Evans Escapades

Evans Escapades–Sticking Close to Home

2012-01-23T12:27:00.000-06:00

Dave is scheduled to teach classes through April, so although we would love to make it to the Rio Grand Valley, and especially to South Padre’. . . it’s so much more convenient to stay centrally located in the Houston vicinity. I guess we had forgotten how lovely the Colorado River Preserve in Columbus is. . . This is the view out our back window most mornings and afternoons. . . We

Evans Escapades–Life is Back to Normal or at Least Close to Normal

2012-01-13T19:02:00.000-06:00

Wow. . .I thought it would be no big deal to write a blog post every week to keep you guys updated as to our goings on. . .but my goodness. . .there’s just so much happening. I’m not sure how some of you folks write a post everyday. The month of December found us at our favorite place when we are “home,” Bay Colony RV Park in Dickinson. We are so at home when we are there, that I never

Christmas is Grand

2011-12-25T16:48:00.000-06:00

Spending our holidays with the Grands and their Dads. . .will catch you up on all our goings on next week. . . Until then wishing you all a Merry Christmas. . .and the Happiest of Happy New Years! Dave and Janice ReadyToGoFullTimeRVing.com

Gearing up for all the Christmas Excitement. . .

2011-12-16T14:25:00.001-06:00

What a difference a week makes. After a quiet, and uneventful time last week, this week has been hopping. . . Dave’s sister was performing at the Houston Heritage Society’s Candlelight Festival at Sam Houston Park in Downtown Houston, and got us free tickets for Saturday night. . . thanks Sis! It was really great, and we highly recommend that you make plans to attend if you are in the area

Lunch with Friends, Cooking, and Basketball, Excitement

2011-12-09T19:15:00.001-06:00

Here’s the real truth of full time RV Living. . .most of the time it’s just day to day life with a few moments of excitement thrown in. . .This week we had friends over for a delicious chicken, cheese, and pasta soup. . .along with a great pan of southern cornbread cooked in my new table top infrared oven. and a follow up later that evening of my youngest grandaughter’s basketball game. Since I

Evans Escapades: Rain - Mud–Weddings and Birthdays

2011-12-02T12:43:00.001-06:00

It has been quite a week. . .we left Double Lake on Saturday morning, headed to my Dad’s place. . .Beautiful and desperately needed rain. ..although we don’t normally travel on bad weather days, it was a really short trip. . .and no major highways, so we headed out. . .all was well until we got to Dad’s place. . .started backing in to the same place we’ve been parking for the last two years. . .

Evans Escapades–Camping Out in the Woods

2011-11-25T16:47:00.001-06:00

Here we are all snuggled up in the woods in Sam Houston National Forest in a lovely little campground named Double Lake Recreation Area. . . Double Lake is consider the local “swimming hole.” Sadly this is all there is of it at the moment. . .the drought has taken a toll on of the lakes in Texas. . .but this is the first one I have seen that is completely GONE! Dave’s family reunion was

Evans Escapades–Still in College Station

2011-11-18T16:35:00.001-06:00

Here we are, still in College Station until next Wednesday, when we’ll head over to Cleveland for the annual Thanksgiving Day Keith Family Reunion at Dave’s cousins. We have a reservation made at Double Lake Recreation area. . .had no idea they had RV spaces. The ranger called last week to verify our reservation, and to let us know the ban burn is still in effect. . .so no campfires, no

Evans Escapades - A Week in the LIFE

2011-11-11T11:43:00.000-06:00

We left the Thousand Trails Park on Lake Conroe a couple of weeks ago. . . here's a shot of the boat docks from the park. . .no wonder the folks who live around the lake are screaming about the city taking an additional fifteen million gallons of water due to the drought. . .wow! While we were there, we attended the not so great Cajun Festival. . .only worth it if you considered the

Evans Escapades: Rockdale TX

2011-10-24T14:10:00.000-05:00

We arrived back in Texas about a month ago, made a pass by my Dad's place to check on the folks, picked up our newest teenage grand and her older sister for a birthday weekend, saw the dentist, (again). . .that was another painful $250. . .ouch!. . .visited the other grands. . .had lunch with RV friends, and got our TexMex fix at the same time. . .and that's about it. . .it's been a whirlwind.

Lake Bryan - a great getaway for a weekend of camping

2011-03-28T12:53:00.002-05:00

Just out of College Station, Lake Bryan was a pleasant surprise. . . a nice swimming area everything is very close to the campground. . .we were there midweek, so there were only a few RV's in the campground. . . more info here this looked like a great fishing spot. . . and the restaurant is available if you don't want to cook. This would be a great weekend getaway spot.

And Life Goes ON

2011-02-15T14:52:00.000-06:00

Although we ended up leaving the valley soon than we expected, we have enjoyed our time at "home" just visiting with the family. Dave is staying busy teaching for the Fire School, which leaves me plenty of time to just goof off. I am enjoying it immensely. My younger brother, the "sweetheart" of the family, celebrated his FIFTIETH on Valentine's Day, so of course we were there to help him

Our trip to the Rio Grand Valley was over before we could blink

2011-01-27T22:04:00.001-06:00

Last week we were in the Rio Grand Valley, in shirt sleeves, eating at a restaurant right on the Rio Grand River, with our RVing friends, Katie and Eddie. . . this park and playground was across the river in Mexico. . . in Hidalgo TX, we were able to be within walking distance of the Border Fence . . . there was a walkway leading to where the Border Patrol were. . .but we didn't

Christmas 2010 with the Family

2010-12-28T15:24:00.001-06:00

We missed Christmas 2009 with the family, because we were the Activities Directors at an RV Park in San Antonio. We didn't really think it would be that big of a deal. . .but boy were we wrong. We really missed all the family get togethers, watching the kiddos open gifts, and having Christmas Eve with all the brothers and sisters. . .so this year, we headed home to Houston in time for the

Merry Christmas

2010-12-24T09:40:00.001-06:00

IF A FAT GUY GRABS YOU AND PUTS YOU IN A BAG, DON'T WORRY, I TOLD SANTA I WANTED A GOOD FRIEND FORCHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW Year !

So Happy to Be Back in TEXAS!

2010-11-15T14:49:00.003-06:00

We enjoyed every moment we spent in Montana this summer. . .but when it was time to come home, we couldn't get back to our home country of Texas fast enough. Coming home through Salt Lake City meant we could add one more picture of a State Capital Building to our collection: and also required stopping to see the beautiful Mormon Tabernacle. . . We didn't arrive in time to hear the

Photography Tips and Tricks

2010-09-12T14:03:00.000-05:00

I must say there are some awesome tips and tricks for great photo shoots in my latest article at ReadyToGoFullTimeRVing.com Check it out here: Full Time RV Living: A Photography Tip Everyone Can Use Be sure to let me know what you think. . .thanks, Janice

Hit The Road JACK...: RV Parking Review Website

2010-09-08T12:32:00.001-05:00

Hit The Road JACK...: RV Parking Review Website Sometimes it's nice to have a little preview before you arrive at an RV Park. . .here's a link to check out. . .and while you are at it. . .check out how we save money on RV Parking across the country. . .here: http://readytogofulltimerving.com/rv-parkingways-save-money Be sure to leave a comment, and tell us what you think!

Another Yellowstone Adventure | the Roosevelt Arch | Yellowstone's North Entrance

2010-08-05T16:16:00.018-05:00

Friends had told us that Yellowstone was really brown, and that we would enjoy Grand Teton National Park so much more because it was a beautiful green. We simply had not found that to be true until we decided to drive over to Gardiner MT, and view the Roosevelt arch. Lo and behold, that is where we found the brown of Yellowstone. . .it really looked like the desert, and although the

Driving the Beartooth Scenic Byway in Montana

2010-07-13T13:53:00.001-05:00

Leaving Yellowstone's Northeast Entrance As we began our drive from Yellowstone's Northeast Entrance, on our way to where the Beartooth Scenic Byway actually starts, we began questioning Charles Kuralt's assertion that this was the "most beautiful drive in America." Yes, what we were seeing was beautiful, and gorgeous, but not any more beautiful than what we had witnessed inside

Loving our New Life

2010-06-23T18:45:00.000-05:00

I know it must seem that all we do is goof off. . .and while that is true some of the time. . .we are also very busy, planning our work, and working our plan. When we retired, we knew that we were too young to touch our savings without paying a huge penalty. . .and hello, I've handed over enough already, thank you very much. . .so, we ventured forth with a plan to become Workampers, which

YELLOWSTONE! YES!

2010-06-10T14:52:00.001-05:00

We made it, we made it, we made it. . .I am so excited! I have been dreaming of seeing Yellowstone since I was in the fourth grade, when my teacher told us about boiling water coming out of the ground. . . She said it was so hot you could boil an egg, or heat a baby's bottle. . .wow, what a great mental picture she painted. . .and at last. . .forty something years later, I have seen it

Buffalo Hunt at Custer State Park South Dakota

2010-06-04T18:43:00.000-05:00

I jokingly posted on my FaceBook page on Wednesday, that we were going to hunt and shoot buffalo. . .with our camera of course. . .wow, what a successful day we had. . .it was awesome to be that close to such magnificent creatures. . .I will only post a few of the very best shots here. . .but you can click on the album link at the end of this post to see them all. . .it was fantastic.

Mt Rushmore - I may never pass this way again

2010-06-04T00:09:00.003-05:00

To see Mt Rushmore, and then to know the story, and the sacrifice. . . fourteen years from conception to completion. . . it is truly an amazing feat. We took pictures from every angle possible. . .as we walked from one outpost to the next. . .I could not get over this amazing engineering feat. . .accomplished at a time in history, when machinery was still new to the scene. . .note

Badlands National Park and Bear Country

2010-05-31T22:02:00.000-05:00

All told, this has been a rather uneventful week, but we have done a couple of fun things, so I'll catch you up. An RV friend, Kathleen, after reading about our excitement at the Corn Palace, said, make sure we didn't miss the Wall Drug Store and our free cup of ice water. I had no idea what she was talking about, but as soon as we left Mitchell SD, we started seeing the billboards every few