Traveling with the Longdogs
2021-04-06 Lubbock RV Park
2021-04-05 On the Road Again.......Wildflower Bound
We left Schertz about 9:00AM for our first stop of the day. Wildseed Farms outside of Fredricksburg was a great stop. We did a tour there. It was a little disappointing to see so few flowers in the fields there but it was a great place to park the RVs.
In the morning, we are off to Lubbock for a Pink FlaminGoes Flocking.
2021-04-04 Gathering for Easter Sunday
My friend Carolyn arrived on Saturday and got set up in a nearby RV park. I picked her up and we grilled steak for dinner and had a great visit. Sunday morning I picked her up again and then started the rolls for dinner.
2021-03-14 Escape to Louisiana
Things were just getting a little too crazy around here. I needed to get started on our taxes but things were in total disarray. My DH took my DIL's reorganization of office supplies upstairs as his sign to rip the whole corner desk apart and get rid of it. Of course that left me in the dark about where all my considerable paperwork for taxes was actually located now. Saying I was upset is putting it mildly. Then he started in with getting rid of all kinds of other stuff from the house, garage, and storage building. His timing was bad to say the least and it was like he was going crazy. I was still waiting to see what the kids and grandkids plans were for Spring Break were because that was still up in the air too. There was no hope for getting a camping spot in Texas. I knew the Heart of Dixie RVing Women chapter was having a small rally in Louisiana. Miracle, there were still a couple spots open at the Louisiana State Park where they were meeting and I have several friends in the that group.
Enough, I got a ride out to pick up the RV from storage on Saturday and fled town on Sunday. Harley and I stopped frequently for breaks on the trip East. Only in Texas would you see someone walking their horse at a Rest Area. Going through Houston was a snap other than the delay we hit when they went from 4 lanes down to one miles ahead of where they were working on an overpass.
SkyMed came and gave a presentation on their services. The presenter offered to furnish ice cream, donuts, pizza, or a check to the chapter for $100 in exchange for being allowed to give the presentation. Mary wisely snapped up the $100 check which was used to.....
take everyone out to dinner at Richard's Seafood Patio. Masks were removed for the photo and while we were eating.Mary told the waitress that we were going to order a selection of food for the whole group to try, everyone would pay for their own drinks, and we might each order something more after that. Then she got out her calculator and ordered crawfish, shrimp, onion rings, hush puppies, fried okra, and a couple other things for the group. Crawfish raised by the restaurant were $10/pound but huge. Carolyn said when she was young, her Dad would order a huge burlap bag of crawfish for 10cents a pound.
Carolyn was demonstrating the proper way to get the meat out of the crawfish to a lady who joined the rally on her way from California to the east coast.
Yours truly did not participate in the crawfish or shrimp because I just can't handle the spice. They are so spicy hot. In Cajun country, they put Tony's seasoning on everything and it will burn your throat all the way down to your stomach.
This is a selection of the spices that the natives use to make a dip for the crawfish and shrimp. The only item that goes in it that is not super spicy is the mayonnaise.
The next day, several of us decided to take a tour of the park. They have a splashpad, playground, and numerous trails. This one is pretty short right by the splashpad and playground.
It is mostly boardwalk which is nice. There were also some displays but it wasn't the right time of year for the flowers.
One of several ponds and yes, there are gators in there.
Two of the ladies rented a cabin so we got to take a tour. I thought $150/night was a little high but it was really a house with two bedrooms (queen bed in one and two sets of bunks in the other), a living room with a fireplace and sleeper sofa and a really nice kitchen with full-size appliances including a dishwasher. So the place sleeps 8 People. There is also a screened in porch and a barbeque grill.
The night after the crawfish outing, Mary made crab chowder and put in the leftover shrimp. She was super thoughtful and left the Tony's seasoning on the side instead of putting it in. It was delicious.
We had a grill night too. In addition to the hot dogs and grilled asparagus, there were also hamburgers and veggie burgers.