Carlsbad Caverns

Just a short hop north of Guadalupe National Park is the Carlsbad Caverns. Its a beautiful developed cave. We tried to stay around for the bats to come out but it was off season so only a few showed up.

Guadalupe National Park

We left the kids place in Houston and traveled west on I-10.  At Van Horn, TX we turned N on 54 to get into Guadalupe National Park.  The hill about 10 miles south of the park was very steep.  We got there in the afternoon and the wind was up.  I nearly overheated the truck getting up the hill.

Campground was a parking lot. 

Interesting tree. 

We took a ride to Williams Ranch. Barbara's first rough 4x4 road on her motorcycle.  Her arms where really tired by the time we got back to the main road.  We had to get a special permit from the park office to ride the road. 

Another attraction there is the Devils Hall Hike. Old creek bed that cut the walls in the canyon very steep. 

Other hikes abounded, from the top of the mountain. 

Enjoying the sun, trying to get used to their new lifestyle. 

An old homestead. 

A hike in Texas

Stopped back by to see Mom in San Marcos TX and went on some hikes.  Flowers were blooming.

Brazos Bend State Park, TX

Wild life is abundant in this Texas State Park.  

The main feature is the Alligator.  They are all over the place.

Madison was watching were she stepped.

Palmetto State Park

Quick stop over SE of San Antonio. 

Work of the CCC

Wonder how long this wheel has been here?

We had trouble getting the 5th wheel parked, very tight turns. 

John Prince County Park and Campground

New toys must be used. So we scheduled a quick trip to John Prince County Park Campground.

http://www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/parks/camping/johnprincepark/index.htm

We also scheduled a scuba dive off of the Starship.

http://www.idivestarfish.com/

Easy lazy trip. Got up Saturday mowed the lawn and packed up. Got to the campground around 3pm, picked out a nice spot on the lake.

We wish we had brought the canoe.

We took a nice walk around the campground:

Then Sunday we got up and went diving:

Next week will do it all over again and then bring the camper home.

John Prince Park is a delight. The county has worked hard in the last 5 years to bring this campgound up to 2009 standards. They have added 50amp service and sewer connections to an area of the campground. They are in the process of adding more. They have signifigantly increased the number of total camp sites.

The restrooms are still the original ones built a long time ago. But they are all clean and well maintained. They have added impact proof play areas and equipment, enough to handle several groups of kids.

We stayed in site 67 next to the lake. No problem getting in an out. This site is scheduled to have sewer connections installed in July 2009. The other site we picked out was 107, corner lot in the "improved" section. Plenty of room to get our big rig into.

There is a small hiking trail near the registration kiosk.

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