First let me say the weather is great. Since leaving Memphis the weather has been sunny blue skies every day, temperatures close to 70 during the day. We have finally got rid of the snow, ice and cold. Sorry to our friends in Naperville, this is heaven!
Our house closed today so we are officially without a permanent residence. Our house is now where we are, right now, right here! Today that happens to be Houston, TX (actually, Tomball, TX). We left Texarkana this morning and drove for about 6 hours to Tomball which is just outside Houston. The campground is nothing special but it is near the people we are visiting and it is inexpensive. It will do for the time we are here.
While in Texarkana we did drive around the town one day to see what it was all about. Interesting tidbit - the city is built on the state line so there is a Texarkana, TX and a Texarkana, AR. The main north-south street is State Line Blvd. On one side is Arkansas and Texas on the other. Texarkana, TX is dry while Texarkana, AR is not, so all the liquor stores are on the east side of the street. The U.S. Post Office is the center point of the street and straddles both states.
We checked our Road Food book and they listed Bryce’s Cafeteria as the place to go, so we went. It was a nice place, cafeteria style but overall we were not overwhelmed by the food, but I have to admit the chocolate pecan pie was mighty good!
While setting up our rig in Tomball a couple from across the way came over as they noticed our South Dakota license plates. Small world, they originally came from Joliet, IL (near Naperville) and they have been full timers for 6 years using South Dakota as their mailing address. This is probably one of the nicest parts of traveling around is the people you meet in the places you stop. Over the years we have met so many nice people and it is so interesting to hear their stories or where they have been and where they are going.
We are here in Houston for the next 10 days or so then will work our way up to El Paso.
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