Michigan bade us farewell with icy roads and an icy windshield. As soon as we rounded the bottom of Lake Michigan, the roads cleared but the freezing temps continued. It takes a long time to warm up the frozen RV interior! Luckily, I am hand sewing the binding on a quilt which kept my lap comfy, but the poor driver (Denny) froze. The second day we found some 50s as we entered Arkansas. This made all the flies and lady bugs from Michigan come back to life. Fortunately a fly swatter is part of our travel gear!

We have been on the road for two weeks so far and just settled down in our 5th state park. The first two were in Arkansas and involved de-winterizing the RV. We have had many below freezing nights and 40-50 degree days.  Luckily our propane heater keeps us warm. We have hiked 3-5 miles and geocached nearly every day which also helps keep us warm!

January 29 was our first jacket free day. Since then days have been in the high 60s and sunny. Heaven! But alas another cold front with a possible wintry mix is on the way. ❄🌬 Brrr!

Most Texas state parks are on lakes, most of which are dammed rivers but still beautiful.

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These two guys showed up shortly after we arrived. Since we don't have a cat with us this year I was forced to give them some of Denny's turkey lunch meat.😂 They liked it so well that they left and brought a third cat back with them!

This tree reminded me (more than once!) of how picky and prickly Texas is!

This park said it had a lot of armadillos. This is the only one we saw!

This tree decided it didn't need any dirt to grow!

Another park, another lake!