We’ve Got Texas In Our Rear View Mirror!

Our route out of Texas, starting in Sweeny.

We got a late start leaving Caddo Lake due to rain. It was a mostly uneventful drive to our next destination, Crystal Springs Corp of Engineer Park on Lake Ouachita in Arkansas.  You just really gotta watch out for those snaky, scenic routes!  Ron does a great job navigating the rig, but it can still be challenging!

 

Beautiful sunset

Our site here is great, and we have a great view of the lake.  It was good to just sit outside, visit and enjoy the scenery.  We did venture into Hot Springs National Park. This was our second visit here. We figured the last time we were here was in 1999.  We enjoyed spending time at the only brewery in a National Park – Superior Bathhouse Brewery. Pretzels were great and enjoyed visiting with other folks.

 

Inside the men's bath area

The ceiling in the men's bath area

How can that be comfortable?

Goodness!

Nice spot with a nice lake view.

Our next stop on our road trip was Branson, Missouri.  As the navigator, I was really struggling with which route to take, as all routes there were snaky and scenic.  I use an app called RVLife for RV safe directions and went with their recommendation of heading back to I-30 to Little Rock and then take 65 into Branson.  First of all, I-30 to Little Rock is absolutely horrible, worse than I-10 from Texas to Louisiana.  Highway 65, aka Skyline Drive, is beautiful, but has steep grades and slow turns. There are still wildflowers out!  So, it was a long drive and there were no opportunities to pull over and snap a photo.

 

The RV Safe route

We did score a nice spot at the Branson KOA. Sometimes I’m glad I splurge on a premium site. (I usually will if we’re there more than a day.)  We like to be outside, and these sites are just better for that.

 

We’re taking in one show – Dolly Parton’s Stampede.  I guess it was unfortunate that on Sunday’s, there just aren’t many shows to take in. This show offered a dinner.  Well, very bland. They don’t even give you silverware (but no worries – I had heard this and packed us some plasticware). The show is excellent for little kids and younger families. We found it to be a little hokey pokey.

Very well trained lol

 

We also visited the Titanic Museum.  It was done very well, but it was still a $75 admission fee.

 

We loaded up the next day, which was rainy, and headed for Lake Wappapello State Park, located in eastern Missouri.  It’s a really pretty park and lake.  They had 50 amp, but there were not water hook ups at the site.

 

I wish it was my boat!

Next up is Kentucky!  We will be here about a week taking in several sites that we haven’t visited before.