About 5 miles from us is the San Jacinto battlefield. It is just outside of Houston.It was the last battle againt Santa Anna. After the Alamo Sam Houston army arrived and moved in on the Mexican Army hiding behind a tree line and high ground they caught the mexican army on guard. The battle lasted 18 minutes. 630 of the mexican army were killed and 730 captured. The shooting went on for an hour as the Sam Houston army shot the fleeing mexican army. Only 9 Texans were killed and 30 wounded. Very interesting battle. Google it quite a bit of history. There is a monument on the site that has a museum and a elevator up to the 498 foot observation area. The museum is small but has a real interesting collection of historic items. The knife in on of these pictures was Davey Crocketts and from the Alamo. Some of the other pictures show the amazing waterways in and around Houston. The picture with the straight stretch of road, just past the curve is where our rv park is located. Weather has gotten better. Cold in the am but tee shirt after it warms up. We will be here until Sunday the 8th then moving to Jackson Mississippi. Jackie has an aunt there she want to visit. After that dropping down to New Orleans. Found a cheap bead necklace place here. Bought a bunch for New Orleans just in case. If it goes as planned give out a necklace, have a girl flash and then Jackie slaps me upside the head. Repeat until lose consciousness.
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