FIREWORKS! HOT DOGS! BBQ! PARADES! Ah, remember those sunny afternoons and dusky evenings when you were a kid impatiently waiting for the fireworks to start? It’s so nice to relive some of those memories with the grandkids. They’re hopping up…
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On July 2, 1776 the Second Continental Congress decided to legally separate the thirteen colonies from England. In order to explain that decision to the citizens of the thirteen colonies as well as justify their action to the crown, a…
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Port Isabel, TX is so far south on South Padre Island…..(how south is it?)…..that if you went any further south, you’d be in Mexico! It’s the coastal town just to the east of Brownsville, kind of the Galveston if Brownsville…
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Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty State! Today we’re going to drive from one end of Texas Independence all the way to the other! Who knew that the concept of Texan Independence had geographical boundaries? Used to be that…
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Oh my Lord, social mealtimes have a way of creating some very long-lasting memories don’t they? Positive and negative. On the positive side, I STILL remember how incredible my grandmother’s green beans tasted ,or my great-grandmother’s homemade Lemon ice cream….
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Y’all, it’s so HUMID and rainy and floody and tropical stormy here in Houston that I can’t help but think about some of those drier prettier places that Oregon has going on right now. Don’t get me wrong, I love…
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As the famous Stevie Ray Vaughan song goes, “It’s flooding down in Texas, and all the of the telephone lines are down.” Well y’all, that epic Wrath of God drought we’ve been sitting in these last eight years or so…
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Quite a few of us in this RV Life have grandkids that travel with us on occasion. We’ve discussed in previous posts those old-school road trip games, some tips for those more modern kids, as well as how to just…
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Now that summer is truly here, it’s air show season! You may not realize, but air shows attract more spectators than pro baseball, football, basketball and NASCAR! Average air show attendance of the more than 400 air shows in North…
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