Livingston Living

 We arrived in Texas and  have been very pleased with the Escapees RV park. The people are friendly, the grounds, laundry facilities and tiled bathroom are nice and clean. We took a tour of the headquarters, mail forwarding service and the CARE center. CARE stands for Continuing Assistance for Retired Escapees, the only one like it in the nation. It is not a nursing home. They have a live jam session once a week, a Big Breakfast on Friday, Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, games, movies and Vesper Service Sunday evening that is open to everyone in the park. Click on the link to learn more. Escapees CARE

 Our love for Mexican food had us searching and we found a great place. We went there for our first meal and to celebrate that Scott received his Texas drivers license. I am still waiting on more paper work to get mine. When was the last time you had to show your Marriage License? They didn't like my Birth Certificate either. Thanks Wyley for going the extra mile to help!

It hasn't been all rainbows. Plowing through all the paper work for vehicle inspections, registration and licenses, voters registration, insurance, lots of phone calls, and obtaining drivers license has been challenging but we are taking it one sheet at a time. I took some time to "relax" in between. 

Sunday, July 17th was National Ice Cream Day and if you know Scott we had to attend the ice cream social at the clubhouse and met some new neighbors. 

Yes, it is hot in Texas but we go for sunset walks every night 

and the pool is fabulous in the afternoon. 

Now that we have most of the legal stuff done it was time to go out and explore.

Big Thicket National Preserve  had a ranger led night hike on Friday so we signed up. It is about 45 minutes southeast of Livingston. We arrived early to hike a few other trails.
              



A small group of 22 adults and children started off on a one mile hike with a few red lens flashlights. In the ninety minutes program the ranger talked about how insects use their different senses to hunt, attract mates, communicate and mark their territory. We were treated with bats flying over our heads as she talked about how they use echolocation.  She found two scorpions on the boardwalk using a black light flashlight and they glowed - very cool! We saw Pitcher plants which are one of the five species of carnivorous plants in the United States. With the clear sky and miles away from the city we had a beautiful star show and the ranger pointed out the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mars as well as some constellations.


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