There’s a good reason we are rushing out of tornado alley in the spring as quickly as we can. This view from our site and marble sized hail reaffirmed our decision to spend all 3 days of this holiday weekend driving to the other side of the Rocky Mountains. We love you Texas, but not your storms.
A fun game of hoops to help burn off extra energy and all those fajitas we ate for dinner. We are loving this RV park and all the amenities.
One of our most favorite campground amenities is a dog wash! We always take advantage of it when we can. This one even had a dryer. Both of our girls enjoyed their spa day! 🐾 Granted, Maggie spent every second trying to eat the water, silly old girl. 😂
Yesterday we loaded up and took a bunch of empty jugs to Hot Springs National Park in hopes of getting some water. This NP was our first stop out of Texas when we launched two plus years ago. During our first visit we learned that there are huge fountains available to the public to get free (healing) water. Because national parks are still closed we didn’t know if the fountains would be blocked off. They were not and oh my goodness was it busy. Not the park or spring, but the fountains. There were people filling up entire truckloads and hundreds of containers at a time. Way busier than our first trip through when the park was open and crowded. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by that. This spring water has so many healing properties, boosts the immune system and aids in respiration. We parked, filled up our containers and walked to the spring where no one was around. I forgot my camera so these are all iPhone pics. The kids loved returning here and reminiscing over how much has changed and all the experiences they’ve had on the road since our first stop. ❤️
It was a dreary and dark day of rain here in Arkansas today. We are still finding new routines after quarantine and settling in to Jason’s new job while also traveling. Tonight that looked like breakfast for dinner, playing games and learning guitar in our tiny, cozy, rolling home.
One last ride on the golf cart before we hit the road. We planned to park in her driveway for 2 weeks. Covid-19 said we needed to stay 10 weeks instead. I’m SO thankful we were with her when it hit. It was nice to have help while really sick and also adjusting to a new normal of Jason working full time. We had space to move and could spread out in her house. The boys spent hours riding around on her huge porch. Going to the house in the mornings helped the kids feel like they were going somewhere. We filled the days with games, crafts, movies, dog snuggling, an RV reno and a bunch of golf cart rides. My mom isn’t one to sit still during retirement and I while I know my crew is a lot of noise and chaos, I also know she’d have been so bored quarantined alone. Thanks for taking us in Mom ❤️ I’ll always cherish this time and memories made.