Historic Goliad

Greetings from my new fav place to eat, the Empressario in historic Goliad. Belated Christmas meal of amazing pulled pork smothered in in homemade salsa verde and topped with melted cheese over fries.

T loved her burger!

Spent the day taking in the historic sites, doing a little geocaching, and getting Shasta to a groomer...a dog on a road trip that needs a bath is not a good travel companion. She returned beautiful and adorned with a Christmas bow.

Weather: warm rain with thunderstorms predicted tonight!

Mission Espiritu Santo

Presidio La Bahía

Chapel @ the Presidio

Candle for Dad 

Caching @ Peck Cemetery
(One of many Texas cemetery caches.)

Christmas Eve @ Goliad State Park & Historic Site

Greetings from Goliad, Texas. Pulled into the park around 4:25pm. Set up camp, had dinner and enjoyed a balmy evening. We were at one of several small campgrounds in the park. Tonight, three other campsites were occupied, two of which were from Ontario, Canada.

Part of the reason for coming down to Goliad was to see the mission's light display. So after dinner, we set up our own candelaria and then headed to the mission to check out the lights.

Today, the weather hit high of about 73 degrees; tonight's low is predicted to be 60 degrees. And this is why we are here!

Alpine to Goliad: Wild Game and Fast Highways

The one thing about winter camping: you don't have a lot of daylight...We were up early from our Airbnb, packing the car in the dark. As darkness turned to dawn, we were ready to hit the road. We had planned to stay on I-90 much of the way as it is a much more scenic route than Interstate 10. However, as we drove east, the sun was blinding and with all of the game that we saw along the road, we decided that it might be safer to head up to Interstate 10 earlier than planned. Arrived at Goliad State Park and Historic Site around 4:25pm.

Greetings from Ft Stockton, TX where everything is big...even the custom made roadrunner outfit.
Around 9am on 12/24/18; 40 something degrees.