TEXAS!

As my brother-in-law Danny said, "It's a BIG state!" He was an over-the-road 18wheeler truck driver and told me about how it took 2 days just to cross Texas on his way to San Francisco. And he's right - seemed our 170 miles was a forever drive. We left Louisiana yesterday morning, had a quick hike to Clear Lake, which is about 20 miles southeast of Houston and 20 miles north of Galveston. We are right by the Johnson Space Center - all streets and roads are named for constellations/stars/rocket boosters/spaceships, etc. We love this warmer weather - it was 75 when we got settled yesterday, last evening got to 43. Everyone is bundled up, we have our windows open during the day, they freeze, we thaw. It's good.

The campground we are at - Marina Bay RV Resort - is very very nice. Concrete pads, 2 pools to swim in, very lovely bathhouses if you want to shower there, we look out to a river with all kinds of birds, and - expensive. We are paying 3 times more here than we did at the previous site for same thing - electric, water, sewer hookup. That's okay - this is like staying at the Ritz when you could have stayed at Motel 6.

Today we are heading to Galveston - I want to dip my toes into the Gulf and do sightseeing. We have been to Galveston before, had super memories, and are looking forward to going to Clary's Seafood Restaurant. They serve seasoned boiled shrimp in a huge bowl - their main finger food before you even get an appetizer. Yi! Will stay here for a week then head again more south towards Corpus Christie - probably will stay put for about 2 to 3 weeks.