30 November 2013 Saturday - Cary NC to Savannah GA (312 miles)
Long day of driving I95 south which was not too bad early in the day but a bit congested later in the day and made worse by an accident which stopped traffic....and the few state parks that I visited were full so overnight at HI!
28 November 2013 Thursday - Cary NC
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
27 November 2013 Wednesday - Cary NC
A surprise encounter today with a flying squirrel in the house.....even worse than a mouse! My sister and I managed to finally get him/her out.
Tonight is the 15th annual barbq at my sister's which they started when her son returned from his first year at college for the holidays and they invited his friends over for the gathering.....and it has grown to over fifty attendees!
24 November 2013 Sunday - Cary NC
Another arctic cold front arrived here for a few days then rain by the time that I get back on the road after Thanksgiving. Plan to head south to Florida to spend Christmas with mum in Tampa.
15 November 2013 Friday - Albemarle to Cary NC (105 miles)
Visiting my sister and her family in Cary NC.......
14 November 2013 Thursday - Anderson SC to Albemarle NC
Overnight at Morrow Mountain State Park which has just recently reopened. A storm known as a microburst (also known as derecho) blew through the park last June and downed many large trees.
13 November 2013 Wednesday - Anniston AL to Anderson SC
Wonderful overnight on Lake Hartwell at Sadler Creek State Park with gorgeous sunset and then gorgeous almost full moonset early morning Thursday.....and no one else but me and the critters.
12 November 2013 Tuesday - Rocky Springs MS to Anniston AL
Woke up to news that arctic front is due in with high winds and temps in teens.....so decided that I did not need to drive the 400 miles north to Nashville, even though the Natchez Trace Parkway is a beautiful drive! Turned right at Jackson MS and headed east on I20....not fun to be on interstate with high winds and heaps of trucks.
11 November 2013 Monday - Natchez MS to .....
Happy Veterans Day....drove the Natchez Trace Parkway north, with many stops enroute for historical sites. Free camping at Rocky Springs with long walk on Natchez trail to the old townsite of Rocky Springs.
10 November 2013 Sunday - Houston TX to Natchez MS (315 miles)
North out of Houston on route 59 then east at Livingston on routes 190/63/28/84 with brief stop at Martin Dies State Park on Steinhagen Lake. Continued through Louisiana to Mississippi to overnight at Natchez State Park.
9 November 2013 Saturday - Houston TX
Breakfast at the Avenue Grill then Kim and I shared photos from our childhood then she and I enjoyed second Saturday art walk at Winter Street Studios, an old furniture factory scheduled for demolition in 2005 is now the home of 75 studios for over 87 artists
8 November 2013 Friday - Houston TX
Visiting my cousin in Houston for a few days....have not seen her for over 25 years! I am the oldest of the cousins and she is the second to youngest at 50! She and I pampered ourselves with pedicures and facials then evening seafood at the Downtown Aquarium Restaurant....quite fun to watch all the fish!
7 November 2013 Thursday - San Felipe TX
Overnight at Stephen Fuller Austin State Park, home of Texas' first colony on Brazos River...unfortunately all this rain has closed the trails so no hiking allowed.
5 November 2013 Tuesday - San Antonio to Smithville TX
On the road again heading to Houston. I had wanted to camp at Palmetto State Park but the heavy rains last week closed the park due to flooding....visited Lockhart State Park but very small on golf course and sites are too close together....then Bastrop State Park which was badly destroyed by fire in 2011 so overnighted at Buescher State Park on lovely lake.
4 November 2013 Monday - San Antonio TX
A rainy overcast day so a good day to just catch up on stuff while Toni is at work....and it is snowing in Juneau!
3 November 2013 Sunday - San Antonio TX
I am now visiting with Toni from Juneau who lives here in San Antonio....I had visited her when she was working in Sofia Bulgaria in the late 1990's (when I was then living in Montpellier France). Enjoyed Sunday morning farmers market at the Quarry Market.
2 November 2013 Saturday - San Antonio TX
Rode the local VIA bus #3 to downtown SanAnton to visit the Alamo which I last saw as a child with my family many many years ago! Walked along the river walk and visited the el mercado which had outdoor Saturday market and great local music....did not realize that I was enjoying the celebration of the Dia de los Muertos!
1 November 2013 Friday - San Antonio Texas
Beautiful crescent moon rising this very clear and cold morning at Guadelupe River State Park...now to the very busy city of San Antonio...first stop Trader Joes....then across the street to Alamo Quarry Market (former cement plant).....such a change from the desolate remote plains! Overnight with Susan and David, she and I attended the same high school in Virginia and have not seen each other since! Great dinner at the Granary!
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