Our stay at Hickory Creek was pretty uneventful though dangerous for the bank account as I found some very posh stores in Highland Village nearby. We had a wedding in Jamaica approaching and new clothes were required.
We also had two more possible tornado events. Neither of them hit us, we just got winds and heavy rain.
Saturday 25th March we had a very long travel day, 18 miles!
A travel day does not really change if we drive 18 or 200 miles we still have to go through the same packing up, unpacking process but you would think a short drive like 18 miles would have been a breeze. Nope! I35 reared it's very ugly head again. What a nightmare road, it must be horrible to have to commute on it daily. The traffic was very heavy. John always leaves a very safe stopping distance in front of us but drivers kept swerving in front of us, those that think the other lane is going faster than the one they are in. An emergency stop and wrong turn later we arrived at The Vineyards in Grapevine Texas.
https://www.vineyardscampground.com/
This was an expensive site compared to State Parks or Corps of Engineers but we wanted a secure private campsite near Dallas Fort Worth airport as we would be leaving the rv there when we went to Jamaica. It was a very pretty well maintained campsite on a lake with a cool nearby town. We were pretty close to our neighbors on all four sides and apart from feeling secure in leaving the rv I don't feel it was worth the three or four times extra cost.
Sunday 26th March we drove to The Stockyards near Fort Worth, Texas.
https://www.fortworthstockyards.org/
This is a National Historic area dating back to the late 1800's cattle trade but I felt when we were walking around it was like a very manure smelling theme park. The streets were very busy and it was hard to look around you as you were watching out for the crowds. There were some cool shops including places you get personalized cowboy hats. It has in interesting history and worth a read.
While there we had a drink in the world's largest honky tonk and watched a country dancing lesson.
https://billybobstexas.com/about
Some of the week was taken up with packing for Jamaica. When we had a house I would slowly pack over days, making piles of items to pack, clothes, toiletries etc. then it was John's job to try to squeeze everything into the cases as I do not travel light. We don't have extra room in the rv so the living room rug was used though Morgan was not impressed as she had nowhere to lie for a couple of days.
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| This was a very "extra" trip so a lot was needed |
We took Morgan to a vets practice that had boarding so that if there were any issues they would be equipped to deal with her. They were awesome and her stay there was great.
https://crossroadspethospital.com/boarding/
