Let's do Texas!

So this will be the first year we "snowbird." We will eventually spend the winter in Florida near Orlando, but we plan on spending some time in the Texas Hill Country, then hang out in Louisiana for a while then meet up with some friends in Florida.

We left Belleville after all our doctor visits and drove to West Memphis.  We stayed at Tom Sawyer RV Park.  It's really cool.  It's right on the Mississippi River.  It floods every Spring.  We had a site that was 15 feet from the water.  I just sat there and watched all the enormous barges go by.

After a couple of days we headed to Texas.  We we're going to meet up with two other couples, The Susan & Forrest Attaway & Paul & Sue Weible in Point, Texas. That's where Paul's brother lives.  WE spent a couple of days there.  We went to Canton Days in Canton Texas.  Visited an awesom winery in Sulphur Springs.

Next stop Canyon Lake, Texas.  One of Dan's Air Force buddies, Brent & Sue Lyon, live here.  We "mooch docked" here.  That's when you camp in someone's driveway instead of a campground. They even had 50 amp, sweet!

 The main reason for coming here is for the Wurstfest in New Braunfels.  But we did a lot of socializing and drove around the hill country visiting wineries, distilleries & micro-breweries.  Are you sensing a trend here????  Played cards at night and ate really well.  And enjoyed the view of the patio.

We made it to the Wurstfest and enjoyed the beer tent. All kinds of music, rounded out the night with accordionists. I liked more than I thought I would.

We left Canyon Lake & headed over to Kerrville.  The "Hill Country".  The weather turned on us a little and we woke up to freezing rain.  WTH???

We came south to get away from this.  Rita was pretty mad at me, she said we came to Texas because it was warmer.  I pointed out that technically it is warmer.  Here it was 28 degrees and in Belleville it was 15?

Fortunately the weather warmed up pretty quickly and the next day we were rewarded with this sunset!

We did have a little problem here.  We discovered that there was an oily film on the back of CC & on our car.  After opening the engine bay we discovered that the diesel fuel filter gasket wasn't seated properly.  I contacted our service point & they recommended not moving the coach & getting a roadside service technician to come to us for evaluation & repair.  Luckily our roadside assistance program covered the initial expenses & the service center covered all the other expenses. WHEW!  The repair crew even threw in an engine bay cleaning.  So we ran by their shop on the way out.  I liked the sign on the door.

We were able to relax for the rest of the stay.  Meeting up with some friends in town, making some SkyMed calls at area campgrounds.  Even squeeze in some dining, sightseeing & bike rides.