Christmas at Lost Maples SP

Merry Christmas everyone! We spent Christmas at the beautiful Lost Maples State Park. It was great to get away and relax. We had a wonderful time, even if it froze two nights in a row! I guess that what happens when you scout out places to go months in advance. The weather changes at will. Erin and I enjoyed the trails while Greg stayed back at the hybrid with a sore back. It sucks getting old!

The 3yr old mullet

This is what happens when a 3yr old gets bored at night!

Day 4 of 16 of Christmas Break

Had Christmas dinner with family. My little brother (LOL) he is a
foot taller than me, came to visit. Erin got to play with her cousin
Mackenzie. It was too funny to watch them open presents. Erin is
difinetly into the present thing this year.

Kittys enjoying the Christmas Tree

Erin and I finally got the Christmas Tree up this weekend. Due to our
limited space in the RV we have a very small fake tree. I don't miss
much about the house, but one thing I do miss is decorating during the
holiday seasons. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.

Thanksgiving Break

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. We went RVing at Wilson H. Fox Park outside of Granger, TX. It's a nice little park on Granger Lake, but not much else to it. On Thursday we drove into Austin to have Thanksgiving dinner at my aunts house. It was great to see everyone and catch up. The rest of the week was spent at the park just relaxing. Hope everyone had a great time.

Check out my new goggles!

Erin took parent/child swim lessons at the beginning of the summer and
did okay. Some days she was on and other days she was on the side of
the pool. I think it was more of Daddy and Mommy telling her what to
do. She was fine when the instructor had her. So, she is now taking
the beginner lesson 'all by myself' as she would say.

First sights of Las Vegas

Vegas wastes no time in trying to get your money. First thing I see
right off the plane is a huge row of slot machines! The rest of the
pics are from the top of our hotel, The Stratosphere. So far I'm $5
in the hole:(

Vegas here we come!!!

On the plane to Las Vegas!!!

First Fishin' Trip

Erin and I took a trip to see my Dad down at Corpus Christi Lake. The
trip down takes about half a day, so we just relaxed the rest of
Thursday. Friday we all went into Alice to see my cousin Tammy, Uncle
Dutch, and Grandma Wall-Erin's great grandma. Today we are in Corpus
fishing in the Packard Channel. Grandpa bought Erin her very own
Barbie fishing pool which she caught her first fish on! He couldn't
get the fish off fast enough so she could try again!

Fun at Grandpa's

Dublin Dr Pepper

Before we left Meridian SP we went to visit Dr Pepper, TX.  This is the oldest Dr Pepper bottler in the world, Dublin Dr Pepper also has the distinction of being bottled with Imperial Pure Cane Sugar - the original Dr Pepper formula.  We saw alot of cool machinery, the oldest being from the 1920's still in use.  They also had a DP museum that was awsome!  To all my fellow drinkers of this sweet nectar I bought a case of the good stuff.  

Meridian SP

The last four days were spent at Meridian State Park. We did not get any phone service, so no daily posts. It was an okay park, small and not alot to do and no big town nearby. We were about the only ones there, so we had the whole lake and park to ourselves.

We also had the second issue of the trip. At Mckinney SP we discovered the fridge not working; Greg was able to pullup the owners manual on the iPhone and fix it. iPhones ROCK! The second happened pulling into a nearby grocery store and our weight distribution hitch bent. That required a trip onto Waco, an hour away. So Erin and I had a bum day and stayed in our PJs and watched movies all day.

Not much else to report. We are off to Bastrop State Park.

Cold treat

So one of my good friends told me that while we were in Abilene we had
to visit Cajun Cones, home of the best snow cones in the state! Being
a former snow cone maker myself, summer jig freshman year at SWT, I do
have to say those were some of the best snow cones I've had.

Abilene part 2

Having issues with Blogger from my iPhone so I had to send this in two posts.  The pics in the post before this one go with the update message.

Due to the heat we traveled to Abilene again to go experience stuff indoors.  We visited Frontier Texas which was very cool!  It was a museum detailing frontier life in Texas.  They used alot of  AV tricks and the exhibits were well done.  Next we visited The Grace Museum which had art exhibits as well as a kids museum.  Guess which one Erin enjoyed.  And if you are ever in the area you have to check out the wind turbine farms.  Did you know that Texas is #1 in the country for producing wind power?!

We pack up tomorrow and head for our third park, Meridian State Park.

More fun in Abilene

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Daddy's special pool

This afternoon I tool the truck into town to have dinner with a friend
and Greg sent me this pic. Apparently, it was too hot to walk to the
pool.

Trip to the Abilene Zoo

Took a trip to the Abilene Zoo. It was a small zoo, but very nicely
done. It brought back memories of my time at the Houston Zoo. Erin
had fun feeding all the animals. Didn't stay too long, the temp got
up to 100!

Laundry Night

So only after 5 nights we had to go do laundry. RVing is dirty work!
Erin even pitched in.

Fun on the South Llano River

Our last two days was spent tubing and swimming on the river. Erin
had a great time! She was tubing thru the tunnel by herself and
wading around in the river current. We also got a close up look at a
beaver.