Kings Inn/Scottish Inn Alice
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Stop and Smell the Flowers
... Indian Paintbrush. But, I haven't gotten the state wildflower yet. It is the blue bonnet and they are plentiful.
We were checking state parks today and wandered into Three Rivers. It is an old, tiny town with a big oil refinery and a big federal prison. That fact didn't make it very inviting for camping. Combined with the news that the water level in the lake was very low, we decided to travel on. But the number ...
Bunratty to Shannon to Kingsville
... way to end a fantastic trip.
In San Antonio the "girls'" menfolk were happy to claim them and the grandson reluctantly gave Gran back her vehicle. With a big bag of trail mix and a large Dr. Pepper for supper, I hit the road for Kingsville where my sweetie husband was also happy to welcome me.
I'll attach a few pictures that didn't quite fit anywhere else but are fun reminders of eight days with some of my most favorite people.
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Day 26
... The founder Captain King's legacy was to never sell the land and they now have 860,000 acres. As big as the state of Rhode Island!!!! After leaving the ranch we went into the historic downtown section of Kingsville....went to the King Ranch Saddle Shop and Museum...very interesting. We asked the shop clerk to recommend a lunch stop she directed us across the street to an old pharmacy that has an old fashion diner in ...
Ennis to Shannon to Newark to San Antonio to Home
... throughs in the boot of the car and just took the necessities into the accommodations in the carryons. I had the extra check-through loaded with items for Anchoress, and it came back full of jams and other goodies. The bubble wrap I took protected the jams quite nicely and we are still enjoying them.
We could have saved a bit by having more picnic lunches, which I had intended to do, but for some reason we usually ended up in a pub or ...
Reunion
Met up with our neighbours today! Seems odd to go out on our balcony and who is sitting outside admiring the view, why just our neighbours from the crescent, Pat & Jen! Needless to say we had a little catching up to do so we adjourned to the pool with a couple of cold beers and caught up on our travels. it has been really hot today, up in the 40's. bernie and I decided to go the botannial gardens in Alice, but really it was so ...