Today was a travel day. We departed Shelby, MS early Friday morning. After crossing the Mississippi River at Greenville, MS, our trek across southern Arkansas was uneventful. We entered Texas at Texarkana, famous for being the place where Burt Reynolds stole a semi-trailer load of Coors beer in "Smokey and the Bandit." We left Texarkana empty handed. It rained, hard at times, for most of our drive throughTexas. We drove about 450 miles and 9 hours today and landed at the Thousand Trails Lake Texoma, on the shores of Lake Texoma, near Denison, TX. Lake Texoma is touted as the "Striped Bass Capitol of the World". Too bad we didn't bring a boat. We haven't fully explored this preserve yet, but, from what we have seen so far, it is the nicest Thousand Trails preserve we have been in. We will lay up here until Sunday and then, after another travel day, probably spend Sunday night near Albuquerque, NM.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Travel day: Texas Bound
Today was a travel day. We departed Shelby, MS early Friday morning. After crossing the Mississippi River at Greenville, MS, our trek across southern Arkansas was uneventful. We entered Texas at Texarkana, famous for being the place where Burt Reynolds stole a semi-trailer load of Coors beer in "Smokey and the Bandit." We left Texarkana empty handed. It rained, hard at times, for most of our drive throughTexas. We drove about 450 miles and 9 hours today and landed at the Thousand Trails Lake Texoma, on the shores of Lake Texoma, near Denison, TX. Lake Texoma is touted as the "Striped Bass Capitol of the World". Too bad we didn't bring a boat. We haven't fully explored this preserve yet, but, from what we have seen so far, it is the nicest Thousand Trails preserve we have been in. We will lay up here until Sunday and then, after another travel day, probably spend Sunday night near Albuquerque, NM.
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Okay, so, probably a stupid question, but 1000 trails? Literally? 1000 trails to where/over what?
Thousand Trails is a national membership campground resort group. I have no idea how they came up with the name "Thousand Trails". They call their resorts "preserves". "Our properties are known as "preserves," because we protect nature and beauty of the environment for our members' enjoyment." The majority of the Thousand Trails preserves are on the west coast, but there is a concentration in Texas and some along the east coast.
http://www.thousandtrails.com/pages/about.htm
Myron
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