Texas is such a huge state and there is so much to see, from plains and prairies to mountains and water. We spend a lot of time there and enjoy visiting the sites. We also enjoy spending time with our grandchildren and spend time in Glen Rose catching up with friends and getting our annual doctors' visits. It is also our domicile state. In 2018 we finally made it to Big Bend National Park ~ the above picture is of the Rio Grande with U.S. on one side and Mexico on the other. We started our sightseeing while staying in the Houston area, and took a trip to Galveston.
NASA Space Center ~~ November 22, 2011
Kemah Boardwalk ~~ January 19, 2013
Ocean Star Drilling Museum ~~ January 22, 2013
Galveston Railroad Museum ~~ January 27, 2013
In 2014 we were on our way back west to another workamping job at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Waller, making a short visit in Houston before heading to Waller.
Visit with our Grandchildren ~~ February 9, 2014
Lone Star Yogi - First Day ~~ March 1, 2014
Wake Up the Bears ~~ March 8, 2014
Lone Star Yogi Campground ~~ March 12, 2014
Josh, Karen & Grandkids visit to Jellystone ~~ April 14, 2014
Visit with our Grandchildren ~~ May 11, 2014
RV Life from the Dogs' View ~~ December 1, 2014
Easter, July 4, Halloween & Christmas at Jellystone ~~ December 14, 2014
Christmas with Josh & Family ~~ December 25, 2014
Our second year at Jellystone started in March of 2015 but was cut short in May when Jim's mother passed away and we had to drive to Atlanta for the funeral. Even though that was in Georgia, I added it here. We left our trailer at Jellystone as we would head back in a couple of weeks.
Painting Yogi Bear & BooBoo ~~ March 21, 2015
Frances Kerch - Laid to Rest ~~ May 20, 2015
Old Gas Station; Speakeasy ~~ June 20, 2015
Somervell County Museum ~~ June 23, 2015
Christmas with our Grandkids ~~ December 26, 2015
Galveston Naval Museum ~~ January 7, 2016
We stayed in Rockport for a while and here are some of the things we saw in that area:
Texas Maritime Museum ~~ January 20, 2016
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge ~~ January 22, 2016
Big Blue Crab ~~ January 23, 2016
Rockport Aquarium ~~ January 23, 2016
The Big Tree ~~ January 29, 2016
USS Lexington ~~ January 31, 2016
Then we headed south to Harlingen in the Rio Grande Valley:
Iwo Jima Monument ~~ February 4, 2016
From there we headed back north to the San Antonio/Bandera/Fredericksburg area:
Frontier Times Museum ~~ February 14, 2016
The Alamo & Riverwalk ~~ February 16, 2016
Texas Ranger Heritage Center ~~ March 26, 2016
Luckenbach ~~ March 26, 2016
Pioneer Museum ~~ March 30, 2016
Texas Bluebonnets ~~ March 30, 2016
Second Largest Live Oak Tree ~~ April 12, 2016
Heritage Museum ~~ April 19, 2016
Billy the Kid Museum ~~ May 14, 2016
Texas Ranger Museum ~~ June 20, 2016
Saw a couple of things in Waco and the State Park:
Waco Mammoth National Monument ~~ June 20, 2016
Waco Suspension Bridge ~~ June 20, 2016
Caprock Canyon State Park ~~ October 23, 2016
A couple of years later while staying in Glen Rose we visited the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, then headed down to Bid Bend National Park. From there we went to College Station and Houston.
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose ~~ February 1, 2018
Whitehead Memorial Museum ~~ February 23, 2018
Big Bend Boquillas National Park ~~ March 2, 2018
Big Bend Ross Maxwell National Park ~~ March 3, 2018
George H.W. Bush Museum ~~ April 19, 2018
Leonardo Da Vinci Machines in Motion ~~ April 19, 2018
Lone Star Flight Museum ~~ July 4, 2018
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWF ~~ July 12, 2018
San Jacinto State Historic Site ~~ November 23, 2018
Shell Oil Energy Exhibit ~~ November 23, 2018
Since we traveled up the east coast during the summer of 2019, we did not make it back to Texas until September. Our first stop back in Texas was at Lake Tawakoni Thousand Trails in Point, which is about 70 miles east of Dallas. We had no idea Audie Murphy grew up in the area. We also discovered that the U.S. taught British airmen at a British Flying Training School in Terrell. And the most interesting thing I discovered was the Morton salt that we all use is mined in Grand Saline, Texas.
Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum ~~ Sept. 24, 2019
No. 1 British Flying Training School ~~ Sept. 26, 2019
The Salt Palace Museum ~~ Sept. 28, 2019
Military Heritage Collection of North Texas ~~ October 3, 2019
Southwest Dairy Museum ~~ October 4, 2019
Red Men Museum ~~ October 31, 2019
Fort Worth Stockyards ~~ December 5, 2019
In March the country was plagued with a new virus from China and the Deep State cabal said that the country had to be shut down in order to stop the virus. Thus, we ended up staying at Tres Rios for the summer instead of our normal summer travel. We did go down to Houston in May to visit with our children and grandchildren. Then in September we went to Amarillo for a couple of weeks just to get away.
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument ~~ September 20, 2020
Texas Air & Space Museum ~~ September 22, 2020
Palo Duro State Park ~~ September 23, 2020
Cross of our Lord Jesus ~~ September 25, 2020
Cadillac Ranch ~~ September 26, 2020
In November we traveled to Houston again for Thanksgiving with our family. On our way down we stayed at a park north of Houston for a few days. While there, we went to see the Texas Prison Museum.
Texas Prison Museum ~~ November 21, 2020
We did do some traveling during 2021, and ended up back in Texas in late summer. We stayed at Salmon Lake Campground in Grapeland, and then headed south to Huntsville for a few days, before going to Houston to visit with our family for the July 4 holiday.
Texas State Railroad ~~ June 25, 2021
Salmon Lake Campground ~~ June 26, 2021
Woman's Suffrage Movement in Texas ~~ June 29, 2021
Sam Houston Museum & Statute ~~ June 29, 2021
Roadside America Museum ~~ August 27, 2021
It's been three years since we did any traveling in Texas and went south for the winter for a couple of months. We stayed at Lazy Palms Resort in Edinburg and then headed back north.
La Sal del Rey ~~ January 28, 2024
Bandera Natural History Museum ~~ February 21, 2024
Dead Man's Hole ~~ February 26, 2024
Texas Civil War Museum ~~ October 31, 2024
We are hoping to do a lot more traveling in 2025, starting out at the end of 2024 in Houston for Christmas and staying into 2025, before heading to Rockport and then to Alamo in the Rio Grande Valley for two weeks. Hoping to travel more this summer.
Lone Star Flight Museum ~~ January 6, 2025
Space Center Houston ~~ January 9, 2025
Texas Maritime Museum ~~ January 16, 2025
Fulton Mansion ~~ January 17, 2025
South Texas Motorcycle Museum ~~ February 2, 2025
Museum of South Texas History ~~ February 7, 2025
Heading out of the Rio Grande Valley we made a stop in Fredericksburg to visit the National Museum of the Pacific War, before heading back to Whitney.
National Museum of the Pacific War ~~ February 20, 2025
A Legacy of Leadership, Charles W. Nimitz ~~ February 20, 2025
Pacific Combat Zone ~~ February 21, 2025
NASA Space Center ~~ November 22, 2011
Kemah Boardwalk ~~ January 19, 2013
Ocean Star Drilling Museum ~~ January 22, 2013
Galveston Railroad Museum ~~ January 27, 2013
In 2014 we were on our way back west to another workamping job at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Waller, making a short visit in Houston before heading to Waller.
Visit with our Grandchildren ~~ February 9, 2014
Lone Star Yogi - First Day ~~ March 1, 2014
Wake Up the Bears ~~ March 8, 2014
Lone Star Yogi Campground ~~ March 12, 2014
Josh, Karen & Grandkids visit to Jellystone ~~ April 14, 2014
Visit with our Grandchildren ~~ May 11, 2014
RV Life from the Dogs' View ~~ December 1, 2014
Easter, July 4, Halloween & Christmas at Jellystone ~~ December 14, 2014
Christmas with Josh & Family ~~ December 25, 2014
Our second year at Jellystone started in March of 2015 but was cut short in May when Jim's mother passed away and we had to drive to Atlanta for the funeral. Even though that was in Georgia, I added it here. We left our trailer at Jellystone as we would head back in a couple of weeks.
Painting Yogi Bear & BooBoo ~~ March 21, 2015
Frances Kerch - Laid to Rest ~~ May 20, 2015
Old Gas Station; Speakeasy ~~ June 20, 2015
Somervell County Museum ~~ June 23, 2015
Christmas with our Grandkids ~~ December 26, 2015
Galveston Naval Museum ~~ January 7, 2016
We stayed in Rockport for a while and here are some of the things we saw in that area:
Texas Maritime Museum ~~ January 20, 2016
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge ~~ January 22, 2016
Big Blue Crab ~~ January 23, 2016
Rockport Aquarium ~~ January 23, 2016
The Big Tree ~~ January 29, 2016
USS Lexington ~~ January 31, 2016
Then we headed south to Harlingen in the Rio Grande Valley:
Iwo Jima Monument ~~ February 4, 2016
From there we headed back north to the San Antonio/Bandera/Fredericksburg area:
Frontier Times Museum ~~ February 14, 2016
The Alamo & Riverwalk ~~ February 16, 2016
Texas Ranger Heritage Center ~~ March 26, 2016
Luckenbach ~~ March 26, 2016
Pioneer Museum ~~ March 30, 2016
Texas Bluebonnets ~~ March 30, 2016
Second Largest Live Oak Tree ~~ April 12, 2016
Heritage Museum ~~ April 19, 2016
Billy the Kid Museum ~~ May 14, 2016
Texas Ranger Museum ~~ June 20, 2016
Saw a couple of things in Waco and the State Park:
Waco Mammoth National Monument ~~ June 20, 2016
Waco Suspension Bridge ~~ June 20, 2016
Caprock Canyon State Park ~~ October 23, 2016
A couple of years later while staying in Glen Rose we visited the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, then headed down to Bid Bend National Park. From there we went to College Station and Houston.
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose ~~ February 1, 2018
Whitehead Memorial Museum ~~ February 23, 2018
Big Bend Boquillas National Park ~~ March 2, 2018
Big Bend Ross Maxwell National Park ~~ March 3, 2018
George H.W. Bush Museum ~~ April 19, 2018
Leonardo Da Vinci Machines in Motion ~~ April 19, 2018
Lone Star Flight Museum ~~ July 4, 2018
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWF ~~ July 12, 2018
San Jacinto State Historic Site ~~ November 23, 2018
Shell Oil Energy Exhibit ~~ November 23, 2018
Since we traveled up the east coast during the summer of 2019, we did not make it back to Texas until September. Our first stop back in Texas was at Lake Tawakoni Thousand Trails in Point, which is about 70 miles east of Dallas. We had no idea Audie Murphy grew up in the area. We also discovered that the U.S. taught British airmen at a British Flying Training School in Terrell. And the most interesting thing I discovered was the Morton salt that we all use is mined in Grand Saline, Texas.
Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum ~~ Sept. 24, 2019
No. 1 British Flying Training School ~~ Sept. 26, 2019
The Salt Palace Museum ~~ Sept. 28, 2019
Military Heritage Collection of North Texas ~~ October 3, 2019
Southwest Dairy Museum ~~ October 4, 2019
Red Men Museum ~~ October 31, 2019
Fort Worth Stockyards ~~ December 5, 2019
In March the country was plagued with a new virus from China and the Deep State cabal said that the country had to be shut down in order to stop the virus. Thus, we ended up staying at Tres Rios for the summer instead of our normal summer travel. We did go down to Houston in May to visit with our children and grandchildren. Then in September we went to Amarillo for a couple of weeks just to get away.
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument ~~ September 20, 2020
Texas Air & Space Museum ~~ September 22, 2020
Palo Duro State Park ~~ September 23, 2020
Cross of our Lord Jesus ~~ September 25, 2020
Cadillac Ranch ~~ September 26, 2020
In November we traveled to Houston again for Thanksgiving with our family. On our way down we stayed at a park north of Houston for a few days. While there, we went to see the Texas Prison Museum.
Texas Prison Museum ~~ November 21, 2020
We did do some traveling during 2021, and ended up back in Texas in late summer. We stayed at Salmon Lake Campground in Grapeland, and then headed south to Huntsville for a few days, before going to Houston to visit with our family for the July 4 holiday.
Texas State Railroad ~~ June 25, 2021
Salmon Lake Campground ~~ June 26, 2021
Woman's Suffrage Movement in Texas ~~ June 29, 2021
Sam Houston Museum & Statute ~~ June 29, 2021
Roadside America Museum ~~ August 27, 2021
It's been three years since we did any traveling in Texas and went south for the winter for a couple of months. We stayed at Lazy Palms Resort in Edinburg and then headed back north.
La Sal del Rey ~~ January 28, 2024
Bandera Natural History Museum ~~ February 21, 2024
Dead Man's Hole ~~ February 26, 2024
Texas Civil War Museum ~~ October 31, 2024
We are hoping to do a lot more traveling in 2025, starting out at the end of 2024 in Houston for Christmas and staying into 2025, before heading to Rockport and then to Alamo in the Rio Grande Valley for two weeks. Hoping to travel more this summer.
Lone Star Flight Museum ~~ January 6, 2025
Space Center Houston ~~ January 9, 2025
Texas Maritime Museum ~~ January 16, 2025
Fulton Mansion ~~ January 17, 2025
South Texas Motorcycle Museum ~~ February 2, 2025
Museum of South Texas History ~~ February 7, 2025
Heading out of the Rio Grande Valley we made a stop in Fredericksburg to visit the National Museum of the Pacific War, before heading back to Whitney.
National Museum of the Pacific War ~~ February 20, 2025
A Legacy of Leadership, Charles W. Nimitz ~~ February 20, 2025
Pacific Combat Zone ~~ February 21, 2025