Mileage - 0; Total Mileage - 0 miles
Margarita Count - 2
Today was a travel day to get to the start of the tour. There was no need to rush to get on the road early today since the campground tonight where we will leave the truck for the week was only about 2.5 hour's away.
It has been a long time since either of us has been to East Texas but the lanscaped hasn't changed. About an hour out of Houston the woods and pine trees started filling in the side of the highway. We even had an opportunity to watch some of the annualar eclipse when we stopped for lunch.
I wanted some margaritas to celebrate the kick-off of the tour in camp tonight and hadn't bought any in Houston. We figured it would be an easy thing to grab it at a liquor store in one of the larger towns we were going through. When we stopped for lunch in Livingston, I looked for a liquor store but the only stores that popped up were convenience stores and grocery stores.
I knew they wouldn't have what I wanted because in Texas you can only get liquor in a licensed liquor store. Then I started remembering other trips in East Texas and the dry counties. I started thinking we wouldn't find one today and I'd have to wait to start the margarita count until tomorrow. About 10 miles from camp we crossed whatever magical line there is around here and two liquor stores popped up on either side of the road!
Provisions were purchased and I'm enjoying the first margarita of the tour. I think the margsrita count will be lackluster this tour - but I'll try hard to mainyain my standards if I can 😁 It might or might not get easier when we cross into Louisiana tomorrow.
The weather is feeling very much like fall tonight. It is a nice night in camp and will be down in the low 50's overnight. We should sleep really well!
This is a picture of the piney woods along the highway this afternoon. While most of the trees are still green and lush, you can see the effects of the very hot, dry summer where dead and brown trees are scattered within the green.
Mill Creek Park on Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a very nice, clean Corp of Engineers park. It is obviously popular with fishermen - there are fishing boats at every other campsite, if not more. We might visit here again for a camping trip.
We'll sleep good tonight.
Okay, so I haven't gotten past your first line, but will return to the full blog soon. Love the first line!!! hahahahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy and I will try to keep hou entertIaned with our shenangans.
DeleteSafe travels. Perfect weather for tour. What’s the mileage gonna be and how many nights ?
ReplyDeleteWe have 5 nights, 6 riding days. Only about 225miked total. Around about 40 miles a day with a couple a little shorter. We're not 40 anymore!
DeleteStill have great memories of our tour of the Hill Country!
DeleteAwesome. 40 a day is still respectable at any age. I’m glad you let me go with you on the Hill Country tour. It’s one of those memories I smile every time I think of it.
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