April 6 - Texas All Day Long

Today, Jer and I drove across Texas....allllll day long!  Yes - 10 hours of driving and we still are in Texas!  We made it to Beaumont - our intended target.  We are staying at the Hidden Lake RV Park - a really nice place...more on this later.

We had a challenge finding breakfast this morning.  We stopped at three different exits hoping to get something to eat and finally found an open cafe.  Food was ok.  We fueled up and after Chase finally got my credit card flagged that it wasn't stolen - we were on our way.

We stopped and had burgers at Lucille's Cafe for lunch.  We had ham and cheese croissants twice yesterday (there was no place to buy dinner) so we splurged today.  haha

Today was really windy.  The wind was coming from the south and gusty.  This made it a challenge to stay between the lines but we did pretty good. 

Jer drove through San Antonio (shane found a bypass) and Shane drove through Houston....no bypass available....ugh.

Now, we are at Hidden Lake RV.  We pulled in and the sign on the office door said closed, please call for after hours assistance.  I called and as the phone started ringing in my ear I heard a phone ringing in person.  The park manager was leaving to run an errand just as I was calling so she stopped to help us.  She asked what we were doing so we explained about POP's Ride.  She was very interested and asked for some brochures and I gave her a poster.  She was going to share with everyone about Our Ride at the Lady's Meeting the next day.  Once we parked, she stopped by with some menu's from a delivery service and wanted to take some pictures of me and our rig.  Then, as Jer and I were prepping the inside of the RV for the night, the Mr RV Park Manager stopped by to let us know there was no charge for tonight.  He said once his wife shared what we were doing he told her their contribution would be to not charge us for the night.  WAY COOOOOOOL!!!!!!!  So, if you are ever in Beaumont, TX for the evening, stop by Hidden Lake RV park and thank them for their support.

We were honored to leave them our first Thank You Gift. 

It is 10:30, Jer is on the phone with Carole talking like newlyweds and I am tired and ready for bed.  So, good night and tomorrow will be a "short" day of driving...only about 9 hours.  Maybe Jer will let me sleep in 30 minutes longer.....lol.

Shannon and Dad leave for New York City Thursday morning to attend the MJF Foundation Appreciation Banquet.  Safe Travels, have a great time in NY and see ya in a few days.  Keep an eye out for them on the Today Show on Friday AM, they will be there trying to publicize POP's Ride to the Nation.

Ciao'