Tonight is our last night in Livingston. I don't think this town will be our final stopping place. We have stayed here for 10 days and I think that's enough time to spend here.
The park is pretty good as far as RV parks go. It has big spots with 50 amps and decent water pressure. The roads are good. If we wanted to, we could buy either a spot for the RV, or we could buy a small house with RV parking attached. I looked at realtors.com and the going prices for spots in here are from $60,000, to $300,000.
The biggest problem is that there is nothing really to do around here. Covid-19 causes some of the problems, but even if all the restaurants, bars, and associated gathering places were open, there still isn't much to do. Livingston Lake is about it. The nearest Starbucks is 40 miles and the nearest Papa Murphy's is 45 miles. I am not sure how Starbucks allows that much distance between stores.
If we move to south east Texas when we settle down, it would have to be closer to Houston. West Texas is all desert so that's not our first choice. The hill country around central Texas is a possibility as long as we are close to San Antonio or Austin. We are about to try north Texas along the Oklahoma border, so I will let y'all know about that.
I have to use "y'all" now that I am almost a Texan.
Here is a picture of our newest acquisition.
That's Brie in her new backpack. The glowing parts aren't lights, they are just reflective tape glowing in the flash. Brie is fine for about 10 or 15 minutes on a walk, but if we want to hike farther, she can't make it. This will allow her to go come with us.
Our next stop is a place called Point, Texas. A tiny town, east of Dallas. The closest towns of any size are Emory or Greenville. Both still small towns, but at least they show up on a map. We will be staying there for 5 days on Lake Tawakoni. Just killing time before our driver's license appointments on August 13. We will spend 5 days there, then 1 night in Ranger, and finally a week near Lubbock. At least we have heard of Lubbock.
On the home-brew front, I bottled my Oktoberfest yesterday. It tasted fine, so my electric ice chest works. It kept the beer between 74 and 79 degrees. The keg should be carbonated by Wednesday. The 7 bottles won't be ready for 2 or 3 weeks. I will let you know it actually turns out when I taste it. By the way, my last batch was the Golden Ale, and it turned out great.
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