Tyler, Texas

We packed up and moved yesterday morning from Bastrop and drove the 5 1/2 hours to Tyler Texas which is in the northeast corner of the state. We are in a place called Whispering Pines RV Resort - and again, we are in a forest of pine trees. Very lovely, but noisy! After the awesome quietness of Colorado River RV resort to this place - so different. It is cheaper a night here, has tons more people, lots more extras like hot tub, library - you give, you take a book, large swimming pool, jacuzzi, grass, a weekend cafe, kids area for play (quite large), a camp store for those items you forgot, and much more. But, we gave up the quietness and the country to be north. Many worker-bees live in the back section and by 6am the diesel trucks have all started up and gone out. So there is quiet for about another hour than most others wake up and are opening doors, walking dogs, not being very quiet to those of us who haven't slept. We will only stay here until tomorrow morning when we pack up and go to Arkadelphia which is about 40 miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas. We plan to spend a week there - going to Hot Springs National Park and backtracking a bit to Texarkana where there is a diamond mine that some folks told us that every time they have gone there, they have found diamonds. Not that I need or want any, but we passed up the opportunity to hunt for diamonds two years ago when we stopped in Herkimer, NY right by their diamond mine and didn't do it. Again, we are delaying getting back to Ohio because campgrounds in our area do not open until May 1. We plan to camp just north of Columbus, OH until the campgrounds open in May up north. We should be in by April 17th - at least that's our goal. Weather here is still warm, was 82 when we got in yesterday, should be the same today, evening was about 60. Still very comfortable.