Waco to Big Thicket National Preserve

Vivian:

Hello friends! (and fam!) today we’ve come from Waco Tx to near Big Thicket National Reserve, also in Texas. When we started off today I was super tired and irritable, since we had woken up at 7:56 which is early for me. The takeoff wasn’t too bad, but someone *Dory* had to take extra long when eating his breakfast. Somehow we still managed to leave a little before nine. We drove for a while, then we stopped at Buc-ee’s (which we never do) and things escalated. Keep in mind, it had been raining since we set off and it was thundering and lightning-ing like crazy. Anyway, the power went out and everyone was like “oh” and we all filed out after paying for the snacks we got. Driving, Driving, Driving. Then we got to the Big Thicket place and went into the visitor center, Dory got a whistle or something.

The whistle/compass combo that Dory chose from the Big Thicket gift shop. Photo by Dory.

Then, we walked on the Sundew and Pitcher Plant trails, the Sundew one was uneventful, and we couldn’t spot any Sundew plants. The Pitcher Plant one was beautiful and we took a picture.

Photo by Stephanie. If I take the photo from behind, Dory doesn’t have a chance to scowl. Also: it was an ENTIRE BOG FULL of pitcher plants!

We then left the forest and rushed to our rv park just in time. Then we chilled for the rest of the day until now. It is currently 9:00 PM exactly, and we just finished dinner. Tomorrow we’ll have to get up early to go to New Orleans. So I need a full nights sleep. Goodbye. -Vivian

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Dory:

“We have come many places, and we have traveled from point a to point b, on the way to Naw’lins.” Quote from me, Dory, traveling to see pitcher plants. So, where do we start? So much stuff happened with so much stuffing as information. Well, there was the Buc’ee’s (buc’ee’s? or buc’ees?) power outage in a storm where CAPITALISM KEPT GOING, NOTHING CAN STOP GENERATORS POWERING THE CASH REGISTERS. Or maybe the BAD WI-FI THAT WAS IN THE RV PARK WE GOT!! ARGH!!! Or maybe, just maybe, the graphing calculator that saved my life, here I have a picture.

I have always wanted a graphing calculator, and I finally got one! YAY!

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Stephanie:

He hasn’t always wanted a graphing calculator, but he has been pestering me for weeks. So I finally caved and got him one to distract him during the long hours of driving.

Also: I would like to point out that despite someone *VIvian* predicting that our departure would be hectic, it was, in fact, not. So there.

I agree that the wi-fi here is abysmal. It is so bad that after several attempts at loading the photos, I gave up and that is why this entry is late.