Texas

It's been almost a week since my last post so I thought I'd update you on where we are and what's happening. Nothing too exciting. After leaving Balmorhea we spent one night in Fredericksburg...a great little town with a microbrewery and nice shops. It has definitely grown since our visit in 2004. Rumors had it that Pres. George Bush, Sr and his secret service were in town for the Veteran's Day affairs. Fredericksburg is the hometown of Admiral Nimitz.

Then we moved on for one night in Brenham before deciding to head slightly north to check out Huntsville State Park. We felt the need for some exercise and Huntsville has a trail system for hiking and biking. The park is known for its trees, so we called ahead to see if there was a possibility to get our satellite dish to work and were told that some sites are open. As soon as we drove into the park though, we knew we were in trouble. When the dish couldn't find the satellite after we first set up camp, we decided that we had to go for a bike ride before dark. Great trails! Then we tried moving the RV back and forth (in the dark) to bypass the trees in our site to see if we could find that magic spot to make the dish work. Our neighbors must've thought we were nuts! We finally gave up and realized that we couldn't stay in this beautiful park - huge campsites, ours was on the water, just a quiet and peaceful place. So bummed, but work has to come first.

So we moved again for the fourth day in a row. We couldn't go far, though, because our mail was being forwarded to Huntsville. So we're now in Willis, TX about 20 miles south of the State Park. Sometimes things happen for a reason, though. I got sick with a cold (couldn't have biked anyway) and Andy got to wash the RV (we've been trying for months to do this).