View from atop Davis Mountain in Texas 
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...a wandering alien from a different plane roaming the universe in a tiny camper...
Altitude 823.348 ft Monahans, TX 55°F (feels 54°F) Windy (wind 18.4 mph)
Arrived just in time to catch last glimpse of sunset gracing the dune tops…
🗺 Monahans Sandhills State Park 
OMG accidentally ordered tacos with very hot Indian spices. Ended up crying and wheezing from the heat lol. Geez wonder how people can handle it.
Altitude 189.98 ft Belton, TX 55°F (feels 53°F) Clear (wind 6.6 mph)
Feeling a bit worn from constant travel… This camp will provide a nice few days of rest.
🗺 Cedar Ridge campground 
Here lies a discarded alien exoskeleton that surfaced from the sea while we slept. 
Altitude 63.396 ft Burton, TX 49°F (feels 47°F) Clear (wind 5.3 mph)
Blazing my way to the warm soul of deserts in the west… Campgrounds are sparse so far across Texas this time of year.
🗺 Yegua Creek campground 
Is there such a thing as a haunted bird house? 
Altitude 25.089 ft Jasper, TX 57°F (feels 56°F) Mostly Cloudy (wind 7 mph)
Big and mostly empty, snagged beautiful spot right on water. Bliss.
🗺 Sandy Creek campground 
…near Prentiss, Mississippi
Fall foliage at Lake Jeff Davis 
Altitude 108.884 ft Prentiss, MS 64°F (feels 62°F) Mostly Sunny (wind 8.9 mph)
Back on the road! This sleepy campground is on a beautiful stocked lake. Love the fall foliage…
🗺 Jeff Davis lake 
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9-5 Smiles fer the world, oatmeal coffee, reading your lips
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Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky This morning drinking my coffee and soaking in beauty all around I detect a long, solitary filament of cobweb
Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky
A momma and her son have been camping on an island across from where I’m camped. Their dog too, who could wander freely without getting lost.
At night I’d see the faint glow of a flickering campfire on their island from across the water.
This morning they loaded up their... alongtheray.com 
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Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky (It looks like I skipped a couple pages in my journal so this is a continuation of entries on Aug 31st.) I find