1 Year Anniversary as Full-Timers

Rockwall, Texas

Weather Condition; High 87, Low 62,

We pulled out of Goliad State Park around 8:45 A.M Wednesday, May 16^th. We stayed an additional day due to storms. Anyway, we pulled out with nice weather and the drive wasn’t bad at all. We covered 372 miles getting to Purtis Creek State Park in Eustace, Texas.

We made a couple of stops along the way to stretch our legs and walk the dogs. We stopped outside of Hearne for fuel and we arrived at Purtis Creek SP about 4:15 P.M. It was a long day but we were glad to be that much closer to our next destination.

We have a nice shaded back-in site. These sites are water and electric only. We are only going to be here a few days so we don’t need the sewer.

We were able to visit with Dawn’s sister and brother-in-law while there.

We pulled out of Purtis Creek State Park on Monday, May 21^st around 10:30 A.M and pulled into Rockwall about noon. It was hot and humid.

We’ve been so busy since we arrived in town. We’ve cleaned the roof, washed the exterior, taken our dining table to storage, got oil changed in truck, picked up registration for trailer, did 2 weeks of laundry, visited with friends, bought graduation gifts, steamed cleaned carpet and cleaned up the truck, inside and out.

We’ve been busy!

By the way, today is our 1 year anniversary. That’s right; we’ve been full-timers for one year. It has really gone by fast. We talked about the fact we haven’t traveled very far but we’ve seen a lot and are really enjoying ourselves.

We have not missed living in a big house with an extra big yard. We have plenty of room in our fifth wheel. The only time I’ve even thought about having a stick-n-brick is during the severe stormy weather.

We have enjoyed the traveling and have made a lot of new friends. We feel like we are just getting started. We have so many places to go and so many things to see.

We’ve learned a lot from other RVers.

We are looking forward to many more miles and years of full-timing.

Back on Home Truf

Eustace, Texas – Purtis Creek State Park

Weather Condition; High 87, Low 67,

We pulled out of Goliad State Park around 8:45 last Wednesday morning. We stayed an additional day due to storms. Anyway, we pulled out with nice weather and the drive wasn’t bad at all. We covered 372 miles getting to Purtis Creek. We made a couple of stops to stretch our legs and to walk the dogs. We stopped in outside of Hearne for fuel and we arrived at Purtis Creek SP about 4:15 P.M. It was a long day but we were glad to be that much closer to our next destination.

We have a nice shaded back-in site. These sites are water and electric only. We are only going to be here a few days so we don’t need the sewer.

We were able to visit with Dawn’s sister and brother-in-law while there.

We pulled out of Purtis Creek State Park on Monday morning around 10:30. We pulled into Rockwall about noon. It was hot and humid.

We are all set up in the driveway.

We couldn't get Internet so we haven't been able to post until now.

Goliad Market Days

Goliad, Texas

Weather Condition; High 91, Low 68,

Today was Goliad Market Days. Dawn and I were looking forward to walking around the town square and looking at what Market Days had to offer.

The Goliad Chamber of Commerce host Market Days and describes it as follows;

Goliad Market Days, which combines an arts and crafts fair, farmers market, and community festival, is held to relive Goliad's traditional role as a crossroads for commerce, beginning with the 1700s' Spanish-colonial trade from Mexico to Nacogdoches.  The tradition continued throughout the 19th century, as Goliad was included on the routes for oxcarts, freight wagons, and stagecoaches.

    

Today, Goliad Market Days is one of the largest and most popular street markets in South Texas.  It is held on the second Saturday of each month, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and it features more than 170 booths and vendors.

We waited until about 9:30 this morning to go. It was overcast out and the temperature was comfortable.

Going early gave us access to close parking. We parked on the square and walked along the courthouse sidewalk and looked at all the different wares the venders had to offer.

There were a couple of shops around the square that Dawn I missed the last time we were in town so we decided to check them out as well.

The first shop we stopped by was Faye’s Texas Naturals. Dawn was in hog heaven! They had a sample table sit up in the middle of the store with all their jellies and chutneys. She sampled almost all of them! While we were in the store the sales lady asked if we were playing the Mother’s Day Bingo sponsored by the local merchants. The local merchants had put together 4 gift baskets for a drawing to be held at 4:00 P.M.

She explained that if we took the Bingo card around the shops listed on the card. You only have to visit 13 of the 16 listed. Each Merchant will stamp the card and once you have the 13 stamps you drop it off at Eula’s shop. It had to be done before 4:00 P.M.

 No problem! We visited 13 of the merchants and had our bingo card stamped. They have a lot of interesting locally owned shops here. We were done by 11:15. We turned in our bingo cards and went back home for lunch.

I walked around the mission and took a few pictures. It’s hot and humid out so I didn’t stay out long.

We kicked back and watched some T.V.

About 4:00 P.M Dawn received a call from the owner of Eula’s. She told Dawn she had won a gift basket. WOW! Dawn told the lady she would be there in a few minutes to get her gift basket. The lady then asked Dawn if she was with Denise. Dawn told her yes, she was and the lady said Denise won a gift basket too. Double WOW!

We drove to Eula’s shop and picked up our gift baskets.

The baskets were both filled with goodies and gift cards.

 We received gift cards for array of different things such as free breakfast for two at Empresario Restaurant, Free dog grooming, Free large 1 topping pizza, $10.00 gift certificate at Mae’s Shoppe, $15.00 gift certificate at Sammie’s Hair Design, $10.00 gift certificate to Hen House Gifts, $10.00 gift certificate at Goliad Pharmacy & Gifts, $10.00 gift Certificate to Blue Quail Deli, 25% off floral arrangement.

WOW! We feel like we have won the lottery.

Happy Mother's Day to Us!!!!!

Storms in Goliad,TX

Dawn and I had a late night. It was around 2:00 A.M before we went to bed. We were under a flash flood warning, tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning most of the evening and into the wee hours.

The Park Police came through the park around 5:00 P.M to make sure everyone was aware of the weather conditions and invited us to the office for shelter if we felt uncomfortable.

We opted to stay in our fiver. We did however, had a plan in place in case we needed to load up our fur kids and drive to the shower building.

We kept an eye on the weather reports on TV.

At one point about midnight we decided to make a run for the truck as the wind started blowing the fiver. The lightening was all around us and it was pouring down rain by the buckets. We stopped at the door before running out and suddenly the wind stopped. We decided to stay put.

It rained for about an hour longer and then it stopped. All was quite.

This morning we were shocked when we went outside and saw many tall trees on the ground. There were a lot of tree limbs scattered around too.

So glad no one was staying in this site.