Leaving Louisiana on I-10 you come to a bridge across the Sabine River. At the other end of the bridge is Texas. Right at the foot of the bridge on the Louisiana end is Exit 1. The ramp goes down the right side of the bridge, circles underneath, then comes back up on the other side. It doesn't go anywhere. . . it's a turnaround!
In Houston, we encountered our first H-E-B, a Texas grocery chain. The name stands for Here Everything's Better, as much a reference to Texas as to the groceries, I'm sure. They are all over the state, and the ones in small towns are modest affairs, but the one in Houston was, appropriately Houston size, which led me in my ignorance to assume that the name stood for Huge-Enormous-Big.
From Houston we detoured south to pay a visit to Van Vleck, Texas. The whole town is only 3 blocks long and wouldn't amount to much if it wasn't home to Van Vleck Elementary School and Van Vleck High School.
Driving around in a 29 foot RV taking pictures got us noticed in a hurry. First the superintendent of schools, then two charming ladies from the elementary school checked us out, but as soon as we announced that we were Van Vlecks, we were treated with great kindness, almost like visiting royalty. If anyone from Van Vleck, Texas should ever read this, I want them to know how much we appreciate the warm reception they gave us.
The folks in Van Vleck gave us directions to the historical society office in neighboring Bay City which houses considerable documentation on the history of Van Vleck. We tried to stop in, but we couldn't find any place to park the RV nearby and finally gave up for lack of time.
Our stop for tonight is an RV Park/Marina on the coast in Palacios, Texas. I just had to get one more look at the big water before starting on our long dry run to El Paso.
Day 58
Sulphur, LA to Palacios, TX
Daily Mileage: 247.8
Total Mileage: 9,380.8
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