Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
With a three day weekend, we decided to do a small upgrade project: upgrading the TV mounts. What it looked like before The in between What it looks like now The strap hanging down from behind the TV allows us to unlock it from the mounted and locked position when the RV is not in … Continue reading Texas: Upgrading the RV over the holiday
While we were at Padre Island National Seashore, I did some short video segments of the waves crashing against the beach. After reviewing the video, I put together a short and simple one minute video. https://vimeo.com/666317513
Photos of our trip leaving Amarillo, Texas on the way to Rockport, Texas.
On Sunday of our first weekend, we decided to do a day trip to the Brownsville/McAllen/Mission area. The area is a heavy "winter Texan" area, so we checked out RV parks in the area. We also did a short visit to the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. The drive is 3 hours each way, … Continue reading Texas: Our first weekend in Rockport, part 2
Our stay in Rockport was supposed to be 2 weeks, so we decided to take it easy on tourist destinations. Goose Island State Park Our first stop was Goose Island State Park, a short 3.5 mile drive away from the RV park. Goose Island offers fishing, camping, and birding opportunities all year long. We just … Continue reading Texas: Our first weekend in Rockport
As I mentioned in my previous post, it was a mistake to do the trip in 2 days. It should be done in 3 days or more. A lot of full-time RVers do the same, travel either 4 hours or 200 miles per day. Anything more is tiring. Amarillo to San Angelo We left on … Continue reading Texas: Driving down to Rockport
This is the first of many posts from our time in Rockport. We had an interesting time, that's for sure. Amarillo to Rockport In retrospect, attempting to get down to Rockport in 2 days travel time was a big mistake. We wanted to avoid taking an extra day off, so it is our fault. Now … Continue reading Texas: Our vacation in Rockport
After the storm came through, it was time to go outside and clean up. We checked for overturned items such as the sewer hose (it held) and our solar LED lights. We also checked places that water could gather and cause issues. That's where we found that we had quite a bit of water on … Continue reading Texas: Cleaning up after a severe thunderstorm
The Panhandle area of Texas is experiencing what is known as the severe weather season. Fast (and slow) moving thunderstorms, with wind gusts up to 70 mph, and pockets of hail. Monday's storm included golf ball to baseball sized hail, but we were lucky. That hail fell on the eastern side of Amarillo, and we … Continue reading Texas: Severe thunderstorm season
