Saturday, March 28, 2009

The Lone Star State


We left Arizona for the fifteen hour drive to Texas...well...make that closer to twenty hour drive with all our little pit stops. It can be interesting all the reasons we come up with to stop...considering we already have food/beverages and a washroom right on board. The first day we drove until around 10pm and Bill had finally had enough...this led us to our first experience with boondocking. Basically this means you park your rig without any hook ups for the night...we ended up at a Wal Mart parking lot and were pleasantly surprised to find a lot of others there already settled in for the night. It was so nice to just park, go to bed, get up and go! No hooking up, plugging in, setting up...it was fast and it was free!! This just got us started, as now we realize that boondocking is the way to go for us from now on when we are on route to a new place. The next day we arrived in Austin, Texas around noon. It really was nice to see green grass again! There are lots of trees, shade and wind! The kids have wasted no time getting to know their new home...Ali and Josh have already caught their first snake and Maddy is on a first name basis with the office/store staff! Everyone is excited to start exploring our new city!

1 comment:

Cindy said...

Yeah and I am so excited cause I get to see you all soon. I am bouncing off the walls. Love you all and miss you so much. Muah Muah Muah