We're Changing our Plans!

The Hot, The Humid and the Ugly!

We had a bunch of rough days with upper 90 degree days and high humidity. Here is what we learned:

  • The RV only cools 15 - 20 degrees below the heat index…when it’s hot and humid outside, the inside of the RV is pretty uncomfortable!!

  • Sweating all day, taking showers twice a day, doing tons of laundry and not being able to spend time outdoors is NOT fun!

  • Sam hates to walk when it’s really hot…..so we go out for a million short walks.

  • Bob has resorted to setting up the RV without his shirt on and that’s a little too close to looking like one of the regulars…..and he is getting lots of cat calls from some of our “neighbors”.

  • Bob and Richele are pretty fussy when it’s too hot and humid…and that is not a good recipe for a successful summer in a small space!

So What’s the Plan?????

  • I have spent the past few days reworking our summer trip! Sending “we’re sorry” notes to family and friends we were looking forward to seeing, cancelling reservations for the southern part of our trip, adding up the deposits we lost, and trying to book new places!
    Not fun. This how the plan changed.

Corpus Christi

This wasn’t our favorite place (maybe the weather didn’t help)….but we didn’t really love it. Perhaps the Giant Shark head (think Jaws music) was an omen. The waterfront oil rigs and refineries were not picturesque along the beaches but I guess that’s the price you pay for cheaper gas.

The USS Lexington is now a museum in Corpus Christi. We enjoyed visiting the WWII Navy aircraft carrier…sweaty as we were.

The Texas Hill County

We stayed in Marble Falls at a very pretty park on Lake LBJ. We were right in the middle of a Tornado Watch when we first arrived…..that was a bit dicey. Our next day was brighter…..they have a cute downtown with a famous pie shop (shocking we would find that ??? NOT).

Fredericksburg

This was a little gem we didn’t know much about……and we didn’t spend enough time there. Fredericksburg is in the heart of Texas Hill Country - north of San Antonio and west of Austin. It’s a historic little town settled by Germans in 1846s …… There are an amazing number of wineries in the area - you could wine taste for a week. The shops and restaurants were fun…..and it was a little cooler and less humid. It’s also Peach Country and we hit that just right.

Our favorite Wine Label: Fat Ass Wines. Hmmmm, we have to be careful about RVing when it’s too hot to do anything outside or we may be the new picture on the label.