Fun times and on down the road…

We really enjoyed our stay at South Toledo Bend State Park and we stayed a few days longer than planned because of a couple of reasons. One was our site was in a really nice park with hiking and biking trails and our spot had a fabulous 180 degree view of the lake. The other reason was we camped by some really great people. Kay and Larry kept us up late most nights as Larry, who could play a mean guitar and sing, would sing some great songs and I bet we heard him play and sing half of all the songs Elvis ever played… We hope to run into them again some day down the road…

We left Toledo Bend Reservoir pretty early Sunday morning since there was a bad line of thunderstorms blowing through central Texas. I looked at weather.com to see when the best window of opportunity was for leaving and when it arrived we were packed up and ready to go.

The first hour was totally uneventful as it was overcast and not very windy. Then when we got to Jasper, Texas we started to get some rain drops and by the time we hit Livingston, Texas all hell broke loose… Heavy rain, gusty winds and eight months ago it would have bothered me. But now, I am very comfortable driving our rig… Abbey… She now has a name!

Abbey just went on down the road with little fanfare from the storm. The only exiting moment was when a wind shear slammed into us and discombobulated our passenger side windshield wiper. With it raining real hard and nowhere to pull off we had to limp into a little town until we were able to find a spot to pull over and make a repair. The repair was very simple and after we ate a bit of lunch we were on our way and finally got into Bryan, Texas.

We pulled into our site at Aggieland RV Park and then the sun began to peek out. Settled in we made our way over to our favorite restaurant and had dinner… man it is really nice to be eating some good Mexican food again. We will be in this area for about a month as we take side trips to visit the grandkids, my mother, and some friends in nearby towns…  We are looking forward to visiting family and friends in Texas…

Note: All photos taken at South Toledo Bend Reservoir.