Eureka!!

6/10 - Near Palestine, Texas

Dang!  No wi-fi last night.  Here are pics from traveling on Tuesday.  People who have never been to Texas would get such a shock to discover how truly lush and beautiful some parts are.  This is in NE Texas coming into the "Piney Woods" area.  Even the girls can't refrain from saying "It's SO GREEN" everywhere.  When you see this, you realize just how bad the drought in San Antonio and south Texas really is.  Lake Palestine is gorgeous - Jeff said probably the "playground" for the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area. 

We crossed the Red River into Oklahoma around 2 yesterday afternoon.  The area has seen plenty of rain.  We just barely missed running over some poor turtle that had made it half way across the road - he heard us coming and sucked in his head and legs really fast!  Jeff just missed him.  Then a bit farther down the road there was a pine tree leaning 3/4 of the way across the road and Jeff had to skirt that half way into the ditch.  It felt like we were in one of those Nissan Pathfinder commercials where the guy is driving through the torrential rain rescuing animals and avoiding downed trees!!

6/10 - Jade folded herself into the lawn chair!

We attempted to find a spot for the night at Beaver's Bend State Park - which advertised that it could handle "big rigs".  Note to self: State Parks don't have a clue what "big rigs" are.  Even without the car behind us, we'd have been hard pressed to get into one of those spots.  As it was, we managed to get through the RV loop without whacking out any trees on the way - barely.  Jeff is an excellent driver - I don't think I'm going to do much driving on this trip.  Maybe I can be the chauffeur for the car:-)  We ended up at a lovely, quite RV park called Beaver's Bend. It was just 70 degrees when we arrived.  Could sleep with the windows open - it even got a bit chilly (low 60s) last night - Perfect!

6/10 - Yahtzee Competition - Summer 2014

Mya talked me into buying a Yahtzee game before we left - what a great idea!  I can't believe I've never played Yahtzee before. She has even convinced Jade to play.  I took this picture last night around dinner time.  I told Jeff "This is why we take these trips".  The girls play and talk together - and they talk to us.  We aren't all in our own spaces doing our own thing - it really is family time.

Today we made it to Eureka Springs, Arkansas to a beautiful "big rig" (really!) RV park called Wanderlust.  The road here is narrow, winding, and hilly.  The RV park host said he'll give Jeff the sticker that says "I drove US 62 from Rogers, AR to Eureka Springs, AR in my RV."  It was quite the ride.  It's one of the most popular rides in the US for motorcycles - but not RVs!!  Mya rode up front and said "all this green is making me dizzy".  I think that might have been the road.  Apparently, they have had a lot of rain in the last 3 weeks and the already lush vegetation is more lusher (I'm pretty sure that's bad English but it describes it perfectly!)  We are going out to dinner tonight to some Italian place with "homemade" food.  We may stay here a day longer.  As always, we are deciding as we go.  Oh, the gypsy life is for us!!!