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    • TravelerDestination Unknown
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      Day 35

      Ink’s Lake State Park

      June 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

      Our objective on this journey is to check out areas with more affordability for relocation. When planning this trip, we decided it wasn’t realistic to bowl through state after state, while the summer was wasting away. Thus the stops at Natl’ Parks and lakes.
      We’ve finally figured out that with school out and our route fluctuating, choice locations on weekends are not going to happen. Knowing that, we haven’t been making plans on the weekends knowing that we may have to sleep in parking lots. Sunday through Thursday we can usually get into pretty choice sites at campgrounds. Places really clear out during the week and it gets nice and quiet. Very peaceful!
      Our stay at Ink’s Lake has been nice. My inflatable paddle board is a little irritating, as I knew it would be. This type of board feels more like you’re riding on top of the water -vs- being connected to your board and cutting through the water. We both feel they have too much bounce and limited maneuverability. We figured that was the case after researching inflatable boards.
      Still worth it! Being out on the water always recharges our souls. It’s such an adventure to go around a bend of the lake and see different wildlife or something different in the landscape, etc.
      As far as moving to Texas…I’m not so sure. The people are extremely nice and engaging. The landscape is very diverse, so we know we could find something we like. Many of the small towns are quaint with a lot of social activity. But the only water I would want to live on so far would be Canyon Lake or the Guadalupe River, both of which are overpriced and overcrowded! And the heat is mighty intense!
      Heading north out of Texas from here.

      **(I know we’re not supposed to feed wild animals, but I had some mushy blueberries and couldn’t help it.)      Read more

    • TravelerDestination Unknown
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      Day 31

      Barbecue and Disillusionment

      June 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F

      This part of the trip was all about world famous Snow’s Barbecue in Lexington Texas. I was up and in line at 6:45 am. Kimberly joined me about 7:30 am. They are only open on Saturday and start serving at 8:00 am. I was 112th in line. They actually opened early, a little after 7:30 am. The free bar opened as well. Yes you heard me, free adult beverages. They have beer and vodka drinks like Bloody Marys, Screwdrivers, etc.

      Miss tootsie the 87 year old “pit boss” came out and greeted everyone. There was a lady taking photos and going to do a piece in National Geographic on working and longevity. Tootsie was one of the people she was including in her story. Kimberly had a really touching moment with her when they talked.

      Anyway, amazing brisket and the whole experience was totally worth it. We met amazing people. The one thing that I have to say about Texas is the people are great. I have never met complete strangers who are more friendly, genuine people in my life.

      On to the highland lakes north west of Austin. The drive out of Lexington was beautiful. Amazing rolling hills with beautiful pasture land, until we got to Round Rock north of Austin and traffic and urban sprawl like you can’t believe.

      We made it to our Harvest Host stop for the night by Lake Travis. Lake Travis is million dollar homes packed in around super steep hills of Limestone on and above Lake Travis. We were not fans and even if we were there is no way we could have afforded anything.

      The lake is at 61 percent capacity, take a look at the photos. Those are boat docks that are supposed to be on the water. Imagine paying millions (literally) of dollars for lakeside property and being high and dry.

      Not really any public lake access due to the drought and only private marinas with guards in place. Still no paddle boarding!!!

      Off to more lake areas north of us tomorrow.      Read more

    • TravelerDestination Unknown
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      Day 32

      Heat wave & questionable water!

      June 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F

      Well, the Highland Lakes aren’t really standing up to their reputation (“clear, blue water”). Canyon Lake was gorgeous, but too windy. Now that we are on the chain of Highland Lakes, the water is murky and quite choppy. We drove all around Lyndon B. Johnson Lake, Marble Falls Lake and sections of the Llano River. None of the areas with public access are nice enough for us to want to get on the water.
      We had lunch in Kingsland and the café that I picked out just so happens to be the original house from the Texas chainsaw massacre. Funny!
      When we arrived at our Harvest Host location it was a very nice, grassy area. The deer have been in the yard and all around the neighborhood. Very nice to watch in our air-conditioned van! 101° Today and will be rising all week.
      We aren’t sure where we’re going from here!
      ** Last pic: everything is bigger in Texas. I put the rubber ducky up against the window for a size reference. It was even bigger than it looks in the pic!!!      Read more

    • TravelerDestination Unknown
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      Day 33

      Finally!

      June 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

      Headed north up to Ink’s Lake State Park and scored an amazing shady (this is a big deal with cooling and refrigeration!!!!) spot right by the water. Not the clearest water, but at this point, we will take what we can get.
      Unfortunately, once we got to the campgrounds, we realized we had zero cell service! Ended up driving back into town so that we could let Susan know she wouldn’t be hearing from us for the next three days. Loaded up on groceries as well.
      We both feel like chuds after sitting, eating and drinking for the last week. We can’t wait to try our new boards out. We had to purchase inflatables, being that there was no way to efficiently transport our epoxy boards. Paddle boarding is such an amazing workout if your form is correct. Looking forward to sore abs, hams & shoulders!      Read more

    • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOM
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      Day 43

      Total Eclipse of the Mooooooon

      April 8 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

      What an epic weekend with 600 Hashers in a campground to celebrate the eclipse and a bunch of other stuff.

      I got to catch up with a bunch of folks I haven't seen in years. There was even a Hash Wedding between an American and Canadian who I met in New Zealand.

      I didn't take many pictures because of the nudity and my phone was pretty dead with no easy place to charge. But there were a couple that are worth posting here.

      I didn't get any eclipse pictures, but I used an app called SunSketcher to capture it and upload the media for science as they try to map the sun's surface (https://scistarter.org/form/180).

      I'm leaving camp now heading to Dallas/Fort Worth for another day or so. No stops along the way today; I'm exhausted.

      So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

      [No data stats today. Will update numbers in next post.]      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Burnet County, مقاطعة برنيت, Бърнит, বার্নেট কাউন্টি, Condado de Burnet, Burnet konderria, شهرستان برنت، تگزاس, Comté de Burnet, Burnet megye, Բերնետ շրջան, County Burnet, Contea di Burnet, バーネット郡, Burnet Comitatus, Burnet Kūn, Hrabstwo Burnet, برنٹ کاؤنٹی, Comitatul Burnet, Бернет, Округ Бернет, برنیٹ کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, Quận Burnet, Condado han Burnet, 伯尼特縣

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