Category: Weekly updates

We spent three days in Big Bend National Park which is a HUGE park….810,000 acres which remarkably only makes it the 15th largest National Park….Who can name the largest? Don’t look it up…just guess in the comments. (BTW, we learned while we were there that two of the BB park rangers had been fired as…

From Corpus Christi we made our way northwest through Uvalde (which had the horrific school shooting in 2022) and up to Marathon for one quick night before heading into Big Bend National Park. We didn’t know much about Marathon other than that it was a convenient location for our park visit, but once we got…

Our first stop in Austin was inspired by the movie Chef which, if you haven’t watched ever or lately, I recommend highly. There’s a great scene shot at Güero’s Taco Bar in Austin and we headed there first thing after arriving Sat. afternoon. The restaurant was packed, but the outdoor music garden opened at 2:30…

We came for the Silos, but were almost more impressed by the Red Herring bar and the Fabled Bookshop and Cafe. The Silos marketplace was really quite fun. We happened upon it right before President’s Day weekend so were there on the TH before which gave us good access to the 20% off sales but…

Our journey to New Orleans included a few days staying in Louisiana State Parks and a private RV campground on the banks of the Mississippi. The little towns of Delhi and Vidalia were fairly impoverished which seems to be a theme through Mississippi and Louisiana. Poverty Point State Park (that’s really the name…:( ) was…

Our campground was literally on the banks of the Arkansas river, in the shadows of the Clinton Presidential bridge and across the river from the Clinton Presidential library. The bridge is now a pedestrian bridge and connects you to miles of riverfront trails and other bridges crossing the Arkansas. We were having some work done…

Hysterical…..we spent an hour in the Peabody lobby bar waiting for this and loved the style and charm this DuckMaster conveyed to a full crowd! Beale Street: it delivered. Even though it was the middle of winter, we still were treated to great blues, engaging artists, good food, cool vibe. It was slow enough that…

We would be lying’ if we said that we weren’t all that interested in visiting AL, MS and AR but we knew we needed to visit and pay tribute to the amazing souls who were beaten, lynched and jailed fighting for the most basic civil rights…rights to vote, rights to an education, rights to fair…

We have been listening to The Barn by Wright Thompson which traces the history of the barn where Emmitt Till was murdered and maps the generations of hatred, white supremacy and deceit that runs deep in Mississippi (and elsewhere). It is a powerful book, linking moments in history and the Mississippi delta’s evolution (or lack…

Shout out to Florida and Alabama State Parks!! Our last few stops have been in TH Stone Memorial State Park on St. Josephs Peninsula, FL , Saint Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach, FL and Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL. Although we had several sunny days, our stays coincided with the Arctic…