Texas to Colorado

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We couldn’t avoid torrential rainstorms that hit just as we got to the Texas coast. Unsurprisingly, just like our winter home in Florida, summer is the rainy season in this part of the country. Hot and wet — not a great combination.

Most years we avoid the rainy season by traveling to Oregon during the summer. . This time we chose not to escape. It was worth it because the reason for our Texas detour on the way back home was to visit our oldest son and daughter-in-law, their son (our grandson) and his wife, and their two children.

We had good memories of this part of the country from our RV years (before our family members moved there). And we’d hoped to re-visit some of those places with the family. But the weather was definitely not conducive to beach visits — especially not for small children or their great-grandparents. . So we enjoyed just visiting, getting to know these two great-grandchildren a little bit, and doing indoor things instead.

We managed to squeeze in one short nature walk between downpours — this tri-colored heron posed nicely for us at the Leonabelle Turner Park in Port Aransas, a favorite birding spot from all those years ago. We used to see dozens of birds every time we went there — but that was during the wnter/spring season. On this hot and humid summer day most of them were hiding.

The detour was certainly worth it because of the family visit but we could have done with less rain.

When we left the gulf coast we drove pretty quickly (for us) toward Colorado, with just a couple more overnight stops in Texas and two more in New Mexico. We always look for the first mountain we see when we migrate from the flatlands. On our usual route when we drive, that first sighting would be in Colorado. But this year, the Albuquerque New Mexico area took the honor.

And the mountains and blue sky just kept getting better. This is the little Colorado mouontain town of Silverton. We spent one night there before arriving at our Colorado goal.

Driving the Million-Mile Highway we knew for sure we were back in real mountain country! We were very close to our next planned stop, where we’d see our Colorado family and find more mountain scenery to see and explore.

More mountains to come!

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