Today we stowed all our loose stuff, hooked the Barbarian Invader to Charlotte and departed from Colorado River RV Park in Columbus. Because of our TT membership, our cost to stay for the last week was $0.00. Colorado River is a great campground with views of the river and tons of animals to watch.
We drove south for about 3 hours on Texas single-lane blacktops most of the way and it was splendid. The countryside is gorgeous, making a slow transition from hilly oak forest to flat tidal marsh near the Gulf of Mexico. The flat lands near the Gulf are peppered with sloughs, dikes, ponds and estuaries and the wildlife certainly changes with the environment. Up at Columbus we saw lots of deer, cardinals, fat yellow-bellied squirrels, warblers and common grackles. Near the coast we encountered cara-caras, great blue heron, snowy egrets, whooping cranes, ruddy ducks, lots of kestrels and the ubiquitous grackles.
We eventually ended up on US-35 and pulled off into the Bay View RV Resort in Fulton. Fulton is a tiny town next to Rockport which is a bit larger than a tiny town. On our last pass through this area, we stayed at this park. In 2015 the management assigned us a spot that, because of some maintenance and grading issues, made it impossible to level our fifth wheel. We drove to the office and bitched and were promptly awarded a different location which was level, roomy and overlooking the lake.
This time, the grumpy girl at the counter assigned us to Space 131 which was substantially too short for our 34 foot long trailer, had no place to park our tow vehicle and also had a sewer connection cleverly located under the adjacent tenant’s outdoor porch carpet and boots. Fortunately for us, a campground employee named Chuck drove up in his golf cart and noted there was a problem. He called the grumpy lady and we were miraculously re-assigned to Space 192 which is spacious, has a visible sewer connection and is located perfectly for us to get a great satellite signal.