Travel Blog
After leaving Melissa and Mark’s, we stayed at the Seven Sisters Brewery, a Harvest Host location. We sampled their beers, one had a 9.3% alcohol content. Wytheville was a neat little town with lots of history. It turns out Woodrow Wilson’s wife was born there. We enjoyed walking through the town and visiting the little…
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We had a pleasant drive through the country backroads of North Carolina and arrived on a Thursday afternoon. We were greeted by Mark and four smiling grandchildren. To our surprise, Tegen is now 6′ tall at age 16. So fun to re-connect with everyone in person. Mark treated us to a delicious barbecue pork dinner.…
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8Our last stop before arriving at Melissa and Mark’s in North Carolina was the Barnyard RV park in Lexington South Carolina. Stayed two nights so I could get caught up on some work. The RV park had a large percentage of full-time tenants. It was a nice park, The showers were clean and it had…
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We crossed three states today, Lousiana, Mississippi and Alabama. We also took a bridge over the Mississippi River and arrived in Montgomery, Alabama mid-afternoon. And you guessed it, it was super hot! I told the gentleman at the front desk that we hadn’t had any precipitation, not a drop, since it snowed on us in…
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After Noel & Mike’s, our next stop was John Schneider’s Studio, a Harvest Host location in Louisiana. John Schneider is the blonde actor from Dukes of Hazzard. His studio is a movie set, but they also have concerts, an outdoor movie theatre and various events there, in addition to having a campground. It was a…
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We made the relatively short drive from Austin, Texas to Noel and Mike’s home in Humble, TX, which is close to Houston. We made several stops along the way, including our first trip to Buc-ee’s where they sell a lot more than just gas. It’s definitely an experience. It was super hot in Texas, 100…
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We stayed two nights at a beautiful KOA camp 20 minutes from downtown Austin. Amazing to be so close to downtown, yet you we were out in the country. In fact, there were some massive Texas Long-horn steers in the field next to the campground. This KOA was pretty new, had full hookups, a friendly…
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We stayed at the Hilltop RV Park in Fort Stockton, TX for the second time in the past two years. It is a convenient location, right off of HWY 10, and yes, it was hot, 107 degrees when we arrived. We had full hookups and as soon as we got settled we headed for the…
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We arrived in Las Cruces around 4pm, and of course, it was hot! We stayed at the Rio Grand Winery, a Harvest Host location. There was a great jazz band playing when we pulled in. We enjoyed their music for a couple of hours, drank some wine and had a delicious meal from the food…
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We arrived at mid-day on a Thursday, 105 degrees, unloaded the trailer and jumped in the pool. Then we got ready for dinner, one of those Asian restaurants, like Benihana’s, where they put on a show and cook in front of you. There were 13 of us, with Leonard’s family and friends in town for…
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