Next Stop: Rocky Point COE Campground, Queen City, Texas

Our next reservation was for four nights at Rocky Point Corps of Engineer Park near Queen City, Texas. The park is southwest to Texarkana, Texas. Our drive was not too bad and we arrived at the campground and were set up in no time.

 Bob made an excellent choice for our campsite: water front and large! Thank heavens it had water and 50 amp electric. We were more thankful for the 50 amp than anything since it was hot! That meant we could run both air conditioners and keep nice and cool!

The next day we drove in to Texarkana. I had no idea that it was the birthplace of Scott Joplin--the composer who wrote 'The Entertainer.' The main street is Scott Joplin Way. There are murals on the buildings downtown.

When we returned to the campground we took a bike ride around all the campsites. Most of the tags were Texas, with two Louisiana and one Arkansas. But wait, there were two Florida tags and they were side by side! Another couple pulled in with Florida plates and we found out they were from Boca Raton! They were also on their way northwest with the Calgary Stamped as their destination.

That night we had a fantastic sunset.

Our next trip was hiking the trails in the park. The first one was only 500 feet long, but the second one went from our campground to Piney Cove, the next campground to the northwest. The trail was the scene of some bad weather and flooding sometime in the last year. We had to follow orange flags that were placed to mark the trail.

 Saturday we made a trip back to Camping World in Bossier City, Louisiana to get a replacement set of breakaway tow cables---we realized that we had traveled all the way from home without ours! Once we got back to the campground, we just relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. Did I mention it was hot? Well, it was too hot for hiking or bike riding.

Sunday was another travel day, next stop Waurika Lake in Oklahoma. Yes, we are not traveling at our usual leisurely pace--we have grandchildren to see in Oklahoma! We haven't seen them in almost 4 years!