Washed Out of Texas!

After nearly three weeks in Rockport, we headed north for a few days just west of Houston in hopes of meeting up with our good friend, Majid Alsayegh.  He and his wife, Mary, were in Houston from their home in Philadelphia for a family wedding.  We had a wonderful visit one morning, and Majid got to meet the new member of the family!

The RV park we were at was named Houston West, but was located in the town of Brookshire - thus the hotel bearing Brooke's name!

Brookshire is 7 miles west of Katy, Texas, a beautiful little city that is the fastest growing city in the U.S.!  Interesting that Texas is the home of Katy, and the home of Brownsville, the poorest city in the U.S.  Katy  has a wonderful city park that we took the dogs to one day.

This is the fishing bridge.  There is a great trail all the way around the park and a dog park.

The black vultures were enjoying the sunshine.

This one was really enjoying it!

Seesta loved the bridges in the agility course!

She's getting bigger - really!

 

As you can see in the park photos, there was a lot of standing water in the area.  We had downpours of up to a foot of rain on some areas.  We didn't realize it at the time, but it was causing major problems upstream at the Toledo Bend Dam on the Sabine River.  The water rushing out of the dam was at historic levels and would cause catastrophic flooding in Deweyville and Orange.  But, luck was with us.  The day after we drove across the Texas/Louisiana border, I-10 was closed due to flooding!  And, we did get to see the beautiful Blue Bonnets of Texas start to bloom.