After a leisurely breakfast, while packing up – our drinking water hose snapped at the campground faucet – so I got a second shower…. LOL Well the good news is that Houston has a really BIG Camping World (as if I needed an excuse!)
We drove through Houston over to the west side of town. As we approached the Houston West RV Park, the rain started. It was still daylight – but a bit on the wet side. Set-up went very quickly as the site was level. Once done we were off to Camping World for a new hose – not sure why it took two bags to carry home one hose…..humm. Then we headed for what we thought was the nearby Costco. On Google maps it looked close, but 20 miles later (in the now pouring rain) – it did not seem that close. We did purchase some great looking steaks (since good steak is hard to find in the valley – you wouldn’t think we are in Texas). We also added a few other items to our fridge.
Jane wanted to do some other shopping at the Katy Mills Mall – same owners as the Sawgrass Mills Mall that Amy took us to in Fort Lauderdale. Unfortunately for her and fortunately for me, the mall closed at 9:00 pm and we finished dinner at 8:45 so we headed back to the RV park.
On Wednesday January 5, we to drive straight to our winter home at Fun N Sun rather than stopping to set up once again. Along the way we found several eating establishments which might qualify for our version of Diners, Drive-ins and dives. Tony’s Family Restaurant in Sealy, Texas advertised the exactly what we needed – truck and rv parking – as well as a hearty breakfast filled with lots of carbs and protein – 3 eggs, bacon or sausage, grits or hash browns and biscuits or toast. What more could we ask for only $4.95.
Late in the afternoon, just south of Corpus Christi, we were finally able to have a meal at Joe Cotten’s BBQ which looks like a saloon right out of the wild west. We have had a challenge trying to eat at Joe’s - on the first trip we didn’t realize until we had passed it that they had a very large parking lot that would accommodate the RV. On the second trip, they closed early because of the extreme cold weather and a major football game and the third trip was on a Sunday when they are always closed. So today we were in luck. At 3 p.m., we were surprised to see 5 waiters in the restaurant but then realized there was a steady stream of customers arriving. We each ordered a sandwich which came served on a placemat rather than a plate so what we couldn’t finish, we just wrapped up and put in our fridge. The table next to us ordered platters – 3 meats and sides – also served on placemats. No credit cards or cheques, just large portions of Texas brisket, pork (not Carolina style pulled pork), sausage or ribs. It was definitely a fun place to try.
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