Nov 14 Beaumont, LA
We drove a couple of hundred miles to Beaumont and stayed at a Walmart.
Nov 15 Rockport, Texas
We drove 310 miles to Rockport. There were gusts of winds as we were driving and one caught the awning and it ballooned out and ripped. We stopped at a bar by the freeway and pulled out the bar that holds the awning and cut out the awning material. We had to leave it there because it is 20 feet long and we had nowhere to put it. After we settled into the Bay View RV Park in Rockport we were having lunch and we got to watch 2 does and a fawn walking around right near the RV. There is a resident alligator but I never saw it. There are lots of birds here.
We drove 310 miles to Rockport. There were gusts of winds as we were driving and one caught the awning and it ballooned out and ripped. We stopped at a bar by the freeway and pulled out the bar that holds the awning and cut out the awning material. We had to leave it there because it is 20 feet long and we had nowhere to put it. After we settled into the Bay View RV Park in Rockport we were having lunch and we got to watch 2 does and a fawn walking around right near the RV. There is a resident alligator but I never saw it. There are lots of birds here.
Nov 16 Fulton Mansion
Ches and I took a tour of the Fulton mansion. This is an 1877 house built in French second Empire style. Unlike Melrose this house had been empty for years and used privately for commercial uses like a campground so it was in very bad shape when the Parks and Recreation took it over. They are celebrating 25 years of restoration and still have many needs, although the mansion itself has been restored. There are only a few of the original furnishings but the house has been furnished with replicas for some to match originals (for example dining room chairs to match 2 original ones) or furniture from the time period. They have records of what furniture was originally bought. The house is in a nice setting overlooking the gulf of Mexico, but the grounds still need a lot of work. The interesting thing about the family who built the house is that they lived into their eighties and celebrated their 50th anniversary.
Ches and I took a tour of the Fulton mansion. This is an 1877 house built in French second Empire style. Unlike Melrose this house had been empty for years and used privately for commercial uses like a campground so it was in very bad shape when the Parks and Recreation took it over. They are celebrating 25 years of restoration and still have many needs, although the mansion itself has been restored. There are only a few of the original furnishings but the house has been furnished with replicas for some to match originals (for example dining room chairs to match 2 original ones) or furniture from the time period. They have records of what furniture was originally bought. The house is in a nice setting overlooking the gulf of Mexico, but the grounds still need a lot of work. The interesting thing about the family who built the house is that they lived into their eighties and celebrated their 50th anniversary.
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