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Right now, we are enjoying an evening rainstorm at the Escapees Campground in Livingston. The drive from Lake Conroe to Lake Livingston was beautiful. It's amazing how much more rain this area gets than Austin. Everything is lush and green, and we saw some stunning fields of purple flowers (not sure what kind). Each night the frogs sing us to sleep, and we have seen lots of bunnies and bats. Shanti and I have been going for bike rides together down scenic rural roads, the kids swim with Grandpa Johnson and their daddy each afternoon, and Vashti enjoys chasing the bunnies through the field as it gets dark. Today we visited a local history museum with an old steam engine and and old historical cabin. We plan to stay here until Tuesday. The mosquitoes are huge, but slower than the small ones!
On Saturday, July 12th we departed from Austin, and officially began our aimlessly wandering, roadschooling, adventure! We had originally planned to leave Austin sooner, but on June 25th a young man ran into the side of our truck while Brian was out working. Luckily, no one was injured and our gracious neighbors, Karen & Tomas and then Cathy & Larry, let us park in their yards until it was time to leave Austin. We got our truck back around 11:30 on Saturday, July 12th, and pulled out of town at 4:30 after a few tearful goodbyes and a few rounds of the kids singing "On the Road Again".
Brian and I reflected on how weird it felt to leave Austin knowing that it would most likely never be our home again. The comforting part is knowing that the friendships we have made run deep enough to withstand the distance of time and space.
We arrived at our first destination around 8pm on Saturday and set up camp at Lake Conroe. We were very pleased to see that our new membership with Thousand Trails is well worth the cost. During the past two days we have been swimming, playing mini-golf and tennis, watching the sunset at the lake, going for walks and staying cool during the hottest part of the day with board games, coloring, reading and writing practice, watching video clips and reading journal entries on wherethehellismatt.com (which is worth checking out....thanks Marjorie!)and eating Ben & Jerry's. Right now we are enjoying a nice evening rain,and tomorrow morning we plan to pack up and head over to nearby Lake Livingston for a week long visit with Brian's parents. Our general plan after Livingston is to stay at Lake Tawakoni and Lake Texoma for about a week each, which will allow us to visit my mom in Frisco, and then stay near Hot Springs, Memphis and Nashville on our way to Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. I am looking forward to finding cool (as in temperature) places to practice yoga.
