#1 RV Park

 

This is site #9 at #1 RV Park of Tyler. Did I mention that we are stacked  in here like cord wood.

We got up late and who cares?? We did not have to rush today. Check out time at this RV park….and I use that term loosely…was 2:00. We just made coffee and kicked back. We were headed to Tyler this morning but we just did not feel like rushing anything. We played on the computers for a while and then talked about our departure. We would do a little prep at a time until we got it all done and not break a sweat.

We did get out about 11:00 and stopped off at the post office box to mail some bills and my two grandson’s their birthday card…sorry boys Poppa is late as usual. Trash got dumped in the dumpster and then we were off and running. We headed down Collins Road to Interstate 20 and then east for about 80 miles or so to the #1 RV Park Of Tyler Texas…yes that is the name of the Park. Well it is not the best in the world but compared to any of the others close enough to Sherri’s work…yeah it is #1.

No “IT” factor here for sure but not bad. It is a clean park and I have room to walk.

We have a paved drive and a rock patio…which I put he patio rug over. Not too bad a spot….just no room between sites. Believe me this does not have the “IT” factor. More or less this is a parking lot with electric and water. It will do for us…I have plenty of area to walk in and they have a nice laundry showers Free WI-FI full hook-ups Cable TV. So I will be happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.

After getting set up we decided to explore the surrounding area. This is the beginning of the Piney Woods of East Texas. Sherri and I love the pines and the sound of the wind blowing through them is heavenly music. We lived in North Carolina for some time and that is the one thing that we loved was all the pine trees in our yard and the smell of the pine was so refreshing. We missed that moving back to Texas but now when we travel we are so glad to return to the pine forest in Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Arkansas and Mississippi.

We will be here for the next two weeks exploring the surrounding area. There are so many lakes here and forest with birds and wildlife. One of our excursions today was up to Tyler State Park to see the forest and the lake located there. I found an idea spot to launch my boat and take a tour of the lake and maybe try out the fishing there. I will have to talk Sherri into going with me.

We also visited some other RV Parks in the area. We found one park north of Interstate 20 that would be good for entertaining the grandkids if we decide to ever invite them back to see us. Whispering Pines is the name of the Park and it has a family pool and adult pool. There are many things there to entertain the kids. We then left there and went south to Lake Tyler to see what it looked like. Most of the coast line of this lake is developed so there was not too many places to drive down to the lake. Maybe if we have time we can return and explore some more of the lake.

After all the exploration we stopped at China King and had some great food. I know this does not go on my diet but I just had to eat some Chinese food. Most of what I ate was grilled and the vegetables there were just so good.

Our Patio reminds me of some of the apartment patios we had when we were young. You could shake hands with your neighbors. Hey not bad we are enjoying our privacy here…neighbors are hiding  with their blinds closed.

Our awning is shading our neighbors windows…which they closed as soon as the trailer trash arrived. I opened mine so we could gawk at their fancy Motor Home.

After we ate it was time to return home. It was still daylight when we got back so I broke out the vacuum and  did the inside of the truck. Then I put all the lawn chairs out and opened up my outside entertainment center to set the cable channels up. There was a nice breeze blowing and when the channels were set I turned on History Channel to watch Ice Road Truckers….WOW was it cold. One way to beat the heat…watch trucks roll over the frozen roads of Alaska.

Sherri came out and joined me for a while and we sat and talked until it was time to head back inside. We got us a snack and then watched Cold Case. A little weather news after that and it was time to turn in.

View out the back window…Yes it is a parking lot. I will enjoy it no mater what. You know the worst day of retirement is better than the best day of working .

We had a real fun day…just the two of us out scouting the area and enjoying the scenery. We will have other adventures here in the next while and I will have pictures to show….

Somewhere in Time