It’s been a while, but we have been busy! We stopped over in a great city park called Chickasaobgue Park in 8 Mile, AL. We were able to check out the USS Alabama (battleship) and the USS Drum (diesel submarine). Everyone really loved it.
Then we had a long stop over in New Orleans where we got to see family for the first time since we left just in time for David’s birthday! We spent several days shopping and eating our way through the French Quarter and learning so many amazing things about history at the WWII museum. You should absolutely check it out if you’re in the area! Lex and Mom really enjoyed a nighttime walking ghost tour of NOLA, and overall LA was a great place to spend a few weeks before heading on.
We are loving it in Texas! The kids have fallen in love with all things cowboy somehow and both got new boots, hats, and belts with flashy buckles. Dad found a dude ranch in Bandera to stay for a week soon, so they talked Mom into getting some boots too so she can ride horses with them at the ranch. There is so much to do and see (and eat!) here. One of the most impressive things is how easy it is to get around. We have been staying just outside of Houston, and one of the ways they set the road up is there are service roads that run parallel to I-45 on either side. You just hop on and off the service roads to get wherever you need to go. Traffic keeps moving, things are easy to find, and it’s not so overwhelming driving in a larger city. Did I mention how good the food is down here? Mexican food has always been a favorite, but TexMex and Texas BBQ are huge hits. Both kids voted Texas BBQ better than NC BBQ and Dad may have threatened to disown them haha!
Dad made the trip back to NC for the Azalea Festival for a few days, so Mom got a chance to wing it on her own with two kiddos and the zoo. Somehow she survived and Dad brought back all of the mail and packages we’ve been shipping back to NC for Nana to gather up for us. The community along the way has been really great! We just left a Thousand Trails park and even though it wasn’t as populated as the FL ones were, we met some more great people who pitched in when we needed help in a pinch, and Dad helped a fellow RV’er out by turning off his water while he was out when we noticed his trailer was leaking. It takes a village and we are still finding ours ever-expanding.
One fun experience we were able to finally get to is a Buc-ee’s. If you haven’t heard of them, it’s a HUGE convenience store down here in TX where you can basically get anything you could possibly need. Mom described it as “if a truck stop and a cracker barrel had a baby that wanted to grow up and own a bass pro shop”. They have everything a truck stop has, plus great gifts and home decor, fishing tackle, dessert shop, fresh sliced BBQ and brisket, smokers, deer corn, etc. You have to just experience it to really understand it.
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