Making Our Way Across Texas

 We left Little Rock, Arkansas and drove in to Texas.

This is our route as we cross through Texas as we make our way back to Arizona for the winter.

This was our route across Texas

After three hours our stop for the night was in New Boston, Texas at a Boondocker's Welcome site called "Candy Cane Corral."  We were met with cute signs so we knew we had the correct driveway.

 

 

The Candy Cane Corral couple were the most gracious hosts.  They already had one couple from Idaho staying in their second home on the property and another RV staying until after Thanksgiving.  They were all staying to help our hosts put up Christmas decorations.  Then after we arrived, yet one more RV spent the night. 

We got parked under this huge tree.

 

We were soon visited by many Lady Bugs.  They were either Common or Asian Lady Beetles.  They are attracted to white surfaces in the fall looking for places to winter.  Since our RV is mostly white they were hoping to hitch a ride with us to Arizona.  Sorry, no freeloaders!  

 

 We tried to help with some of the decorating on the front lawn. 

 

  

 

 

The next morning, Ginny, the host, showed us her Christmas decorations inside the house.  WOW!  Unbelievable! 

Santas from around the world Collection

 

 

This display took up almost a whole room!

Wow, that got us into the Christmas spirit!  How could we help it?

We left Candy Cane Corral and our next stop was near Dallas in Rockwall, Texas, to visit our friend, Cathy.  She made us chili and cornbread for lunch then drove us for a little tour of the area. 

 

 

After visiting with Cathy, we continued west to the other side of Ft. Worth to Azle, Texas to another Boondocker's Welcome site for the night.  We've been to this location several times now and it is always fun to catch up with Sarah and Sam.  They have made some great improvements to their land to host more RV's with hookups (electric and water) and they really seem to enjoy it.  

 

They had a lot of goats born onsite earlier in the year.  

They even added this little building with shower and restroom along with a washer and dryer for campers to use.  They only ask for a small donation.

Next we headed to Amarillo, Texas.  I had a follow up appointment with my dermatologist so she could dig deeper into the bottom of my foot after taking a sample when we passed through in July.  We stayed at our usual spot, the Elks Lodge for four nights.

We took care of some other chores like getting the RV inspected and getting our first booster shot.  We also went to Lazy Gator for an order of yummy Swamp Fries.

Next up was about a 2.5 hour drive south to Lubbock, Texas for the night at another Elks Lodge.  They have a nice set up for RV’s with many spaces.  We paid at the kiosk and didn’t even go inside.

From Lubbock, Texas we're headed to Carlsbad, New Mexico where we'll visit Carlsbad Caverns.  I'll save that for the next entry.