We stopped at Laredo to organise ourselves for the Mexico trip. A lovely Texan state park. Lake Casa Blanca International state park.
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San Antonio, Texas
Riverwalk RV park, with some very big RVs, they dwarf our setup. We caught the public bus into town to see the sights. San Antonio River walk so beautifully done, a great place to eat or just walk. A night at a very polished stock show and rodeo. It ended with …
Texas League City near Houston
League City Driving into League City Texas, the highways are insane, their speed limit is faster, the amount of vehicles including big trucks on the road and the proximity they drive to one another is something I found very uncomfortable. They don’t even slow down for road works, so bollards on either side of …
Lafayette
A lovely little town in Cajun country. A great RV spot with lovely walks, When the French speaking Acadians came to Lafayette they were not allowed to speak French in schools, and slowly the language was lost, but not their culture. If you are wondering who Cajuns are……… from the net….. …
New Orleans, Louisiana
French Quarter Beautiful old french buildings Walk around Jackson Square A very hectic Bourbon Street with everyone preparing for Mardi Gras Café De Monde, serving coffee and beignets since 1862. There was a line of tourists out the door and down the road so we decided to leave for a coffee really early. The …
Natchez Mississippi 12.1.19
12th January 2019. Beautiful Natchez on the banks of the Mississippi, full of lovely old antebellum houses. We camped at an RV Park on the banks of the river, but on the Louisiana side. A beautiful spot where we could have our morning coffee and watch the mist rolling in. The Mississippi Delta is …
Vicksburg and the National Military Park
10th January 2019 We arrived at Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. This town is famous because of its key position in the Civil War. We stayed in one of the Casio RV Parks, very nice and had dinner there. (but not the shrimp-a-palooza unfortunately). The next day we took a drive around the old …
Chicago for Christmas
We stayed at the Chicago truck marshalling yard, all cramped into the camper. A good spot a short uber ride into the city. We were hoping for a white Christmas, it was freezing but no snow. Nine times out of ten Chicago is white for Christmas but unfortunately not this year. Chicago Christmas …
Cedar Lake Indiana USA
Cedar Lake Indiana On our way to Chicago. I looked back on the posts and realised I had not posted the page on Cedar Lake and beautiful Chicago, how could I miss Chicago? Cedar Lake We needed somewhere to ditch the caravan and just take the truck camper into Chicago truck marshalling yard …