Day 9

I thought we would get an early start today but by the time we finally rolled out of the KOA it was about 10:30. I had made an online reservation at the KOA in San Antonio so that is our destination for today. Then I got Google to plot the route I wanted (as opposed to the route that the GPS would give us) and plotted it on the TX map. The GPS unit and I are not getting along very well; I find the verbal directions too repetitive and annoying and without the verbal directions the on screen map needs to be adjusted to just the right scope to see the turns coming up. On the other hand it sure is handy when street signs are scarce as they were in LA.
It was a nice drive through the gentle hills from Montgomery to Navisota and then down to I-10. We stopped for lunch at a DQ in Glidden, TX where the cashier commented on Cathey's shirt, that had an imprint on it from Forks, WA. She said "Is there really a place named Forks in Washington?" She was familiar with the town from the Twilight Book Series.
While we were setting up the trailer, our neighbor came home from work. She is just out of college and is working for a federal environmental agency that deals with water distribution. She is happy with her job and location since home is only about two hours south and west at Crystal City, TX. Her specialty is range land management so in a couple of years she hopes to move into a position in another part of the state that deals with range management.
Once we were set-up the welcome duck came to welcome us. I was able to get rid of a few stale crackers and made a feathered friend. Cathey said I shouldn't be feeding junk food to the animals!