Good Morning. It’s going to be another beautiful travel day. Today we will be going through Houston, Texas. I think we will be glad it is a Saturday and not a week day going through during rush hour. That is our hope anyway. We have no idea how far we are going today. We will see how it goes.
Day 118. We didn’t get on the road quite as early as planned, but no big deal. We are retired with nothing set in stone. It was an expensive gas day, almost $200 total. We filled up before we got on the road and then again when we stopped for the night. So our day of traveling cost us $74 in gas. At that rate we will need few free nights in Walmart parking lots to make up for it.
You don’t have to cross the border and go into another country to go through a border patrol checkpoint. We went through one today on our way north. The expressway was closed off and we were directed through the checkpoint. Traffic moved along quickly. The agent only asked us if anyone else was in the car. Clyde said no just our dog. The agent nodded and moved us through. We believe they photographed every car that went through. That’s ok, I took their picture too.
We had beautiful weather the entire day and evening. We stopped for lunch at a rest area shortly after the border patrol checkpoint. My, was the rest area crowded. It appeared everyone else had the same idea. I love having the motorhome and being able to make our lunches fresh when we stop and if there isn’t a picnic table available we can always eat inside, which we did. We did see a number of other RV’ers on the road heading north right along with us. I guess we aren’t the only ones who migrate north along with the birds.
Our goal was to make it to Wharton, Texas where there is a Bucee’s and a Walmart and then decide if we wanted to continue driving or stop for the night. We made it to Wharton around 4pm and decided it would be a good time and place to spend the night. We filled up with gas at Bucee’s and went inside to see what it was like. The place was packed. It is a huge gas station with a Cracker Barrel type gift area inside along with a party store type area. There is also individual areas to get baked goods, ice cream, fudge, salads, fruit, tacos, BBQ, and much more. It was kind of overwhelming at first. We walked around the entire store and then decided what we wanted to buy. Clyde got a BBQ sandwich with homemade potato chips and coconut cream pie in a cup for desert. I got a salad and cheesecake. There is no place inside Bucee’s to eat, so we took our food back to the motorhome and drove next door to the Walmart for the night. Our food was good, but the cheesecake wasn’t anywhere near as good as my daughter Melissa’s or even Eli’s, but I ate it anyway.
The Walmart had a number of truckers already parked when we arrived. It is a nice large parking lot with plenty of room to find your spot. Before it got dark a few other campers joined us. We were able to put our bedroom slide out, which is always nice.
Loving our lifestyle. Have a great day.
Until next time,
Kathryn
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