On the Road Again: Texas and The Gulf Coast

Dec. 7th--We are currently in a RV park in Riviera Texas,a small town on the Gulf of Mexico. The temperature here is 68-74 degrees F.--very enjoyable. Later this week we are going to Brownsville and make a decision as to where we will spend Xmas. It will either be Brownsville or Corpus Christi as both have airports that Cayce and Jenny can fly into. We are leaning towards Brownsville as the city borders Mexico and day trips across the border would be interesting. Take good care everyone and will make more blog entrees as our journey progresses.

Our Campground--Riviera

Observation tower overlooking the Gulf

Pelicans in the gulf

Nice ride EH!

Sunset on the Gulf Coast

After the weeks rest and full of turkey we continued our journey to San Antonio and ultimately the Gulf coast. Traveling south through the high country we went from 6500 feet elevation down to 25 feet above sea level as we approached San Antonio. The mountainous region gives way to flat prairie with alluvial soil very similar to the Fraser Valley as you travel from Hope to Vancouver.

The Flatlands South Texas

A Great tree at rest stop

San Antonio Texas

Because of a approaching snowstorm and with the Thanksgiving holiday looming we decided to stop for a week in a small town called Comfort, about half-way to San Antonio, to escape the storm and the holiday traffic. Thanksgiving is huge in America arguably bigger than Xmas with millions of people taking to the roads to visit family and friends. A good time to get off the highway. Alvina cooked a small turkey to celebrate the holiday and we feasted as the storm dumped snow on El Paso and over the high country that we had just traveled through on our way to Comfort.

As we made our way over the Texas high country on route to San Antonio we were amazed by the quality of the highways in Texas--beautiful 4-lane highways straight as a die and in perfect condition with a speed limit of seventy-five mph. We were to follow this road 500 miles to San Antonio and there was not one curve on it that we had to slow down for.