Playing Catch-Up

It has been almost a month since I updated my blog and we've traveled quite a bit in that time. We left the private RV Park on the beach in Galveston and moved 5 whole miles to the Galveston Island State Park. We were only there for a weekend but it was very nice. I love state parks because the sites are so big and you have more privacy than you do in a private park. The setting is more natural, too, so you really feel like you are camping. Our next stop after Galveston was another wonderful state park at Brazos Bend in Needville, Texas.

 We saw lots of wildlife there. They have signs everywhere warning you of the poisonous snakes and alligators. Luckily, we didn't encounter any of those snakes but we saw a lot of gators...

 We had great weather at Brazos but for some reason most of the pictures I have were taken the first day we were there when it was cloudy. Here are a couple more pictures from around the park...

We left Brazos and drove to the Sugarland area which is just a little southwest of Houston. We had a few things to take care of in Houston before heading west, mainly picking up the check from the sale of the van. From there we drove to Gonzales, Texas.  That area looked more like what I picture when I think of Texas-lots of longhorn cattle and oil wells. 

Gonzales is near Lockhart which is known as the Barbeque capital of Texas. We drove there one day to try the barbeque and it was definitely worth the drive. Texas barbeque is all about the brisket, sausage and ribs and we had a little of each. It was fantastic! 

Lockhart is a very quaint little town and has been the setting for a lot of movies. One of my favorite movies, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" was partially filmed there. They have a beautiful courthouse that was featured in the movie. I took a couple of photos of it...

We walked around the downtown area and went into an old soda shop. This part of Texas has some really cool old main streets that still seem to be the center of activity for the towns. I really love that. Here are a few shots from downtown and inside the soda shop...

We left Gonzales this past Monday and drove to Canyon Lake in the Texas Hill Country. We are not far from San Antonio and Austin. The weather has been gorgeous this week-high seventies during the day and then chilly nights. The Canyon Lake area is very pretty. We drove to San Antonio today to pick up an air compressor so we haven't taken many pictures around here yet. We plan to get out and explore tomorrow so, hopefully, I'll have a new blog post soon with some pictures from this area.

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