537 RV miles (12 hours in traffic) today, 2177 total

“Laissez le bon temps roulez!”

After a somewhat exhausting 12 hour drive from San Antonio to New Orleans including the incredible stacked freeways in Houston & driving over Lake Pontchartrain & bumper to bumper traffic from Baton Rouge, LA, we checked into our French Quarter RV Village site #20. It was onto the French Quarter for dinner at Mr B’s Bistro followed by a walk in the Quarter to Cafe du Monde where we had cafe au lait with beignets.

110 RV miles today, 1640 total

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” (Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American author and commentator, aka Samuel L Clemens)

Arrived in San Antonio and caught the bus to River Walk where we spent the afternoon & early evening strolling along. Toured the Alamo, too!  “Remember the Alamo!”

410 RV miles today, 1530 total

“Roads began as a means of linking locations of interest: towns, forts and geographic features such as river fords. Where roads met outside of an existing settlement, these junctions often led to a new settlement.” Thus Junction, Texas…where east meets west and north meets south.

The long, long, long road through west Texas. Arrived in Junction, Texas to Lum’s BBQ and a 3 mile jog along the river. 

383 RV miles today, 1120 total

“Real cowboys don’t take baths, they just dust off.”

We passed through New Mexico and then El Paso to arrive at the famous Cattleman’s Steakhouse at Indian Cliff’s Ranch in the middle of nowhere, Texas! They let us dry camp in their parking lot overnight, as we are miles from anything in Fabens, Texas!

322.3 RV miles today, 322.3 total

The journey begins…we left with our new “Thumper, Jr” RV motorhome hopping down the trail to spend our inaugural night overlooking Lake Mead in Nevada. Thumper, Jr grew to 31 feet, 11 inches from our predecessor, Thumper at only 24 feet, and rides in the front window position. After running 5 miles the next morning, we headed south for Sedona, Arizona.

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” -Robert Louis Stevenson