RVing/Sailing Lifestyle: Gulf Coast & Welcome Texas

We really enjoyed Florida but I know we are going to pay the price until we get to the west coast. The cost-heat! We are excited to be in Texas and we are staying in 6 different places. Our first stop in Texas was the Cedar Cove RV Park on Galveston Bay. We stayed outside of Galveston in a little town called Baytown. Not a great area for swimming, so we decided to go frisbee golfing in the heat.

Welcome to Texas

Galveston Bay

What a hot frisbee golfer

I don't find the water in the Gulf all that inviting. It tends to be a bit muddy and there is a lot of debris in the water. We did find fresh shrimp right next to our campsite though. Captain Ron's has a stand right next to the campground and it's literally off the boat into your hands. With a name like Captain Ron's, how can you go wrong? If you haven't seen it, Captain Ron is a silly movie about sailing with a family in the Caribbean. A must watch for any sailor.

Highly Recommended

Shrimp Kabobs Ready for the Grill

Austin was our next highly awaited stop. McKinney Falls State Park was our home and we had about a 20 minute drive to get into Austin. I highly recommend State Parks if you are into camping. Prices are reasonable and the sites are a little more spread out compared to private campgrounds. McKinney Falls had two swimming areas and lots of hiking trails. It was so hot we swam every day.

Austin was very nice and we parked at the Zilker Park and rode our bikes into the City. We took a self tour and had lunch at Stubbs BBQ, the brisket was fantastic! Temperatures were over 100 degrees that day so late in the afternoon we went to the City spring for swimming in 68 degree water. This is a spring that the city has turned into a 3 acre rustic pool area. We went out to dinner and then waited for the bats on the Congress Bridge. Austin is home to millions of Mexican free-tailed bats and they live under the Congress Street Bridge where they raise their young between April and October before going back to Mexico. Unfortunately it wasn't a great night for bats and it became too dark for us to see them. We did manage to see a few leaving but it wasn't what we were hoping for. I understand that August is the best month to see them. What really impressed me about Austin was the infrastructure for bicycles. Austin is rated 7th in the Country for bicycles and with all the dedicated bicycle lanes it is easy to see why.