The End!

Well, New Orleans was our last stop before making it all the way back round to Florida, where we started last April.  As I type this, I'm sitting in the blazing sunshine of the Florida Keys (Key Largo to be exact).  We've been here for about a week and have been snorkeling and kayaking through the mangroves, which has been nice. But before anyone starts sending me hatemail, we also have an unimaginable amount of boring, practical...

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New Orleans, Louisiana

As we headed towards New Orleans we hit some really cold weather.  At one point the front of the RV actually had a sheet of ice above the windscreen as the rain froze on contact.  This was quite a contrast to the weather we had had only a few weeks ago in beautiful Mexico.  In fact I think it was the first rain we'd seen in about 6 weeks! We had managed to secure two nights in a prime RV park which was very convenient...

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Rodeo at Fort Worth, Texas

To the Stockyards Rodeo – yeeee-haaaaa!!  Fort Worth is the 16th largest city in the USA and the 5th largest in Texas.   It is situated just to the west of Dallas but it felt like we had arrived in another galaxy, not just another state, when we rolled into the Stockyards!  We soon realized we had made a great error in forgetting to pack our cowboy boots, hats, spurs and horses; which were pretty much standard attire for...

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The Salt Lick, Driftwood, Texas

We were northbound, heading towards Dallas and Fort Worth for the rodeo.  But first, a compulsory stop-off in the sparsely populated and unassuming area of Driftwood, Texas.  Why?  Well, we've been pretty slack on our tour of the ridiculous "Man Vs Food" style eateries all in all, but this was the location of one we were definitely not going to miss - "The Salt Lick". This place is basically the ultimate BBQ restaurant....

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San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio was our first planned destination in Texas.  In truth, the only reason we went there was because Sharon has this idea that all places that start with "San" are great places.  We honestly knew nothing else about it and I didn't have the heart to shatter her illusion by describing San Antonio's namesake in Ibiza to her!  Besides, when you're "free range" like we are at the moment, you can decide to go to places...

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