No Camping

Roberts' Point Park in Port Aransas, TX.  (A nice little park, but don't bother bringing your tent.)

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No Camping

Potato Harvest

New Potatoes

Jo and I dug 67 pounds of potatoes Friday evening. Our harvest would probably have been closer to 80 pounds had the mice/voles not munched out on so many spuds. We were a little late digging our potatoes this year because we were gone or busy getting ready to leave when they should have been dug. Leaving them in the ground longer than necessary no doubt contributed to the lose to the rodents.

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Potato Harvest

Home To Arkansas

Rain On Highway 35

Jo and I headed home from our visit in Aransas Pass on Wednesday afternoon around four o'clock. Rain squalls from Hurricane Alex were moving inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the time the rain was light to moderate. Sometimes we were between rain showers. The worst section was just north of Rockport heading toward Tivoli on Texas Highway 35. Rain was heavy, wind was gusting and that old highway was holding a lot of rain water. Between the wind and hydroplaning, our van wanted to slip and slide all over the place. Jo's grip on the steering wheel was tight, but she handled the driving well.

At Tivoli we turned north. The rain and wind lessened a little. Jo got us through Houston and drove until around eight o'clock. We bought gas in Cleveland and I took over the driving duties. The rain and wind continued backing off as we drove north and east heading back to Arkansas. By the time we reached Texarkana, we'd left the rain behind. We stopped at the Welcome Center east of Texarkana and again for gasoline in Conway. The temperature was noticeably cooler when we climbed out of the van in Conway, a pleasant welcome back to the Ozarks. We finally arrived home around six o'clock Thursday morning, completing our 14 hour, 750 mile trip.

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Home To Arkansas