Stephen Austin State Park

We left New Orleans on a Friday afternoon and headed out not really know where we would stay that night.  Our only point of reference was that we had a reservation in Austin, TX on Sunday.  We drove for a bit and reached Baton Rouge.  Stopped for a Trader Joe's fill up and made some dinner in the RV before heading back out.  

We made a plan to reach the Texas Welcome Center rest area.  This would be our first rest stop sleep over and went pretty well.  There were several other RV types there and of course truckers.  

We slipped in beside another RV and slept like babies.  

The next morning we explored the visitor center a little bit, walked the boardwalk area they had in the back, and spotted a gator.

Gator at Texas Welcome Center

We took off headed toward Stephen Austin State Park just past Houston, to possibly stay the night.  When we arrived they said there were no spaces available, but we could park for the day.  We made some lunch, got our bikes out and hit the trails in the park.  

Houston, TX

While we were on one of the trails, we stopped to check out the Brazos River.  Luna had her helmet in her hand and the next thing we knew it was in the Brazos River.  Diego and I were like deer in headlights because neither of us reacted.  Partly because we were used to these things happening and partly because the river bank was quite a ways down and we weren't sure if the risk was worth it..  There was a woman slightly closer to the edge and she headed down to get the helmet.  One wrong step and in she went.  I couldn't believe it.  I felt so bad that she was soaked for some random people that were just passing by.  We got the helmet back and Luna was like a ghost in disbelief.

After returning back to the camper the lady from the front desk pulled up in her golf cart to say she had a spot for us.  We stayed the night there without unhitching and enjoyed free flowing water and electricity in our house :)