Davidson Woods

February 13, 2017 - Birthday Departure
woodstrehl submitted on January 18, 1970
No, it was not planned. We were supposed to begin our thousands of miles voyage by land, sea, and air yesterday. But, an unexpected snow storm prompted us to remain in Brooklyn for an extra day. That way I got to shovel snow in two states. It also gave us another day with Elley and Roman.

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February 3, 2017 News from the Woods of Brooklyn
woodstrehl submitted on January 18, 1970
I have not posted in too long a time. Still, this forum is probably a good place to provide news from this spouse of lovely Anne as we embark on a long land voyage, possibly starting a week from tomorrow. All guidance suggests one never report on travel on-line, but our home security must depend on something other than the world knowing we are mostly not there.

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Hungry Mother State Park, VA April 27, 2016
woodstrehl submitted on January 17, 1970
Our motor voyage draws to completion. We pray for a fair wind to bring us home tomorrow afternoon. This final pause in the greening mountains of the East reaquaints us with the moist climate of home. What a contrast to the dry lands of west Texas.
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March 29, 2016 Seminole Canyon TX
woodstrehl submitted on January 17, 1970
The sun is shining and the wind is shaking our rig. The sky is gray and the sage, acacias, and many herbs are in bloom providing a blue, green, and yellow mosaic of color across the plateau flat and the canyon walls. Spring is here.

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March 19 - D’Hanis Texas (Near San Antonio)
woodstrehl submitted on January 17, 1970
We retired from Laredo yesterday and moved north to this point at the edge of the Texas Hill Country north of the South Texas Plains. We knew the weather would be cooler and welcomed the cold front that blasted past us last evening bringing wind, heavy rain, and a bit of medium-sized hail.

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March 12 - Falcon Lake TX
woodstrehl submitted on January 17, 1970
Our rig is parked below a Texas Ebony Tree in the campground of Falcon State Park in southern Texas. This weekend has brought a crowd of mostly fisher families to enjoy the grand reservoir above the Falcon Dam. The old town of Falcon is long submerged along the old banks of the Rio Grande River. The new town of Falcon is a bit east of here. It has never recovered from its relocation.

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March 6, 2015 - Mission Texas
woodstrehl submitted on January 17, 1970
We leave Mission this morning. Once a sleepy town on the Mexican border, Mission is now part of the popular Lower Rio Grande Valley. This includes walled and well watered communities that are similar to gated communities in southwest Florida, shack communities of recent immigrants, vast farms where the corn is now in some places a foot tall, grazing lands, salt scrub, and a miles long commercial strip along US Route 83. Between Brownsville and Mission there are about five miles between each Walmart.

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South Texas Sunshine February 25, 2016
woodstrehl submitted on January 17, 1970
We’re in a large RV park that reminds us of the Siesta Bay Resort near Fort Myers. Palms, flowers, and noisy blackbirds grace the grounds. The temperature is now 74 degrees and a fresh breeze feels cool. We have been exploring woodlands, marshes, and scrublands of the lower Rio Grande Valley and enjoying the associated subtropical flora and fauna.

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