Thursday, March 19, 2015

FINISHED OUR TREK ACROSS TEXAS

Thursday, March 19 –  We've arrived at the Houston Elks Lodge. Of course, we are mainly here to visit our daughter, Carrie, but we feel so comfortable here, we call it home.

Welcome to Texas

We continued our journey across Texas on TX-36 and US-290. Again, love the back roads of Texas. Not much traffic, few large trucks, nice wide berm, and enjoyable scenery. For you non-Texans, don't be surprised, if you travel the back roads, to see people pulling over to drive on the berm to let you pass. It's a little scary, but the berms are as wide as a traffic lane and if you're careful, it seems to work well for allowing others to pass. Just BE CAREFUL!

Houston

So we are at the Houston Elks Lodge in Stafford, Texas. There are 10 sites here (8 with concrete pads and 2 gravel). We are on our “usual” site #1, a nice concrete pad with no one on our patio side. We have a 50 amp FHU site. The street is gravel and the campground is just behind the lodge. There is a pool, that if it warms up, we will jump in to cool off. Yes, you do have to be an Elk to use the campground, but that makes the lodge available to you also.

Stafford Elks #1

Stafford Elks #1

Stafford Elks #1

We know many of the people here so enjoy staying here. We also have learned our way around Houston and have nearly mastered Houston traffic. “Nearly” because one never “masters” the freeways in and around Houston! Especially, if you are over 50.....ha ha!

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!

14 comments:

  1. We will be in Livingston next week. Going to be visiting son Jesse in Freeport. Hope we can hook up while we are in the area.

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  2. glad to know you have arrived safely. . .can't wait to see what other amazing discoveries you make in our "home city."

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  3. Glad to see you made it safely to Houston:) How did you manage to get the primo spot? Can you reserve it? It's always nice to have no one on your patio side especially when you are staying for awhile:) Have fun with Carrie!!

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  4. You're in our site! That's the one we had last year. Of course, I know you just let it borrow it from you while you were gone.

    The locals driving the back roads of Texas are very different than those racing on the freeways in the big cities. They are just that, locals. It's part of their southern hospitality to let you pass them and make it as easy for you as they can.

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  5. Glad you made the trip safely. Just be certain that now you don't turn into Party Animals keeping up with Carrie and her friends. LOL.
    Enjoy!

    It's about time.

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  6. Have a great time with Carrie (and I know you will). Hope the back is much better. How is Bella?

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  7. It's always a relief to me to arrive at my destination in Texas. The state just seems to go on and on forever.

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  8. Nice that you are there and ready to more adventures with Carrie, have fun.

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  9. Enjoy the visit with Carrie. Looks like a very nice Elks.

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  10. Thinking will have to check in to joining Elks. Houston must seen life your second home.

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  11. It was in Stafford that we had Betsy parked while we travelled overseas. I don't think we will ever learn how to drive in Houston.

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  12. Mastering Houston traffic? Don't think it will happen, but we did brave the toll road this time to get to and from Advanced RV Park ... so we're making progress ;-))

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