Heading east on I-10 put us near enough to Pensacola and the Bare family that we had to stop for a quick visit. Kudos to Chuck and Ginny for their spontaneity in agreeing to park us in their driveway with three hours notice! it was an involved operation to get us in the driveway without […]
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On Friday we went to the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. Originally we were going to go to SpaceX, but Dad wasn’t feeling well and we didn’t want to go without him, so instead we left him behind and went to the nature center instead. Most of the animals there were not captive,
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While we are in South Padre Island, Jack and I have been attending Jiu Jitsu classes and having lots of fun. At the start of class, we warm up and stretch so we are nice and loose for practice. One of the first moves we learned was the scissor sweep. It starts with someone putting
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has a coastal studies laboratory here in the county park. They offer many educational experiences and I was able to arrange a dissection class for the RV homeschoolers. Twelve students participated in dissecting a Dogfish shark and we received a tour of the facility afterwards.
Internet in the RV has always been a bit of an issue. At the beginning of our trip we didn’t have any internet at all, we only got it two months after the start of our trip. For most of our travels we have had a small hotspot made by Verizon for all of our
We are currently in South Padre island, and as you can probably guess we are very close to the ocean. Because the beach is super close Dad bought us two surfboards and a boogie board, and we have gone surfing many times. I started surfing because for a while at the beginning of our trip
We’re spending about a month on South Padre Island and we’ve done some surfing. We have also done some swimming with surfboards, dolphins, and seaweed. A few days ago Daddy and I decided to go surfing. We checked an app on his phone to make sure the waves would be big. The app told us
We recently went to Mexico with some other full time families. We stayed in the town of San Felipe on the Baja peninsula at a place called Victor’s RV park. We were right on the beach, although unfortunately we were in a bay and thus there were almost no waves. In front of the beach
Regan drives the truck but, never in her life has she towed a trailer… Until today! Currently on mile 15 of a planned 83 mile stint from one rest area to the next on I-10 in central TX.
After arriving in Tucson, Chris completed a full inspection of the RV. A friend we met in Yuma shared this tip with us because he found that you have more time to deal with problems and make adjustments if you find things on day one. Unfortunately, Chris discovered that our rear bumper was about to
