February 16 – 20, 2016
DAY 5
In our RVing travels we have not yet gone 2098 miles in 5 days and hope to never do it again. It’s not that it was bad, it was tiring, more so for David than me. I don’t want to drive when we are towing, but I contemplated offering once on I 65. Other than that the combination of horrible bumpy roads, high speed limits, crazy drivers, add high winds and sometimes rain, not my forte.
The ride here was loooooong! We took I 10 straight through downtown Houston. Presidents Day, Monday at 10:30 a.m. could not have worked out better. The only other really big city that we traveled through was Atlanta , Georgia. That was horrible, Houston was a piece of cake, in comparison.
My first impression, Mustang Island is very different than any other Island I’ve been to yet. I am an “Island Girl”. Some of my favorites are the Florida Keys; St. George Island, Fl; Jekyll Island, Georgia and Block Island, RI.
There are NO trees here in the park. The campground is, in my opinion, one step up from a parking lot. Each site does have a cute little canopy covered picnic table. In order to have the picnic table on the same side as our house door, we had to pull in instead of back in. For RV-ers you know all your hook ups are towards the back of the RV. David packed extra hosing for water and an extension cord for the electric. Using the electric extension we only have 30 amp service instead of the preferred 50 amp. We’re hoping to not have to use air conditioning while we’re here. We thought the $20 per night (water and 30/50 amp electric) fee was reasonable. There’s a catch … there is a $5 per person daily park entrance fee. Which calculated to an additional $80 for the 8 days we’ll be here. We were able to purchase a Texas Annual State Park Pass for $70. I’m not sure if that is for one or two. David may have to pretend to be a totem pole and carry me into the parks on his shoulders 🙂
Plus #1 This is the first State Park that we have visited, where Pets are allowed anywhere on the beach. They must be on a leash. E T LOVES the beach! They also allow vehicles on the beach , which I’m not really sure I like. It’s going to be another adventure!
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