Well today we left Rainbows End, and headed south back through Houston by a couple of miles to Shiloh RV Park, we plan to be here for just two nights. The reason behind this return trip is so the car can be turned into a toad (towed). We ordered the parts and booked this when we bought the RV and car so we know they will be able to fit together. I'm kinda looking forward to it, the first drive with the car behind us, and Ali sat next to me.
The park here is basic, but it's all that we need, I'll see if I have time to take some flying footage tomorrow which is something I'd like to try at all the sites we go to, weather permitting.
We have taken some time today to look at our route over the next few days and weeks, so we have a rough idea as to where we are going, how long we will be stopping and so on, but the first destination is Roswell! It's going to take a few hops to get there but it's a destination.
Ok, so we have decided to leave Rainbows End a day early. We where supposed to be leaving on Thursday morning early to get back to PPL to have the towing stuff put on the car and rig but rather than be up at 6 in the morning for a 2 hour drive we have decided to go a day early and stay at another RV camp for a couple of nights. There's an RV camp just down the road from PPl about 20 mins drive. Shiloh RV park in Richmond. It looks lovely, so we are off to there in the morning. We can then get up at a sensible hour to get the car to PPL Thursday morning no hassle. Yey...
We havnt really done much the last couple of days. It's been bloody hot. In the 90s every day. Too hot to do much at all. We did some washing and had a couple of walks in the evenings when it got cooler. But apart from that we have been very boring...it's been great.
Well we decided to venture out to Livingston today, have a look around. We didn't get very far as most of it was closed.... Bummer... But we found an amazing cafe/store called The Courthouse Whistle-stop cafe. It was a huge antique and thrift shop attached to a cafe. Real home cooked Texas food too. We had Sunday lunch. Nom nom.
I had pulled roast beef with twice cooked mash potatoes and green beans and Ad had chicken and stuffing with French fries and mushrooms. It was bloody lovely. We had a good look round and spotted a welsh tea towel hung up. It was from Llangair PG where mum lives. How cool is that. After I told the owner of the connection she insisted on giving me the full address and I was to pass it to mum as she wants a postcard all the way from Wales to put up in the store. We took loads of pics, which you can see but no video today as tinterweb is still messing about and it takes hours to download... Will be back soon though. Promise...
Sorry we've been away for a bit, we have had some amazing storms here and it knocked the wifi out at the camp site. As you can tell now though we are back in business. It's rained most nights with awesome thunder storms. We have had some rain during the days too but it doesn't last long and the temperature doesn't rally fluctuate much, it's still frigin hot. It's lovely here though. The campsite is pretty basic but very clean and tidy and well patrolled. We have a laundry, pool, club house, library amongst the usual facilities. Everyone is so friendly here and we seem tone the youngest on the site. Lol.
There are some pics of the site and a couple of vids of the new rig for your viewing entertainment. I even let Adam have a go. Bless.
We are stayin here till the 18th which is when the car is booked in to have the towing stuff fitted then we are off for real. Wool.....
Hi everyone..well we spent the day window shopping in the hope it would take our mind of the fact we are just waiting for the ok on the RV. Not sure it completely worked but we made it thought the day anyway. And I managed not to buy anything from the wonderful aray of shops in the mall. Much to Adams glee....
There are some pics of the lovely shops I wasn't allowed in and a short video. We are both knackered and it's our last night in the hotel. If the RV isn't ready tomorrow then we will have to find a cheaper hotel for the rest of our stay. Cross your fingers, and anything else you can that it's all a GO for tomorrow.
We journeyed in to central Houston today. Starting in Discovery Park. What used to be a car park, in 2008 the city decided to clear it and make a 12 acre rec park. It's a lovely space with a canoeing lake, dedicated dog walks and a central amphitheatre for events It's lovely. Lots of art too. There where loads of people and kids around. It's well used. We also walked to Minuit Maid Park home of The Astros baseball team. There was a game on so loads of fans outside. Opposite where two old houses on concrete stilts. They had been moved back to their original plots for renovation after storage while the stadium and surrounding area had been developed. It was pretty hot again today so didn't stay out too long. Back in our room for a nap and then the weather changed and an awesome thunderstorm surrounded the hotel. We got some video.
Today is the first day we have had 'nothing to do' as in, we have the car, we are waiting on the RV.
We got an email last night saying there was a bunch of work that was needed to be done before we could pick the RV up, a big downer. But this morning, in reply to my questioning email I got an OMG email from the sales guy, he'd sent us an email about another RV! ours is fine short of a rattling AC unit which they are investigating. Either which way the RV isn't going to be ready on Saturday (boo) so another weekend in the hotel is what we will be having.
I got to have a play with the AR drone today too, out on a little patch of grass next to the hotel, it was fun and I'm looking forwad to playing some more.
This afternoon we went to the beach, well not quite. We went to the coast, a little place called Kehma, imagine Bognor but at 90 deg! and American big. We had lunch in a place that had a HUGE aquarium in the middle of it, it was cool and the food was good too.
On the drive we drove through a 'shower' it was quite a downpour.
