Site-Seeing in Downtown Austin, TX

We brought some Michigan weather with us.  Sunday morning started out cold, 27 degrees!  We drove to the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum and enjoyed our visit and learned a few facts as well.  Then, after lunch, we drove past the state capital,  and took a long tour at the Texas State History Museum.  At the museum we saw people staring out the windows and the employees told us that it was the first snowfall they had seen in Austin this year!  Yes, we brought snow with us.  We figure that by the time we get across west Texas the drought will be a thing of the past.  However, temps are supposed to hit 70 tomorrow.

McKinney State Park near Austin TX

This state park is very large and the land was donated by one of the early settlers to the Austin area.  The pictures above are from Karen's early morning walk,  Bill's bike ride, and an afternoon walk together.  Temp was over 60 yesterday but only 35 Saturday morning.  Many campers arrived Friday afternoon but park is only about 25% full.

Deep In the Heart of Texas

Thursday we drove the short distance from Belton to Austin, TX.  We found a secluded site in the McKinney Falls State Park just outside of Austin, and registered for four days.  Park has many hiking and biking trails as well as native wildlife.  We plan to explore the park and visit a few major attractions in Austin in the days ahead.  Very few campers.

Hello Lone Star State - Day 7

Today we cruised into Texas and right past Dallas and Ft. Worth heading south.  We stopped in Waco to visit the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum.  We thought it was excellent.  There was a 30 minute introductory film and many great displays.  There were hundreds of guns, pictures, and numerous pieces of equipment used by the Texas Rangers.  We then continued south and found a good RV park in which to stay and do a couple loads of laundry in Belton, TX.  Temperatures tomorrow are going into the 60's.

Wed. south to Texas leaving Oklahoma behind.

Buckhorn Campground in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in southern OK was huge, ultra modern and comfortable with a very large lake.  We were one of only three campers.  We saw robins, bluebirds, starlings, buzzards and road-kill armadillos.  Leaving tomorrow for Texas. High temps in the upper 50's.

Goodby Sapulpa

Leaving Tulsa area this morning (Monday) and heading toward Oklahoma City and then south to the Chickasaw National Recretation Area.

Day Three and Four

We spent our second night in a Days Inn in Vandalia, IL.  Our third day was spent driving to Tulsa, OK where we had to find a RV park close to town to pull in the Super Bowl on Sunday.  Weather has been cool and skys are gray.