Houston Family Time

February 1-3, 2019

On Friday morning we were on the move again. Our destination Spring Creek Park in Tomball TX. A circuitous route to avoid the TX toll roads and 193 miles later we arrived for our second stay here. Spring Creek Park is a city park with 8 FHU sites that can be reserved 3 months in advance. You cannot come in without a reservation, you have to call or email them. The Harris County Precinct runs the place, gates into the park are shut from 10pm to 7am. And for the price of free, you can’t beat it. They do have stay limits and the weekends usually include boy/cub scouts camping across the street. There are trails and disc golf on the grounds. For us, it’s convenient to visits with Dave’s uncle and aunt.  

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After arriving and settling in we headed over to see Uncle Ray and Aunt Beth. Our last visit here was in November 2016 so we had lots of catching up.

Yes they do have a Christmas tree or two still up

Dinner that evening was at our all-time favorite Mexican Restaurant Don Ramons. Of course, I was too busy enjoying the good food to take any pictures. 

Saturday morning we headed into the Tomball Farmers, a small venue but mainly made up of food vendors. Scored some great stuff in prep for us trying the Keto Diet when we leave here. 

After getting home we took a walk around the park, found a geocache and got a lot of our steps in.

Afterward, we headed into town to see the family and head over to Old Town Spring where we spent the afternoon wandering around the shops. We stumbled upon a store that was liquidating its inventory, everything was 75% off. I scored a new purse that was $5 and Aunt Beth scored some great items if we still were in a house I know a few more things would have come home with me.

For those who have met us and know Dave, can you imagine being with two of him? Dave’s Uncle Ray has the same sense of humor so pity the poor store clerks and random strangers who had the experience of meeting them together. Aunt Beth and I just sat back and watched them in action, what a fun day it was.

Lots of "trash" talk going on with these two

Sunday we headed over to Uncle Ray’s house. We spent time talking traveling and showing them pictures of places we’ve been that may interest them in future explorations. By the time we were done, they were on information overload. Midafternoon we headed across the street to their friends' house where we enjoyed meeting their friends, shared a meal with them and watched the first half of the Super Bowl. At half time we bid Uncle Ray and Aunt Beth a tearful farewell and headed home, where we finished watching the commercials game.

In the morning we head to our last Texas State Park, Martin Dies Jr SP, for a few nights.

Until next time…