We used to live in Texas for many years before we build our house and moved to Colorado. We knew the area around Dallas/Ft. Worth pretty well and had several trips to San Antonio, New Braunsfeld, Fredericksburg, Houston and Galveston. We traveled through the pan handle extensively due to our many drives up to New Mexico or Colorado.
However, since we became mobile I have seen areas of Texas that are surprising me. From Magnolia Beach, to the scenery on I-10 from El Paso to San Antonio.
This past week we have been staying in the hill country at Canyon Lake. It is truly beautiful. The lake is large and very clean. The park we are in has large sites and embraces a few miles along the lake. Potters Creek Park has a boat ramp and a swim beach. Of course it is hot here right now considering it is July (heat index warning of 108 today!), but the mornings are nice with a breeze coming over the lake. So we are getting some biking as well as swimming in for me. I really am enjoying this area.
So far I have to admit our time back in Texas has been actually very good. We have been spending time with Niki, including the girls now. We have been riding our new bikes. Access to things that make live easier has been so much better and affordable compared to Colorado. We are actually a tad shocked to realize that for 15 years we were held hostage, without knowing it, to expensive services from food to medical. Literally everything is cheaper here in Texas. Even the campgrounds 😂 and they offer more from space to amenities.
So yes, we all like to stereotype places and admittedly for 15 years we carried the status of living in Colorado well. It is after all a beautiful state but it is also very good at covering up its short comings as in monetizing nature and putting high price tags on everything, ah taxes. There must be some truth to why many are migrating to Texas from Colorado (no that is not in our future!). However, it is also fascinating how upset Coloradan’s are about the migration from California and Texans into ‘their’ state. Maybe I put this on my to do list as in studying migrations from states to states and figure out the why. I think the move to Texas, even thought the heat sucks, is due to the much cheaper way of living. It must be the reason as well why so many stay here even thought they say they hate the politics. They know that moving to the ‘blue’ or ‘purple’ state means higher cost of living…. So much I am figuring out in my old age…😂.. I guess better late then never.
Which brings me to why I love our new lifestyle even more! We are not held hostage by places. We can enjoy the beauty of each state and soak up what we love and then move on. If a place changes or rubs us the wrong way we pack up and move on. This country is large and there is so much to explore. Even in places we think we know. In this case it’s the state if Texas that is giving me a new insight.
Pure freedom in every way for my restless soul.
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