Our trip last fall from South Dakota to Texas was just a straight run, with the exception of a detour to visit our friends Ava, Sebastian (Bash) and Eric in Lawton OK. We parked in their backyard by backing through a gate less than 9 feet wide. Pictures will be on our web site in the near future. That was the toughest parking we have done.
A stop in San Marcos TX allowed us to have medical treatment and visit friends there.
We have spent the winter in Rockport TX.
The last part of 2010 included wonderful experiences on the Texas Gulf Coast, including a visit from our son.
Just as the visit by our daughters in the Fall of 2010 was the highlight of our time in the Black Hills — allowing us to see things through their eyes as they saw them for the first time, our son’s visit was the highlight of our time on the Texas Gulf Coast for the very same reason.
Padre Island National Seashore is not something to be missed.
The Whooping Cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge are also a national treasure. The best was to see them is by boat, either the very good trip on the Wharf Cat or the excellent Skimmer piloted by bird expert and author Tommy Moore.
Most pictures are not yet posted. This winter found multiple computer failures so picture posting and web site development was significantly slowed.
What has been posted on the web site is mainly South Dakota.
I have just finished updating all of the Custer State Park pages.
Introduction — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/CusterSP.shtml
Wildlife — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/CusterSP-Wildlife.shtml
Sylvan Lake — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/CusterSP-Sylvan.shtml
Needles Hiway — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/CusterSP-Needles.shtml
Mt Coolidge — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/CusterSP-MtCool.shtml
Other pages completed since last summer include
SD Intro — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/index.shtml
SD Recommended — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/SD-recommended.shtml
Badlands NP — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/BadlandsNP.shtml
Sheep Mt Table — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/SheepMtnTable-BNP.shtml
Black Hills — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/BlackHills.shtml
Mt. Rushmore — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/MtRushmore.shtml
Iron Mt. Road — http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/IronMtnRd.shtml
Crazy Horse, including the excellent NIGHT BLAST video
— http://travelingmorgans.com/SD/CrazyHorse.shtml
Items yet to be completed from 2010:
Wind Cave NP in SD
Mammoth Dig in Hot Springs SD
Texas Items, including Coastal Bend and Palo Duro Canyon (also see 2009).
2010 Travels Page is started but needs completion
— http://travelingmorgans.com/TM-Year/2010.shtml
There is a LOT of 2009 yet to go up, including movies of Yellowstone Geysers. Some of the pictures of wildlife can be found on the 2009 page.
— http://travelingmorgans.com/TM-Year/2009.shtml
Our planned trip to California is mapped on the new 2011 page
— http://travelingmorgans.com/TM-Year/2011.shtml
TravelingMorgans.com now has over 100 pages and thousands of pictures.
Please contact us via email if you would like to meet with us on our Spring 2011 travels or during the Summer in California.
You can always contact us via the CONTACT US page.
— http://travelingmorgans.com/TM-Main/TM-ContactUs.shtml
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Larry of The Traveling Morgans
http://travelingmorgans.com
Phyllis, Larry, with dogs Roscoe, Harpo