Third Annual Texas R-Pod Round Up Oct 2011

Arrived early afternoon at Inks Lake State Park.  Having made my reservations 6 months ago, was looking forward to Camping with other R-Podders; upon checking in at the HQ I discover a major flaw in the reservation system !@#$...deleted.!@#$...!!! no wonder they are having trouble keeping parks open.

View from Podterfly's Campsite.

Friday was set-up, and a grilled dinner! We had 5 Rpod's (Podterfly, Foxy Pod, Harry Podder, WinePod and Paul's Pod) in attendance and a Zinger {previous podder}.  There was even a Pod for Ribirto.

  



Saturday was relaxation, exploring the park, and Pot Luck Dinner.

Dinner ended with a thunderstorm and lightning; next morning poles were 6 inches deeper in the ground than when the Dome was set up.

Sunday Myra and I took advantage of the nicer weather and cruised the lake. 

(These pictures are from a very nice lady who posted them on FB for us.)






View of the campsite from the Lake






Sunday afternoon we went to Llano, TX for BBQ

On the way back on Hwy 29 we found this unique picnic area.   Had to  stop and look. 





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Well, I'd like to say this was the WHOLE GANG, but WinePod (Bill and Marie)  had to be at work Sunday night.  Looking forward to the Next Texas Roundup...Spring Anyone?  



Great trip with a rough start.  Oh, BYW it took me 10 hours for the 6 hour drive home...Got trapped at Ikea for several hours and then also stopped at Campworld..New Models are coming.





Corpus Christi Tx to Argyle WI, return Via Chicago New Orleans

My plans for Labor Day were much different then what actually happen.  My   Plan was to spend the weekend at Perndales Falls State Park.  My brother who lives in WI had a terrible accident with a backhoe and nearly lost his life.   My younger daughter Blythe (21) and I decided we would make the trip to see family and also have some mother daughter time. Blythe has just learn to drive standard and has never towed anything so the driving was up to me, she was navigator.

Here is our route, the first leg of the trip took us to Omaha to visit friends, we had to detour because of flooding around the Mississippi River which added an extra 150 miles.  We only stayed a night and part of a day because we were in a hurry to get to WI.  Unfortunately all the pictures taken on this part of the trip were lost due to techical problems.

This is the old homestead for the family, (I only lived here a short time before moving on).





Old Homestead in WI







Piggly Wiggly





Fallen Tree became Flying Angel



After we visited my brother in the Hosptial, we did a little site seeing.

How different from the H.E.B. food chain we are use to.








New Glarus, WI




New Glarus, WI Visitor Welcome are Grass Design



Such a contrast to the drought area in South Texas.  The green almost hurts your eyes.




New Glarus is a wonderful little town, mainly of Swiss heritage and they maintain many old customs such as yodeling contests, polka dancing and GREAT BEER.


My brother is a miracle man, before we left the hosptial had sent him home to recoup, even though his road to recoverly will be a long one, his prognsis is good.

Next Stop Chicago we stayed out the outskirts and took the train into downtown.  Blythe had not been on a computer train and it had been a long time since I was.   In lived in Chicago from birth to 1972, and site seeing was very nostalgic for me.  We stopped at old haunts and new places.





Union Station Chicago





PICASSO Chicago



Reflection in ATT Cloud- Chicago

Second Day we road in so that Blythe could see what REAL TRAFFIC was like.  Visited my old HighSchool, I did not remember I was a WILDCAT, no A/C schools back then and you could here the crowd roar from Wrigley Field when there was a hit. 



My Highschool for Freshman and Sophmore years.





Home of the Cubs of Course





1/2 a block from Wrigley Field, Third floor street front window was my room..

Sometime after the family moved to WI, Wrigley Field had lights installed and night games.  The whole street became a series of Sports Bars, Night Clubs and Resturants.  We had a Lucky's special for lunch, "corn beef, swiss cheese, oinions and fries"



Lucky's across the Street from the old house



More story and pictures to come, still organizing pics...ran out of time for today.

Lake Michigan on a Windy day in the Windy City.

Memphis KOA in the Morning

Next to office at Memphis KOA

Entering LA

Wonderful see food New Orleans

Fourth of July 2011

We camped at Blanco State Park,

 and spent the weekend going to various tourist spots.   Wimberly Texas trade days was our first adventure.

Lake Corpus Christi Shakedown Weekend

This is the first camping trip of the year, only 30 miles from the house, but a great place to camp and make sure you have everything you need and working for the rest of the camping season.

This particular campsite was snugg against a grove of trees, plenty of shade and did not put up the rdome.

 The Pod Puppies had a nice dog run.

This was the Night of the SUPER MOON we has a lot of wind, which blew the clouds enough to get a couple of peeks.

The park was full for the weekend, but there was plenty of room for everyone.

My Camera settings were changed when taking the Super Moon pictures to B/W.  OPPS!