Anahuac, TX
Camped at: Frascone Winery - a Harvest Host stop
Dates: Dec. 11, 2021
Crossed the Texas state border mid-morning, and followed our GPS directions to a well-worn, small community where we had reservations at a Harvest Host location to spend the nite. Phil met us in his golf cart once we encountered the “Harvest STOP!!! sign”, and led us to our RV pad for the nite, which has hookups! A rare occurrence for Harvest Host stops, and kind of nice. The Frascone Winery is a very small family operation but they happened to have a saxophone player (Bob) and seafood and sausage gumbo on the house. We bought a bottle of their “Biker’s Blood Red” and took in the music and free gumbo (quite good). We met another couple from Appleton, Wisconsin, who happen to be on their way down to Brownsville, TX for the winter. Turns out the guy’s parents both went to St. Norbert College - another small world experience. We had a nice time swapping stories of the state park experiences, and we made a strong push for Gulf Shores State Park, which they plan to hit on their way home.
The Anahuac Wildlife Preserve is located about 20 minutes from here, so we hopped in the Jeep to head over - not before we put on long pants, turtlenecks and vests - it’s cold here (low 50s with a strong wind). It snowed 18” at home last night, so I’ll still take the weather we’re dealing with now. Owen is missing the snow, and particularly Buck Hill so we’re hoping we can find some skiing in the mountains of Arizona for him.
