Category: Texas 2012

We’ve spent the day today at the High Island RV Park, a real haven, especially with our hosts Regina and Ronnie. We’ve got a campsite on the grass next to the bird feeders, and it’s got shade much of the day. There’s a great pavilion with electrical outlets, so we can sit outside to work, and charge all our electronics at the same time.

There’s a real home-feeling, very clean bathroom with a shower, right next to a washer-dryer room. The washateria has chairs, a big television, and free Wi-Fi. Last night we took our first showers in seven days, and we looked forward to getting our laundry done first thing in the morning.
But first, let me catch you up on how we got here.

We worked non-stop on our giveaways in Winnie, but by Sunday night we knew we wouldn’t make it out on time. We did get up by five a.m., though, and continued working. By noon, stressed and irritable, we knew we wouldn’t make it out on Monday either.

Monday was spent doing the last sorting of our goodies to give away and packing the to-go items in the panniers. I’ve bent your ears enough about the difficulty of having ten black and yellow bags, so I’d like to report that it miraculously solved itself, but it’s still a challenge.

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This morning dawned chilly with clear blue skies. The massive lawns here at Winnie-Stowell City Park are shining emerald green with diamond-dewdrops that soak my feet and flip-flops and pants bottoms on the long early morning hike over to the bathroom.

What a relief the cool air brought after we’d soaked our way through several days of blistering hundred-four-degree heat. At night we hung our sweat-soaked shirts and pants on the overhead net shelf in our tent, and by morning they were just as damp as when we took them off.

I see some product reviews in my near future for our Ex Officio shirts and Patagonia Rockguide pants. They are absolutely living up to our expectations of them. We’ve worn them four straight days now, they still don’t stink, and it’s actually okay pulling them on wet in the morning.

The city park is very lightly used, especially considering the huge expanse of lawns, parking, children’s playground, electrical and water hookup for trailers and campers, horse training facilities, and outdoor theater. It’s well maintained on the basics. Though toilet paper is provided in the bathrooms, there are no trashcans, no paper towels or air dryers for your hands, and the cubicles have no doors. There are no mirrors nor even stainless steel mirrors.
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