Canyon Lake, Texas…

Our last day in Bryan/College Station Texas had us taking care of a few last chores. We visited the dental hygiene school in Bryan when we first arrived to have our teeth cleaned and full mouth x-rays taken for all of $15.00 each. Takes a lot longer but with nothing but time on our hands we got our teeth cleaned without our wallets getting cleaned too. However, when we took our x-rays to the dentist  that Sharon spent her career with ( for 30+ years) he found some decay under one of my really old fillings.  This required a little removal and replacement of said filling and Dr B generously extended full courtesy for the filling.

Also our Honda CRV which is less than one and a half years old required new tires since the ones they put on at the factory were piece of junk in my opinion and were nearly bald after only a little more than 22,000 miles. A quick trip to Sam’s Discount Store and $612.00 later we have new tires that should hopefully last a whole lot longer.

The morning of departure we had the owner of Aggieland RV Park go ahead and fill our propane tank as well as my little one for the grill. Another $55.00 and we figured we had stimulated the local economy enough as we pulled out of the RV park by about 9:30 am. The last stop before leaving was to get the Texas inspection sticker for the RV as it had expired about a year ago…

The drive into Austin was as expected with a lot of local city traffic clogging the lights. We made it through the city and turned south down Interstate 35 for a while. We made a brief stop at Cabela’s in Buda, Texas where Sharon unhitched the car to go fetch the grandkids whom we will take with us for one last outing before we move further west. Cabela’s has some amazing wildlife exhibits and a neat aquarium as well as nice a nice overnight parking spot for RV’s…

With the grandkids in tow we headed south again on I35 for a bit before finally heading west on a much smaller, and more enjoyable drive, on state road 12. The wildflowers are still in full force in this part of Texas where the bluebonnets and the Indian paintbrush have started giving in to the evening primrose and the Mexican blanket where fields of Mexican blankets made for really enjoyable drive.

After a brief rain shower we found our way to our park of choice, Lake Pointe RV Resort where we will stay for about three days before we take the grandkids back home. The park is nice as we are in a site facing the beautiful turquois waters of Canyon Lake. Our site is in a typical Texas hill country setting with small live oaks and cedar trees dotting the hillsides. The gravel lots are level and the cell and TV signals are strong so we should be able to entertain the kids for a few days here. Throw in the fact that the beautiful white tailed deer are everywhere in this park, many of which appear to be hand fed, I think we will enjoy our stay here…