Colorado River Thousand Trails - Columbus, Texas

We really enjoyed our time with Bill and Jenn at Buescher State park, but it was time to get back into the Thousand Trails system.

It was only a 45 mile drive to the Columbus, Tx Colorado River Thousand Trails. This is not the same Colorado River that separates California and Arizona. The campground backs up to the river.

Thousand Trails Colorado River

We were fortunate to get an end site that didn't really back up to the river, but the river was behind us and there were no other sites behind us. It was a short walk to the river.

Campsite

It was a 30 amp site, but there was a separate 20 amp plug so we were able to use the new JTB system that Bill installed. It worked very well!

This park has herds of deer that roam through it at different times of the day. These deer were right behind our coach.

Deer at Colorado River

They have an audio tour of Columbus. You follow a map and turn your radio to an AM radio station when you get to the destination to hear the history of the building. It was very interesting. The sign on the front lawn tells you the radio station to turn to. This was the Brandon House Museum.

Brandon House Museum

Patty had to take this picture of Floyd's Barber Shop. Remember Floyd's from the Andy Griffith show??

Floyd's Barber Shop

Columbus lays claim to the second largest oak tree in Texas. I am standing next to it so you can see how huge it is! They actually need to hold up the arms of the tree with braces.

Giant Oak Tree

We decided to go to Brenham where the Blue Bell Ice Cream Creamery is located. Blue Bell is a premium ice cream brand only sold as far west as Arizona.  

Blue Bell Creamery

The tour was cool because it was a weekday so it was only Patty and I and one other person. They do charge for a guided tour, but you get a bowl of ice cream at the end of the tour. Here are the elevator doors.

Elevator

Their motto is "We eat all the ice cream we can, and sell the rest". I believe it, because we walked by the lunch room and they have a freezer filled with ice cream. All the workers were eating up. After the tour we were having our dish of ice cream and the execs were having a business meeting. They all got their bowl for the meeting! It was funny!

Ice cream truck

That's it for today. The next blog I will post some pictures of the Texas Painted Church tour we did. Here is one picture to wet your appetite. This is a panoramic picture of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Ammansville, Tx.

That's it for today,

Love you all!

Brian and Patty