Stopped off in Lockhart for some of the best barbecue in Texas

Stopped off in Lockhart for some of the best barbecue in Texas

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Yesterday afternoon, on our two-lane journey from Rockport on the Coastal Bend to Austin, we put the brakes on in Lockhart, the BBQ Capital of Texas.We rejoiced in a mid-afternoon meal at Black's Barbecue, one of four popular BBQ restaurants in this small Central Texas
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Folding the tent, loading the RV and readying to leave the Coastal Bend, heading north

Folding the tent, loading the RV and readying to leave the Coastal Bend, heading north

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV News
After two wonderful months on the Gulf Coast of Texas, we are folding our tent, slipping the Lance camper back onto the truck and saying our goodbyes to our new friends at the Sandollar RV Park in Rockport.Today we are starting the final leg of our six-month journey
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Last minute chores before RVing out of our Snowbird nest in Rockport, Texas

Last minute chores before RVing out of our Snowbird nest in Rockport, Texas

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
There are always dozens of small chores to do before hitting the road again after a longer stay--fill the propane tank, wash all the clothes, return books and CDs to the library, and, for Jimmy, get a "regular" hair cut.Once we get on the road, I'm his barber.So, we bic
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Biking, birding Port Aransas, Texas

Biking, birding Port Aransas, Texas

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Our days on the Coastal Bend of Texas are down to a precious few. Therefore, we are taking advantage of sunny days to jump on our bicycles and see the sites.One of those places is Port Aransas on Mustang Island, just a short ferry ride across the channel from Aransas Pa
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Good neighbors RVers Myron and Alberta Scott from Kansas

Good neighbors RVers Myron and Alberta Scott from Kansas

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
Good fences don't make good neighbors--good people make good neighbors.This is especially true when your neighbors are within 10-15 feet of your back door.That's what we discovered in our Rockport, TX, RV park this winter.Alberta and Myron Scott of Hill City, Kansas, we
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Bicycling near Goose Island State Park, saying so long to Whooping Cranes

Bicycling near Goose Island State Park, saying so long to Whooping Cranes

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Recently we bicycled from Goose Island (Texas) State Park with fellow Lance camper owners Susan and Chuck Arbuckle of Champaign, IL (More about them in an upcoming post.)Because we will be leaving the Coastal Bend of Texas soon, we wanted to have one last visit with, an
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Recent postings I've made on RV Short Stops, Women RVers

Recent postings I’ve made on RV Short Stops, Women RVers

| RV Life, RV Short Stops, Women RVers
- On  Women RVers.com, I posted an item about RVer Shirley Mendonca who designed a medical alert flag to fly in case of an emergency while traveling.After Shirley had open-heart surgery, she was concerned about how Emergency Medical crews would be able to find her qu
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Jimmy Smith's seasonal 'quickening'

Jimmy Smith’s seasonal ‘quickening’

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
In his on-going essay, today Jimmy Smith writes about seasonal and personal change."As the sun has begun to warm my shaggy exterior, I am experiencing a quickening in my soft interior," he observes.Later he reflects: "There is another part of me embroiled in a deep stru
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Fixing bicycles, baking bread, slow cooking BBQ pork keeps Jimmy busy

Fixing bicycles, baking bread, slow cooking BBQ pork keeps Jimmy busy

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Even though the weather has finally turned warm and mostly sunny on the Coastal Bend of Texas, and we go biking every days along the beach road, Jimmy sometimes gets a little antsy.In order to keep himself busy, he frequently meanders through the RV park looking for bic
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Great Backyard (campsite) Bird Count coming Fri., Sat., and Sun. -- Feb. 18-20

Great Backyard (campsite) Bird Count coming Fri., Sat., and Sun. — Feb. 18-20

| RV Life, RV News
After reading an item by RVer Bob Difley on "Bird Watching on the RV Road," about the Great Backyard Bird Count, I dug out my Sibley Guide to Birds.Coming Feb. 18-20, 2011, is a "citizen science project" of the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornitholog
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