We are all excited as we roll up to the Canadian border and receive a huge welcome from a Canadian customs officer and suddenly there, off in the distance, almost a mireage, we see it. What could be more Canadian then Tim Hortons! We truly are Home! We carried on to London, Ontario and Flying…
Month: March 2010
Biggest Tourist Trap Ever?
We are in Branson Missouri, the absolute ultimate in “if you build it they will come”. It’s really quite amazing how they built this area on the top , side and bottom of the Ozark Mountains and by the unfinished development you see around it’s obvious that building here has only just begun. There are miles and miles…
We visit Newell Coach
This tale takes place in Miami, Oklahoma, home of a dozen casinos and the pupose of our visit, the home of Newell Coach. Last year on our way home we stopped in Red Bay Alabama to visit Tiffin Motor Homes. Both Tiffin and Newell are in the same business except where Tiffin’s product starts…
We Visit “Rainbow’s End”
As promised, we visit Escapees home RV park called Rainbow’s End. For an American member of Escapees RV Club this could be the final stop, the place you can head to when you can’t travel anymore. You can rent a spot or buy a lot, or buy a stick built home and park your RV right…
Magnolia Lake
If you are coming to Magnolia Lake RV Park you want to know you won’t need to bring your boat. Especially your power boat. But it is pretty, you can see the fish jumping and it certainly is scenic. We are in Magnolia Lake RV Park just outside of Goodrich Texas, about an hour north…
The Hangin Tree
We are out on a Sunday afternoon drive with Tom & Lois in Goliad Texas. You are looking at the county courthouse and that tree on the left really was used, if necessary, as a Hangin Tree. If you were found guilty in Goliad and the sentence was death by hanging, they would just take you out front,…
Which Ocean Would You Prefer?
I”ve probably showed you this picture before. That’s the Pacific Ocean, looking west from Stone Island. The next one is the Gulf Of Mexico at Rockport Texas: Still beautiful but very different. We got a new tire on the truck yesterday, the wheel is beat up but still holding air and going round. We’ll do…
Oops!
We are rolling down 44 East heading towards Corpus Christi on our way to Rockport yesterday when we are waved over by a passing truck. Must be something wrong we think, so we stop to have a look. Good thing we did. I’m guessing the guys in the truck watched the tire blow, thank goodness they…
Buen Viaje Amigos
When they’re “at home” Bob and Marjorie live about an hour away from us in Ontario but we didn’t know them until we met at Stone Island. Over the course of the winter ( or was it summer?) at Tres Amigos we became pretty good friends. Over the past 10 days as we travelled together…