Texas in the cold

[Tom&Shelly]

We are camping at Blanco State Park Texas and set a new personal record! 17 when we woke up a few minutes ago! Ice on the inside of the door frames. Probably a good day to find a museum. Will post more details when our cameras and brains defrost.

Tom

[tony.latham]

Probably a good day to find a museum.

Yowsers. 17º. It may also be a good day to put some thought into a Propex.

Tony

[Tom&Shelly]

Electric heater is working , it's going outside that's

Shelly ( Hi, Tony!)

[tony.latham]

Shelly ( Hi, Tony!)

Hi Shelly!!!

Tony

[philpom]

That is cold! We're up in North Texas and it has been 11 the last 2 days (admittedly being at home is much more comfy than in a camper). We have also sought museums etc when camping in extreme 110f weather, same reason, too miserable outside.

Take care!

[Tom&Shelly]

Thank you Tony and Phil for warm thoughts! Think we made it through the worst. Saw the Museum of the Pacific War in Fredricksburg yesterday and the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio today. Tomorrow it begins to warm up and we are off to visit family.

The teardrop itself is nice and cozy at our electric site. The Climate Right AC also came with a heater which we didn't plan for when designing the tear; but we've used it more than the AC. We saw this weather coming from a week or two ago, so planned accordingly. Instead of cooking, we are eating at restaraunts, though we've made coffee in the galley (electric drip, much like me) every morning.

All and all, we are cool, but comfy!

Tom

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[philpom]

Thank you Tony and Phil for warm thoughts! Think we made it through the worst. Saw the Museum of the Pacific War in Fredricksburg yesterday and the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio today. Tomorrow it begins to warm up and we are off to visit family.

The teardrop itself is nice and cozy at our electric site. The Climate Right AC also came with a heater which we didn't plan for when designing the tear; but we've used it more than the AC. We saw this weather coming from a week or two ago, so planned accordingly. Instead of cooking, we are eating at restaraunts, though we've made coffee in the galley (electric drip, much like me) every morning.

All and all, we are cool, but comfy!

Tom

Sounds awesome! I think it was our 25th anniversary we visited Fredericksburg and stayed at the Peach Tree Motel. Some neat shops to see! We have been to The riverwalk in San Antonio several times, our first trip we flew down for Dinner on our first anniversary, crazy. Lot's to do and see in that area though I doubt any of the vineyards are in their prime right now.

Fun!

[Tom&Shelly]

Finally made it to Galveston State Park, just as the weather warmed up. 60 late in the afternoon with mid-50's predicted for a low! I'll come back later (maybe after we get home) and add pictures and details of each campsite. Our plans here include the Space Center, Battleship Texas, and an oil rig museum. Don't we have fun on our Spring Break!

Shelly must have slept funny last night--she has a pretty sore back, but bravely took a walk along the beach looking for seashells. Poor sweetie! She sore on the seashore!

Tom

[Modstock]

Welcome to the winter campers club.
I was hoping to get out more this winter but still clearing out dad's house and stuff.
Next winter it's definitely on.

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[Tom&Shelly]

Shelly and I are still stooging around here in Texas. We are back to north of San Antonio, only now it is in the low 80's. (But we're still cool!)

This afternoon we stopped at an HEB (grocery store chain) to re-supply and found there was a band playing in the bakery. That's the second strangest thing I've ever seen in a grocery store bakery!

Tom

[philpom]

Shelly and I are still stooging around here in Texas. We are back to north of San Antonio, only now it is in the low 80's. (But we're still cool!)

This afternoon we stopped at an HEB (grocery store chain) to re-supply and found there was a band playing in the bakery. That's the second strangest thing I've ever seen in a grocery store bakery!

Tom

That's funny! HEB has cult status in Texas, we love a visit to one. They have a great number of odd food products you can only get there.

[Tom&Shelly]

Shelly and I are still stooging around here in Texas. We are back to north of San Antonio, only now it is in the low 80's. (But we're still cool!)

This afternoon we stopped at an HEB (grocery store chain) to re-supply and found there was a band playing in the bakery. That's the second strangest thing I've ever seen in a grocery store bakery!

Tom

That's funny! HEB has cult status in Texas, we love a visit to one. They have a great number of odd food products you can only get there.

One reason we came here is that Shelly is on a low sodium diet and saw so many good recommendations about certain HEB products. We went to another one today and bought cans to bring back. Don't seem to be too many west of here, which is unfortunate, as West Texas is a long weekend camping trip for us.

The band was actually in an "HEB Plus", so maybe that was the plus. Or perhaps because they also sold a lot of household goods--like Walmart sort of in reverse.

Tom

[Tom&Shelly]

We made it back home on Friday, after a few more adventures including a brown-out sand storm near Roswell NM. ("Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble" Louis Lamore)

Here is a summary, including pictures of our campsites in case anyone is interested. First day, Shelly had some business in Roswell (she makes and sells doll-house furniture and has some in a musem there on consignment). From there, we spent our first night at Brantley Lake State Park in New Mexico



First time camping in February, and now we've been camping every month of the year. Nice and warm, high 60's in Roswell and above freezing that night at Brantley Lake.

The next day we drove on to Seminole Canyon State Park Texas



You can tell it's Seminole Canyon and not Brantley Lake because the pavillion roof is brown instead of green!

[Tom&Shelly]

We hoped to spend the day hiking at Seminole Canyon, but the campsite is on top of the canyon, and the winds were fierce that day. Also, we happened to be there the one day of the week when there was no ranger guided hike of the pictoglyphs. So instead, we drove two hours (each way) to Sonora Canyon. We felt it was worth it. Had we anticipated the weather, we would have drove on I-10 and spent the night at the campsite at the cave.



Had a chat with a couple of partridges who lived at the gift shop.



We'll probably head back to Seminole Canyon someday when it's not as windy. (Ya, that happens a lot!) We didn't cross the border, but Del Rio is an hour a way, and there is a crossing there.

Tom