We Moved to Livingston

Livingston, Texas

Weather: low 70 degrees in Bay City, high 82 degrees in Livingston, cloudy, high winds

We left Bay City this morning after being seen off by Lori and the grandkids. It was great seeing Lori, John, Julian, and Zoe, and also Terrell, my brother and his wife, Kathy. Lori had never seen us get the RV ready to travel, so it was an experience for her to see what we have to do to be able to travel safely. The last thing we did was dump our holding tanks, which meant we had to hook up the truck to the RV and pull around to the dump. A lady just ahead of us actually dumped some stuff on the grass, and everyone got to enjoy the aroma. We made sure that the campground management knew we didn't make the mess.

After dumping the holding tanks and putting everything away, we hugged everyone and said our good byes. It is always hard to leave family, and yet we still have that itch to see what's down the road.

The wind was blowing out of the south at about 20 mph, which meant it was against our side as we were heading east to go around Houston through Dickinson, Kemah, and Baytown. The only time that I really felt the wind affecting us to any degree was when we went across the Ship Channel at Baytown. That bridge is high in order to allow ocean going ships to pass under it, and when we were on top, it was pushing us around pretty good. Once we started moving north toward Livingston, the wind was coming from behind, helping push us.

We arrived in Livingston with no problems and were set up by 1430 hours. Along the way, we saw some dogwood trees blooming, which we had not seen for several years. Other trees and flowers that were blooming included red buds, purple and white wisteria, flowering pear, wild plum, azaleas, blue bonnets, poppies, Indian paint brush, irises, blue eyed grass, widow's tears, primroses, and spirea (old timers called it Bride's Bouquet). The information on the trees and flowers comes from Carolyn.

After eating a light lunch since it was so late in the afternoon, I went to check our mail while Carolyn took a power nap. I never did get to do any meditation because of several little things I needed to take care of.

Livingston is the home of Escapees, an RV organization that we have belonged to for seven years. They also provide a mail service that we use. Every time we pass through Livingston, we usually spend at least a couple of days in the Escapees RV park here. They have parks in several other states that we have stayed in.

There is a good Cajun seafood restaurant in Livingston that we have eaten at before. We decided to try it again, and were not disappointed. Carolyn had the fried shrimp, while I had the fried catfish. Ummm, Good!

The weather is supposed to be nasty tonight and tomorrow with high winds, rain, and a chance of hail. We will not make a decision on whether to move on tomorrow until we see what the weather looks like when we get up. I don't like to travel with the RV when bad weather is in the forecast.

More later, be safe.

Today's Town - Liberty, Texas: First City on the Trinity

Not all who wander are lost.