Adventures with Podterfly

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Goose Island, Texas

Entrance to Goose Island

One way road to State Park

We choose a more "Island" Campsite

Pull Podterfly behind the shelter

Choose the inland side versus the water side

Shrimp Boat in the Morning

Bird Area behind campsite

This is BIG Tree 1000 years old

Here's the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Tree,_Rockport

Big tree off spring

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Spring in Texas

As always I try to start out with a picture of our departure. This is the first trip with the Yukon so we were pretty excited. Podterfly actually looks small.

As you can see from the picture Podterfly is tilted backwards a little, I ended up at Camping World in the afternoon (they were able to fit me in), where they adjusted the E2 equalizer. Some may say that with the bigger tow vehicle I don't need it, but it's what I have and I like the way it feels.

To this was a perfect weekend to drive through central Texas (thanks is part to Lady Bird Johnson). The Wild Flowers are in full bloom. I stop at a Picnic Area just south of San Antonio and took some pictures.

Flowers behind Podterfly

Field of Flowers

Flowers and Trees

Bluebonnet Close up

So there I am merrily taking pictures of flowers with my camera, get back to the Yukon and discover no SD card. I went back an took the above pictures with my cell phone.

BlueBonnet Field

I was camping with some friends and we spent our days site seeing and visiting shops in Gurne and Wimberly. The weekend was way to short, but I had to stop at the picnic area going south bound. The full of different wild flowers from across the highway.

Purple flowers and Wild grasses

Check out the reflection in the Mirror...Wild Flowers Every where!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thanksgiving Weekend 2011

Waiting for the work day to be over then home to hitch up and go. I created this link to see if I could post from the phone.

Out the gate and on the road

Always try to take a parting shot to post on FB so my children and friends know I'm heading out. We got in about 5:30 PM. Settled in for the night.

Campsite with Canel in the background

Thanksgiving Morning we put up the R-Dome the dy was forcasted to be in the Mid 80's, the dome was a perfect place to relax and watch the ships go by.

Seating by the Canal watching the ships go by.

Christ Statue with Podtefly in the background.

We only brought one Tricycle with us, on this trip. Myra rode and I dogs and I walked around the RV park and Beach.

Thanksgiving evening was un eventfull, we had a simple dinner and watched a movie.

For some reason I woke before dawn Friday and walk to the beach, not more than a half a block from where we were camped. These are a few pictures of the sunrise.

Believe it or not right after I took there pictures the beach was FULL of walkers and joggers.

Rather be watching the sunrise then at the stores on Black Friday.

Site seeing was on the menu for Friday. We drove up and down the main drag, went on a ECO Dophin Watch cruise, had a Fanastic Dinner at ShrimpHaus and few kites off the canal in the evening.

ECO and Dophin Watch tour..Pirate Ship in the Background.

Podterfly Campsite taken from Dophin Watch Ship

Dophins in the Wild

The weather was Great on Friday, rain and wind were forecast for Saturday AM, so we took the R-dome down late that evening. The skys were very clear due to the incomming front, with few lights in the area the stars were very bright. Myra had a great time kicked back in an antigravity chair using GoogleSky to see the planets.

Saturday we woke up late, went to a Christmas Mercado (Market), put on my local artists and did more shopping and Site Seeing at Port Isabel.

We successfully dodged all the rain, did Xmas shopping around out the evening with dinner and a movie in the podterfly.

The cold front hit full force Saturday night...with 50mph wind gusts, almost considered getting out and hitching podterfly to the truck. Myra crawled down from the top bunk and slept in the bottom with me, (less motion).

Sunday morning we still had very high winds, but wind adivsory advised the winds would be calming down as the day went on and as we traveled north. We took our time and stop a couple of places for pictures.