Baytown, Texas

 May 23-24, 2025

Bayou Bend RV site 92

Baytown, Texas

Well, yesterday was a slow-down day for us...stop and catch your breath.  Dad dug out his camera on the end of a cable that bluetooths a pic to his phone, crawled under the rig, unzipped the belly hatch and attempted to discover where the grey tank is leaking.   Of course, with the tank being empty, he was unsuccessful as everything looked dry.  

So Momma did some wash to put water in the tank.  And then we had a brief rain arrive in the afternoon.  Table that project until tomorrow.  How about streaming a movie instead?

After dinner, I had a tailgate tubby and I'm sparkling white once again.  With the evening temperature still in the high 80's, I really didn't need to worry about being wet and cold.  And I always get to play ball as a reward if I stand nicely during my spa treatment.  A happy ending to the end of the day.

This morning the two-legged decided to try the kolaches at a nearby bakery.  

They chose the sausage cheese kolaches.

And passed on the delicious looking round donuts in a variety of flavors and toppings.

Then it was on to the flea market in nearby Pearland.  Momma said she really should have asked one of the vendors selling the cactus what they do with them.  The vendor had scraped all the spines off the beaver-tail looking cactus and Mexican shoppers were purchasing them.  Momma purchased mangos as she is very familiar with their sweet flavor.

There was a varied collection of items for sale from fresh fruit and colorful plants

to new items to white elephant items.

On the way back to me, they passed by a Buc-ee's.  Pam got excited with the green sign advertising the diesel fuel price of $1.79.  She took the next exit and doubled back.  You know what they say about if it sounds too good to be true.....well, in this case, the price had a catch to it.  Under that enticing price was the statement 'with a car wash.'  So the drive up to the pump price was $2.79 which is about 5 cents more than the Murphy station by Walmart price.  Buc-ee's knows how to advertise! 

And once again, Momma saw 3 vehicles parked at the pumps with no humans in sight.  Then a truck pulled up and Dad and his daughter climbed out and headed inside....without touching the hose.  And right behind him were half a dozen empty parking spaces.  What is all that about?  Especially when the pump lanes were full and there were vehicles attempting to locate a space by a pump.  Momma calls that inconsiderate😕

I know Dad is thankful we are parked on nice, smooth cement and not rough gravel.  He slid under the rig once again and this time, with the drip occurring,  he could finally determine the exact spot of our grey tank leak issue.  I guess we'll just be leaving the valve open until we can get a patch kit which hopefully will see us through until we can get a replacement tank installed which probably won't happen until we get to the the factory service center for our September appointment.  

Momma said Dad definitely deserved a reward/treat for diagnosing the drip issue so it was off to Dairy Queen for a 'happy hour' blizzard treat. 

That put a big smile on his face!!  I'll bet a blizzard would make me smile as well....

I'm Chloe