Overnighted in Lowes Parking lot in Lake Jackson......it has been windy, rainy and cold. We are definitely in Texas. Back to BBq and grills, no more levees, bayous, ya baby's, Cajun food and wonderful accents. The big state awaits us.
We arrive in Rockport before noon and spend the afternoon looking at RV parks. We are so disappointed and ready to get back on the road and head for Arizona. The parks we looked at were big and crowded. We just couldn't see ourselves being happy in any of these places. We even checked the state park to maybe stay a couple of nights to enable us to have a better look around. The last place we called sounded not bad. It has just opened this month, has only 8 sites, of which only two are occupied. We haven't eaten since breakfast, it's cold and rainy so we just head to Walmart to sit for the night and regroup. The lady from the RV park called, wondering where we were. I explained how we were feeling and said we would come and look in the morning. She said "that's good baby, we'll see you in the morning". I knew right away that I liked her. It is such a southern way of speaking.
It is our last hope.
We had a pretty quiet night in Walmart and headed over to "Shorty's RV Park" first thing in the morning. We are home:). The sights are big enough for us, they are pristine. We pick our spot in one of the last two corner spaces. Each unit has it's own storage shed, a good sized slab and grassy area. There is a small laundry room with two each of washers and dryers right beside our shed. Owners, Wanda, aka, Shorty and Tom Walker are very pleasant and easy going. They retired here from Houston. They have good senses of humor and we sign up til the end of December with the option to stay for January too.
The cold and wind are over today and by Saturday normal temperatures of 65/75 degrees will be back. We bought an electric roaster and a turkey to cook outside on Friday. At this time our only two neighbors in the park have gone 'home' for Thanksgiving tomorrow.
We are happy. We are officially "Winter Texans". Lol, We have traveled 8000 miles to get here. It is an interesting town with lots of potential exploring for us to do. Corpus Christie is only 30 miles away and Austin and San Antonio are also within our travel reach. Alls good, and we are where we hoped to be.
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