Stargazing
When we were in Matagorda Friday camping at the LCRA nature center and RV park, we saw the most beautiful stars we have seen since visiting he McDonald observatory in the Davis mountains. The sky was so clear and there was…
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Thank God For National Doughnut Day!
If ANY food deserved it’s own National Day of Celebration it’s the miraculous golden brown, sometimes iced, sometimes jelly-filled, sometimes glazed, but always enjoyed doughnut! I admit I have my favorite doughnut shop, and I admit I sometimes pass it…
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RV Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is one of those other-worldly beautiful places. It’s America’s second deepest lake behind Crater Lake up in Oregon, it’s America’s sixth largest lake behind the five Great lakes, and it is considered an alpine lake because it lives…
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Nana’s Recipes: Pure Texas Nachos
Anyone who’s read these blogs for any amount of time knows how proudly Texan I am, and when it comes to food Tex Mex is the name of the game around these parts. “Tex Mex” is kind of a misnomer…
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Is Bigger Better?
I used to know an old man who built custom wooden yachts to order for most of his adult life — everything from the day-sailor all the way up to a 65′ Schooner that sailed the Pacific for a couple…
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Coach Net Roadside Assistance
We’ve all been there. Imagine you’re headed down the road, it’s a beautiful late afternoon up in the mountains. You’re in between towns and you’ve got just enough time to make it to your campsite and get everything set up…
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Memorial Day and What It Means To Me
Memorial Day began after the Civil War as Decoration Day and was used to remember the fallen on BOTH sides of that tragic struggle. The South started recognition as early as 1866, with the North following suit two years later….
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Oxygenics Shower Heads
We’ve all had those tropical-style Texas summer days, and more of them are coming. Hot, humid, sweat-soaked days where all you want to do at the end of it is step into a hot relaxing shower. Of course water tanks…
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Random Texas Facts
As y’all know, PPL Motorhomes is based in The Great State of Texas and are mighty proud of that fact. We’re so glad that the citizens of the Lesser States have realized what a paradise we have here in the…
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RV to Fort McKavett
As you head through west central Texas on I-10 you may or may not have seen the exit signs for Ft McKavett. If you’re coming in from the west like you’re headed for San Antonio, turn left onto 202 (Poplar…
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