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Following the Sun to Texas: Zero to Sixty in Six Weeks
The clear, spring-fed South Llano River at the entrance to SLR State Park near Junction. SLRSP is a smaller park with fewer people, which is attractive to those campers who enjoy a more leisurely lifestyle as they overwinter in central Texas.
Photo by Wanda Blackburn.
Shari and Boyd Bessire try to leave their home in Wyoming each year in October, before the first snow flies, when winter temperatures can already be zero or below. They’re bound for central Texas, where temps will often be sixty degrees or warmer. During their six weeks-long journey, the Bessires enjoy stops at Copper Breaks State Park, Abilene State Park, Lake Mineral Wells, Caprock Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon, before parking their 34 ft fifth-wheel travel trailer at their destination: Sou ...
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