Heading across the Deep South: New Orleans to Florida

We stayed in New Orleans, LA for a few days. Mostly kicking back and enjoying the warm weather. Mike washed the RV and took lots of dust and dirt off to make it shiny again. Of course, that night it rained! Even so, it looked much cleaner and it was good to get the grime and dirt off! 

 We visited the French Quarter and walked a few miles around New Orleans. We really enjoyed our Bienet and cafe au lait breakfast!

We ducked in and out of a few gift shops and marveled at the beautiful architecture and landscape of the city.

Cool town, but we had enough after one day of sightseeing! It was a lot of walking for two old folks 😉

We traveled from New Orleans via I-10 mostly passing through Mississippi (where we stopped at our first Buccee's, that's an experience!). I didn't get a picture of the place but Buccee's are giant truck/stop/travel center/ gas station places that offer really good food and all sorts of souvenirs, necessities and anything else you might want on a road trip stop!

We ended up at Eglin AFB at the campground for families of military and vets called Postal Point. We stayed 4 nights there . The first 3 days were warm and sunny but Thanksgiving Thursday has turned pretty chilly! I got in some nice walks with Maggie and bike rides while enjoying the beachside. Will head on to the Jacksonville area next.

So long, Texas. Hello, Louisiana

We left San Antonio TX yesterday and drove to a Harvest Host called "Snow White Sanctuary" near Vinton LA. It was a lovely setting, and filled with animals. The owners have a sanctuary retreat for animals with a vegan approach to saving animals from farm life. The horses, dogs, chickens, emu,  goats, pigs, turkeys, ducks, and maybe some we missed just wander around the farm living the good life. It was a pretty spot and we enjoyed it. From there we're heading to New Orleans for a few days to enjoy a different atmosphere! 

Warm weather in Texas

We're enjoying warm weather and lots of sunshine in San Antonio TX. We're set up in the RV Park at Joint Base Lackland AFB. They have one of the B-24 Liberators on display here which is the kind of plane my Dad was a mechanic for during the Ploesti raids in WWII. I was excited to see one in person.

We've been here for a week and will be for another week. We're close to San Antonio City and have been downtown twice for sightseeing to the Alamo, and the Riverwalk Boat tour and delicious Mexican food.

Life is good and we're still loving living in the RV!

Busy few days and lovely weather!

Our time in Oklahoma was relaxing and enjoyable. We went to the National Cowboy and Western History Museum and it is very impressive and lots of fun. The outdoors and indoors are full of displays, art, history, and a very broad collection of relics and stories of western history and the making of America as we know it! 

We stayed near the campground most of the week and caught up on laundry, cleaning, and rest. 

One of the campground days I had a notion to bake something. I had brought some of our pear pie filling from the pear tree in our yard in ID, so I made a few fired pies with my air fryer. They turned out pretty yummy even if they weren't too pretty! 😋

Thursday we headed down to Texas, and a little past Ft Worth to a town called Cleburne. We camped at a Harvest Host called Wintergrass Vineyard and Winery.  The hostess, Amy, was really nice and we enjoyed our wine tasting with her in the afternoon. 

The trip Friday to San Antonio was long! Both of our phones were dead because we decided to dry camp without the generator Thursday night at the winery. We won't make that mistake again. Without shore power or generator the electrical outlets are useless. Besides no charging power we also couldn't use our CPAPs to sleep. I didn't sleep at all that night because without the CPAP Mike snored like a buffalo. Between poor sleep and dead phones, travel Friday was a mix of grumpiness, frustration, and unease. We did make it to our destination with a bit of navigational confusion... Paper maps, poor Google map reception, a poor navigator (me), and an amazing but very grumpy driver (Mike). No more non- electric overnights! 

Friday's travels culminated at Lackland AFB Fam Camp in  San Antonio. We'll be here a couple of weeks. It was hot today with lots of sun. Both of us did some work around the rolling home we live in. Mike had some mechanical work in and around the big tow-behind trailer, and he brought out  of it our pickup with some things I needed to to get the class C better organized. It was a long work day, and we felt relieved and tired after getting those chores accomplished.  Thanks for taking time to read and always feel free to send questions, comments or just a hello on Facebook or the blog.  Happy Trails! 

Staying warm as Fall moves in.

We moved south after our stay in Taos NM, typical snowbirds on a southern migration. We spent one night boondocked (the term for camping in an RV with no hookups) in Vega, TX. This was a Harvest Host stay at a Rt. 66 museum. The museum wasn't open over the weekend, but there were lots of neat things outside to see.

This tarantula visited us , a sober reminder that it's wise to be aware of our surroundings. I got close enough to take a picture, but left it alone and didn't see anymore 

 From there we ventured on to Oklahoma City.

The museum here has so much information and exquisite displays of the Western history, including Native American people, cowboy, and military notable stories, art and artifacts.  We enjoyed it very much. 

Thank you for taking the time to check out our adventures. I'll be posting more along the way. 

October 31 2025.

Our 10th travel day! We've been in Taos the last 3 days. Had a lovely ride up by the Rio Grande Gorge on Wednesday and settled down for 3 nights here.

Yesterday we visited the Taos Pueblo and learned a lot about Native American History and life. Much of how they live is just as it was in the 1500s. We both enjoyed that excursion. Especially the freshly cooked fry bread 😋

Later in I did a little shopping and sightseeing around the town of Taos. There's lot of beautiful art and plenty to do for the adventurous.  We both had a pleasant afternoon in the sun and enjoyed walking Maggie and hanging around camp. 

Thus weekend is a Hot Air Balloon event and we got to see a few this morning!

Today we did some housekeeping/RV necessary chores and I worked on a project, rolling a  bunch of coins that have been collecting at our house for years. The quarters are very handy for RV Park laundry rooms! The rest will be easier to deposit in the bank now that they're rolled! 

Tomorrow morning we'll be on the road again and seeing more of America! Thanks for following along and I hope you're enjoying our journey too!

Day 7, One week into this journey

We had a good time visiting Seligman AZ the last few days. We saw a couple of Mike's old school buddies and visited a ranch out of town where one of them works. Today we traveled into New Mexico and are spending 1 night in Grants before heading to Taos, NM tomorrow.