We left Corsicana on the afternoon of the 26^th. During the day we did a walking tour of the city. Texas oil was 1st discovered in Corsicana on October 15th 1885 and an oil boom was started. We visited the court house and a few of the historic buildings. We visited a wildlife museum which was also the boardroom at Watkins Construction Company. It was a large room full of trophy animals from around the world, including Black Diamond, an Indian elephant from the circus who killed a woman in the crowd when he went on rampage in 1927.We stayed the next couple of nights in Belton with some friends, David and Ingrid. I met David about 40 years ago in London, so we had lots of stories to share.
On the 28^th we drove the 60 miles to Austin where we stayed a couple of nights at a nice campground close to I-35. We had a few more things we had to get done in Austin, which of course took longer than expected. But I think we have all our shopping and commitments out of the way for awhile.On the 31^st we drove across Austin to another campground a little further away from the busy highways. When we got here this morning we did a few modifications on our trailer. We put on a couple of aluminum tracks for awnings over the windows. This required drilling into the fiberglass and riveting the tracks in place. I am always happy when a job like that is completed without any damage. I also put mudflaps on the trailer. So we are now ready to start vacationing.