybody,here we are at the state park and it is a reaaly nice one. There is so much to see here.This is just one of many beautiful Live Oak trees in the park . It is in a huge picnic area surrounded by the Texana Lake. We biked over to it yesterday.

One of the sleepy gators on our ride - snoozing in the sun. It 's just a small one,the larger oneS are over by the pinic area.

Five Little Turtles sittin 'on a Log-- along come a gator and.........

We've met a couple here from Simcoe but they're heading into Texas towards Choke Canyon. Got a late start on their winter vacation but have been back here for 10 yrs in a row. Well bye for now. Hope your week is a good one . Dee and Ron
We're in the Bay City library and may not hear from us for a couple of days ok .bye

Mon.March 1

Howdy everybody. Glad to hear your all enjoying our pics. Ron's having lots of fun taking them too. I do have a correction for you-this bird is a GREATER EGRET not a stork. Shows how much bird learning i still have to do. The pic of all the smaller birds were Franklin gulls.
Today were on the road again to Lake Texana St. park. just a bit east of here . We had wanted to go there instead of this rv park but it was full over the weekend. We can ride our bikes there and do more birding also. It wont have internet of course so its to the library in Edna again. By Fri were on the road again anyway.
Happy Birthday to Ruth on Wed. Hope you have a great day !!! I'll be thinking of you.
We heard from Mary and Tom and they made it safely to Georgia but had cold weather all the way. The 3rd death in the family this winter- so we really feel bad for them .Maybe we can catch up with them on our way home, who knows.After a good rain storm last night the skies have cleared and not a cloud to be seen. A high if 60 today so thats a good thing. Bye for now-talk to you when we get a chance this week Dee and Ron.

Fri Feb 26

Howdy,Today we took a trip to Palacios on Matagorda Bay Their were many many shrimp boats with one coming in as we looked around a campground there.

bird in a protected area.

I think this is a stork bracing itself in the wind. It is powerful windy today as always here in Texas.

more shore life on the beach in the town of Matagorda.

The pier out into the Gulf of Mexico in Matagorda. It looks like an incoming storm but nothing ever happened with it . Maybe it blew off to Houston.It got to 73 over here today.
We managed to pick up many more shells here but no sand dollars on this beach.

Sorry to hear about all the snow you guys are getting blasted with back home. It sure can't be that much fun!
well bye for now --hope you have a great weekend-it snuck up really fast. Dee and Ron.

Wed. Feb 24

Howdy everybody. Well here is the century plant 2 days after the other pic. It looks like it may bloom very soon.We won't see it as were on the road again tomorrow morning, but everyone here in the park will certainly enjoy it.
We are heading to Edna which is just north of Victoria and a bit south of Houston,not many miles as we are not in any hurry.It was a beautiful sunny day today after yesterday's mess. It was in the low 40's with high winds and rain all day. No one even ventured out from their rv's at all.We went out for dinner to King's Inn for jumbo shrimp and fries tonight- a treat before leaving the area.It is a great place to eat seafood of any kind!Bye for now -take care- hopefully we have internet at our new digs Dee and Ron

Mom Feb 22

Hi everybody, How are you doing?As you can see its really sunny here today and no humidity like yesterday. This is a century plant that is out the back of our rv. It appears to be almost blooming. we will take another pic tomorrow or the next day so you can see how much it has grown overnight. This is Ron,s metal locating find for today--$1.37 and two pieces of fishing tackle.It was from the playground over in the park.

Oh and here's one of our favorite summertime jobs .Everybody was busy busy busy today on their lawns, before the rotten weather comes tomorrow!

I'll close for now--hope y'all have a great night Dee and Ron

Fri Feb 19

Hi everybody, Yesterday was nice and sunny so we took advantage of it and did a long bike ride. Along the way were many birds that were also enjoying the sun.
Today was a rainy day all along the coast so went in land a bit to check out Corpus Christi St. Park.It is very large and the lake itself was down 9 or 10 feet. not may campers were there.

Took a picnic lunch and ate along the shore of the lake.The washrooms were even more disappointing than Falcon S.P.The state must have cut back the funding big time!

On the way home we stopped at Wal mart and got a roasted chicken. Voila --dinner in mins.Thats about it for today. Hope y'all have a great weekend Dee and Ron

Wed Feb 17

Hi everybody .This is the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay.It is was known as the Blue ghost. This is looking down the flight deck as you enter on to it. There are quite a few of the war planes on display here. It is in the middle of repair from lots of rust damage .

This was one of the gun sections on the sides of ship.The stairways were very steep, narrow and hard to walk down when moving from one floor to the next.

This is the hangar deck with many WWIIaircraft display.We watched an I-max film on the flying manoevers of a pilot in training . That was up close and noisy!

This was on the bridge ,sitting in captains chair looking out on the flight deck in the direction that planes would be leaving.It was a really impressive afternoon with many more pics the ship.If you notice off in the distance at the top of pic is the bridge over to Padre Island and the inner coastal waterway.

By the way on the way here from Kingsville is the flatest land you ever saw. It is farm fields and it almost seems like a mirage in the distance .You can see for miles and miles. I'm sure in a couple of months its a different picture when all the crops have started to grow.

A prickly pear cactus in bloom here at the park. They're all over the place in bloom this month.

Not so many birds here yet though. We've been told its too cold yet 'they're still south!Well bye for now,hope you enjoyed our tour. Take care---Happy Birthday to our grandson Trent today.

Love Gramma & Grampa

Tues Feb 16

Hi everybody,greetings from the Texas State Aquarium. Today we visited the auarium in Corpus Christie. What a great morning that was. So much to see and all the kids on a school bus trip had a blast too.This is a Harris Hawk up close and personal. The trainers had it flying to perches all over the stands.

This is a cat from the country of Panama. I'm not sure of spelling but it sounded like quati.It can jump 6ft in the air for its prey!

Everyone loved this display of sharks and huge groupers in there also.

Ron has over 100 pics from today so we can only send a few of the best.

One of the dolphins with its trainer during the 1/2 hr show.

An alligator just soaking up the sun.You wouldn't hardly know its real but it WAS!

Dolphins greeting the crowd at the beginning of the show. The kids loved it.They could actually touch the sting rays in a tank on display.

The stars of the show and their trainers.

Eagles. raptors ,turtles,otters,snakes, moon jellyfish,all kinds of exotic fish,sting rayswere just some of the sights here today.

After lunch we headed over to the USS Lexington air craft carrier a couple of blocks away. Tomorrow we can do pics from that as we have quite a few.

Glad to see we have 2 new followers--my bro Gary and sister in law Mickey. Welcome!

Thats about it for today -Take care all Dee and Ron

Sun Feb 14, Happy Valentines Day!

Hi everybody, Well today we went for a drive to Padre Island. You first have to drive through Corpus Christi and then the town itself. it is an inner coastal island in the Gulf of Mexico.This shot is down the beach on which we had already driven approx. 10 miles.It is included in the Padre Island National Seaside Park.There is a camping section on the beach just before this one that allows you to camp overnight for 14 consecutive days.
We listened to a park person give a story on all the shells to be found on the beach. They do allow you to pick up any dead shells you find.(some national parks do not let you take even sand from them,eg white sand from Alamagordo nat pk. in NM.)So in the picture Ron took ,is all our shells.
We didn't spend alot of time getting them and with the tides coming in and out you would have lots to choose from every day.
The diamond back rattler and the mississaga rattler are 2 of the snakes to watchout for in the dune area.
We could have driven many more miles down the beach but it was time to head back home.
It got to 73 deg. today and sunnnnnny!yea! bye for now Dee and Ron

Sat Feb 13

Hi everybody,We made it t0 the King Ranch today which consists of almost one million acres.There are historic tours and nature tours. We did the birding-nature which lasted almost 5 hrs.There were many different species of birds-lots of sand hill cranes,the golden fronted woodpecker in the above picture at a feeder,caracaras,vermillion flycatchers,great kiskadee,lots of green jays (at the feeder)and sparrows. This green heron perched on a dead branch waiting for lunch.There were many varieties of ducks and a greater yellow leg.

This is a fire ant hill we disturbed(and then ran back!)You don't want to mess with these guys.

White-tailed deer ,javelinas ,wild turkeys ,alligators and a coyote were also out in many areas of the ranch.There are 60,000 cattle spread out and 300 quarter horses in a different area than where we were. So as you can imagine it takes quite a few cowboys and ranch hands who happen to live on the farm ,to make it all work and be tour ready.

They had there own lakes and a gas well.We only were on a very small portion of the land in and around a couple of lakes and through some open pasture fields(now that was a treat).

It was a sunny day and perfect for our tour. Bye for now --take care Dee and Ron

Fri, Feb 12

Hi everybody,Well it turned out pretty nice today.It got to 59 and sunny.It seems they have had a rough winter here too with tons of rain and cold weather. Everybody here was enjoying the sun today but still bundled up with scarves and hats.We went for a short ride today and spotted these pelicans out in the waters of the bay. These snow geese were in a nearby field by the thousands.It was very windy today so maybe they were laying low.

Hundreds of sandhill cranes in another field. It looked like an airport runway they were coming in so fast.

Tomorrow we go to King's ranch for the birding tour. can hardly wait!Well that's all for today.

Have a Happy Valentines day tomorrow, Bye for noe Dee and Ron

Thurs Feb 11

Hi everybody, We arrived at Seawind rv park today just in time for a small rainstorm. Its a bit windy and about 52 outside. Its supposed to get sunny tomorrow--we'll keep our fingers crossed.We are in a bay so its quite protected from the gulf winds directly.
This is Tom yesterday looking down the Rio grande river on our bird tour.At the top of the picture is the banks of Mexico--what town I'm not sure. These are pelicans looking in river for a quick meal. One of them actually got a fish as we watched.

Back at the bird watching spot.The food mixture on tray is peanut butter, lard and cormeal slapped on the rustic feeder. The birds go CRAZY for it!

By the way 2 cougars were spotted at Falcon Lake while we were there this week by a camper.The javelinas were enough for me!

This is another shot of river-Mexico to the left and USA to the right, pretty close wouldn't you say.
I think we will have a good time at this park as there are lots of tours to keep us busy and free internet that is very speedy.It will help me to keep up a more regular blog than i have been in the last couple of weeks.Its the nature of state parks i guess.Hope Ya'll have a great night.Talk to you later- Dee and Ron