Northbound TX-IN

Gotta love the Jackalope!  This creature graces
more than a couple pubs I've visited!

As Kelly VI and I have now made this trip several times, it is becoming a bit more routine.  Yet, there are always new and unique sights along the way.

This large statue of Sam Houston
is alongside the highway between Houston and Dallas.

My overnight stop was a free campsite
at a local park midway between Houston and Dallas.
It was a bit gray, damp and very quiet, but
being by the water is always good.

Kelly VI seemed quite at home here.

And the sunset was gorgeous!

It's already spring in Texas!  Beautiful flowers roadside.

Back in Keller for a visit with Bill,
we found this fun spot for dinner.

You'll notice that many of the outside table are mounted in the backs of old pickup trucks!
And there's an oil well (non-functioning) in the yard.

Lots of fun things on this property, including this VW Bug that caught my eye.

Even a Ferris Wheel!

 

Bill and I enjoyed an April baseball game
at the Texas Rangers' ballpark.

Campsite at Fort Sherman Dam Recreational Area.

The ducks visited in the evening.

A gorgeous sunset that night.

Well done mural in Arkadelphia, AR

Boondockers Welcome site

Visited this park enroute 

This park used to be a ferry landing and 
that is a ferry that served here.

The high level bridge that replaced the ferry
runs over the dam and locks at this site.

BW site in Eldorado, IL

Loads of fun sculptures at this house. 
Enroute through TX, AR, MO, IL and IN
 I noticed that many farmers' fields were flooded and
many rivers had flowed over their banks. 
While the high waters did not impact my driving trip,
I was concerned for the farmers being forced to plant later than usual.

Great bike trails cross
each other in Eldorado,
so I rode them.