Lone Star Flight Museum, Webster, Texas

Even though we have been to the Lone Star Flight Museum a few times already while visiting Houston, we took our friends Bill & Julie Mars. They are from Sebastian, Florida and drove out to Houston to visit with us as well as our son Josh, Karen and our grandchildren. Josh & Karen had to work a couple of days this week so we went to the museum to show our friends. It's a great museum with lots of airplanes on display that are still being flown today. They are mostly privately owned and are on loan to the museum.

Our Travels During 2024

January 6, 2024. Well, another year with Biden in office; our country is quickly degrading into Sodom and Gamora -- pedophilia; thousands of illegal immigrants invading our country and Biden refuses to close the border and Mayorkas lies to the American people all the time. The House is talking about impeachment, which needs to happen, but who knows.

Texas Civil War Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

I had heard about the Texas Civil War Museum from some friends at Whitney. They mentioned that the museum was closing its doors for good on October 31. Since we were going to be in the area for Jim's radiation treatment, we went to visit on Thursday. I asked why it was closing and was told that the owner was very sick and the state of Texas did not want anything to do with the museum or the artifacts. That's such a shame as the whole museum was dedicated to Texas' history during the civil war. All of the artifacts were originals. 

Dead Man's Hole Historical Landmark, Marble Falls, Texas

We stopped in Marble Falls on our way back to Glen Rose for a couple of days so we could get our grocery shopping done on Monday and be back at Tres Rios on Tuesday. While searching for Walmart I happened to see an icon for Dead Man's Hole Historical Landmark and decided to stop there before shopping. 

Bandera Natural History Museum, Bandera, Texas

Bandera is a small town a short drive northwest of San Antonio; it is considered the Texas Cowboy Capital. It has a few RV resorts, lots of small, individually owned shops, and restaurants. We went to visit on Tuesday and went to Bandera Gun Works (where I bought myself a gun), The Cowboy Store (where Jim got himself a new Cowboy Hat), and then had lunch at Trail Boss Steak & Grill. 

La Sal del Rey, Edinburg, Texas

I was told about La Sal del Rey, which is just 6 miles from our campground, so Jim and I decided to take a drive out there this afternoon. The first place we stopped at was right off of Highway 186, but it was 1-1/2 miles one way from the parking lot to the lake, and Jim did not want to walk that far. There is another entrance off of Brushline Road, with two parking lots -- one out by the road and another one closer to the boardwalk and lake, which is where we drove to. It was much easier for us to walk down this short trail than the other trailhead.

Our Travels During 2022 and 2023

Saturday, October 1, 2022 ~~ We are leaving Tres Rios on October 5 for Houston with a two day stop in Caldwell, Texas so we can visit the Texas Bucket List Store in College Station. I hosted my last corn hole tournament Thursday night with 28 players and 14 teams. That was a lot of people - the most I have ever had. It's a good thing that was all we had because I did not have a bracket sheet for 15 teams. But all in all we had a great time as always, and everyone enjoyed the evening. We even had some new players who were there for the first time. 

Corn Hole Tournament