We camped at the same RV park, and went to the beach, which had a many of rolling dunes and syringes. Micellaneous items had washed up from Mexico and other areas.
After hanging at the beach, giant terrifying beach moths came out and started ferociously attacking us. We fled the beach and went back.
For Thanksgiving we were still in Port Isabel, which is near South Padre Island. We drove to the Golden Corral, an all you can eat buffet. We left that night and, due to a startling change of events, headed toward Florida, where we planned to fly away to Colombia.
We stayed in a number of Wal-Mart up the coast of Texas. The first stop in Louisiana was a giant play ground resembling a miniature castle. Mother said the bugs were bad, so we left fairly soon. We stopped in Eunice, another place from the previous trip. Mother and Father went out for dinner then went to a dance taking place at the campground
We left the next morning and headed towards New Orleans.
It seemed to have greatly improved in the last two years. It was considerably cleaner.
Ryan, Jack and Mother toured a college while my siblings and I were forced to play at a playground. Ugh.
The next morning I was awoken early by rain hammering against the roof and wind tearing at the walls. We had to stay in the Walmart longer, though, due to some research.
By a chance of fate, we were able to visit Perkinston, Mississippi, where we spent Christmas last trip. We stayed over night in the guest house, and went out to breakfast at the Waffle-House with Mr. Richards, an old friend…
We arrived in Florida today, and are hoping to possibly make it most of the way to Tampa.
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Then we say outside in the sunshine. The Port Isabel Park had a Thanksgiving Pot Luck that began at 12:30. The very nice people at the campground were very kind and insisted we go to the Thanksgiving potluck. We hadn’t made anything so we didn’t want to go but they kindly insisted so we went and it was very nice. Also the food later at the Golden Corral was pretty bad. We met many nice people in Port Isabel, hope they stay in touch
with us.
We hitched up the camper and drove 20 miles to the Brownsville Golden Corral. It was hot & sunny.
The Golden Corral was crowded. The kids however loved the idea. They had Blue Bell handscooped ice cream and tons of gummy bears and best of all, a cotton candy machine. We tried to stay until they closed at 8pm but we just. couldn’t. do it.
Being Black Friday, we naturally chose a gigantic shopping mall
parking lot to spend the night. We drove all the way to Corpus Christie and parked in a huge complex of stores. Jack and Ryan went Black Friday window shopping. The next day, we drove leisurely along the Texas Gulf coast through Galveston. The camper and van had to be ferried across the bay (we did this on the last trip, too). The ferry ride was great — there were dolphins!
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In Dallas, we visited the site of President Kennedy’s assassination. It was interesting to be some place you have seen so often in pictures.
Jennah bought an earth necklace.
We walked around town and stopped at the Chase Tower to see if the Sky Lobby was open. It wasn’t.
Ryan suggested we head to the Steinway Hall which was a piano showroom which had the most expensive piano in the world. We headed there. We were greeted by Whitney, the Steinway person, who was very nice and informative. A private concert by Dr. Anton Nel was scheduled in an hour. Whitney told us all about the pianos and introduced us to Dr. Nel. We played the world’s most best piano for awhile and the piano sounded wonderful.
