Ken & Diane Travel

 January 27, 2021 Well it had been an interesting stay at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park in Missouri. We were OFF the GRID. No cell or internet service for 5 days. If we needed to call or receive a call we needed to head to Lafayette 30 miles away. We made the trip several time as we went shopping. The park was secluded next to the bayou and rivers. We did not see any alligators as they said it was still to cool. It rained one night and so there was a lot of water standing in the campground. RV site were a bit elevated otherwise we would have been under water.    Other than on Friday and Saturday, the park was mostly empty. On Friday a group of families came in together. They stayed in tents and it rained the one night. It did not seem to bother them (they were much younger than us). Glad I gave up tent camping long ago, Got to have my glass of scotch after getting set up.   Sitting on this deck overlooking the water there were little gecko crawling around watching us.  We are now in Ba

 January 19, 2021 We have been in Galveston for a week now, leaving tomorrow for Lafayette, Louisiana. We will be staying at a Lake Fausse State Park for 5 days before heading out again. As we drove from South Padre Island to Galveston we went through San Benito, home town of Freddy Fender, for those old enough to remember him.                                        Board Walk, downtown Galveston this was set up on the sidewalk near the Market Place section of Galveston. As we walked around the Market Place, we came across a Railroad Museum. Manny old pieces of Railroad history.  What was nice about this museum was that you could climb aboard. Luxury car, cat followed us around for a bit. Restroom in certain car rooms. I am sure it was 1st class. Sleeper Car. Interesting how things folded up and out of the way until you needed to use. Post Office car where mail was sorted. The old box car reminded my of the time spent hanging around the West Bend Depot. We climbed on many a box car.  C

 January 6, 2021 Pirate ship in harbor, tourist thing. Diane said the water was fine, that is after you are in it a while. Buddy, again with rubbing his nose in the sand. This is the end of the line when driving on the beach. It is 25 miles from entrance #6. It is a great drive when the tide is out. Plenty of room to drive around other cars and fishermen. There is a break wall at the end. People fish off it just as they do in Port Washington. In the County Park on SPI, this statute plays tribute to the lost sailors. Yes, I managed to get on the bike. The problem was we were driving on the sand against a heavy wind. Did not take long for us to turn around.           Another shot of break wall.

 January 2, 2021 Well its a new year and hopefully a better one for everyone. Not much happening in SPI this past week. Went to the beach New Years Eve day, high winds and high tide made for an interesting drive on the beach. The sand was slippery and not much beach to drive on in some areas.  The beach by the County Park, next to our campground was a bit deserted on New Years Day. We went out to eat on Wednesday to the Painted Marlin, thinking it would be slower than New Years Eve but were mistaken. A good thing Bob and Susan got there early and put our name on the list. We still waited about 40 minutes. People that came after us waited up to an hour and half.  Dinner at the Painted Marlin Ginny Armstrong, Diane, Ken Susan and Bob Watson Good food and good margaritas. After dinner we each went back to our coach. It started to rain a bit later and did so all night long. Wave after wave of heavy rain. In the morning there was water everywhere. Difficult to get Buddy to the dog park as t