Yup, this will do for a couple of nights!

Knowing that it's still winter in Canada, we made a conscious decision to stay here in Texas as long as possible where the temperatures at this time of year are more suitable for human habitation.  If that means we have a few long driving days in the last week of the month, then that's the price we are willing to pay!

But, we still did some driving north yesterday.

We slept great at Schriener City Park in Junction, Texas. Woke up to a bit of an overcast day and didn't see much in the way of sun the whole day, and the temperature was cool, at about 65F (18C). But, it never rained.

We drove up to and parked outside the Junction library and used their free internet for a couple of hours, then headed north on route 83. I had in mind a few different overnight possibilities, and we just figured we would stop at the first half decent one.

We didn't have to drive very far!

Yesterday's drive,  a whole 32.5 miles (53 kms)!

The first town north of Junction is Menard. I had read of a county park there that has reasonable prices and a pretty setting by the river. But they also do long term RV parking, and I've seen where places like that aren't that attractive. But it was only a mile off the highway, so worth going to check it out.

Driving in, it looked pretty busy. But, we don't require hookups so that gives us more flexibility. There was nobody at the office, so we went for a walk around. We saw a great spot by the river, and hoped that they would let us park there. Back at the office, I was just about to call the number on the sign out front when a car drove up.

A nice lady got out and asked if she could help. Turns out that she's the manager, but it's a kind of a self serve type of place where you just put your payment in an envelope and drop it in the box.

But, can we park down by the river?

"Sure", she says. "But there's no services down there, so it'll be $6 a night the same as the tenting rate."

Great!

Sherman, at his spot by the river at Menard County Park.

We had some lunch, and then went for a walk. There's a dam at one end of the river close by, but it looks like we could put the kayak in the water today and go for a little paddle. Not sure how far upstream we can go, but it looks worth checking out.

There's Sherman parked by the river.

Ruth, on the dam and spillway.

Great blue heron.

There's Sherman again!

GPS 30.920261, -99.798046

 He looks pretty happy there!

Yup. This will do for a couple of nights!

And a big bonus is that this county park has decent free wifi. And a washer and dryer, although we didn't check prices. The park itself is pretty busy, but the lady told us it's because they're doing windmill generator installations near here and so there are construction workers staying here right now. Hardly anybody around during the day though. 

For $6 a night, we're staying two nights. Today, we woke up to blue sky and sunshine and they're calling for a high of 75F (24C). 

Absolutely perfect. The kayak is definitely coming out this afternoon!

This fellow landed right in front of the motorhome!

Roast pork dinner.

What a great meal. And, that was leftovers! Ruth had done a pork roast the night before, and it was good the first time around. Leftovers were just as good!

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