{By Kelly}
We headed west towards Texas and the Riveted Roost took a beating along the bumpy roads of Louisiana. Apparently, something happened to the Airstream-to-truck wiring, prompting the truck to issue countless warnings that the trailer is disconnected from the truck. We could see in the rearview mirror that this wasn't true and upon inspection, we couldn't find any obvious issues. Nevertheless, the alarm would chime every other minute, causing Justin to nearly have a nervous breakdown.
Despite the alarm, we continued on our path toward Round Top, TX, home of the Junk Gypsy World Headquarters. The Junk Gypsies share my affinity for Airstreams and I had to stop by their store on our way to Austin. I found some goodies, including a fun "Happy Camper" T-shirt, then we headed to lunch, where Justin could get a beer.
We headed west towards Texas and the Riveted Roost took a beating along the bumpy roads of Louisiana. Apparently, something happened to the Airstream-to-truck wiring, prompting the truck to issue countless warnings that the trailer is disconnected from the truck. We could see in the rearview mirror that this wasn't true and upon inspection, we couldn't find any obvious issues. Nevertheless, the alarm would chime every other minute, causing Justin to nearly have a nervous breakdown.
Despite the alarm, we continued on our path toward Round Top, TX, home of the Junk Gypsy World Headquarters. The Junk Gypsies share my affinity for Airstreams and I had to stop by their store on our way to Austin. I found some goodies, including a fun "Happy Camper" T-shirt, then we headed to lunch, where Justin could get a beer.
 Kelly & the pups with Large Marge at Junk Gypsy World Headquarters |  A well-deserved beer in Round Top |
Stop #3: McKinney Falls State Park
After Round Top, we headed to McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, TX. Texas State Parks have a cool reservation system where they hold a site for you and you select amongst what's available when you arrive. We found a beauty in campsite #7.
We had a nice, large campsite at McKinney Falls. Remington approves.
Once we got set up, Justin began looking into the annoying alarm that kept going off in the truck.
{Justin, here: I was mad as a hornet for the entire drive from Louisiana to Texas because of that alarm. About one time per minute for hours on end. I ended up disconnecting the power to the curbside brakes and that solved the problem. The brakes still aren't fixed, but it's a priority item on my list.}
{Justin, here: I was mad as a hornet for the entire drive from Louisiana to Texas because of that alarm. About one time per minute for hours on end. I ended up disconnecting the power to the curbside brakes and that solved the problem. The brakes still aren't fixed, but it's a priority item on my list.}
McKinney Falls (a filming location for the HBO series, "The Leftovers" - the spring in the town of Miracle, TX)
After figuring out the issue with the trailer wiring, we took a walk to the falls and went for a swim in Onion Creek. That evening, we went into town for dinner, stopping at the famous Airstream food truck, Gourdough's for dessert. We split the Flying Pig doughnut, which had bacon and maple syrup icing. Oh Good Lawd, it was delicious! The dogs were rather pleased to share the bacon with us.
A postcard-perfect evening in Austin
Learn more about McKinney Falls State Park here.
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All photos © Kelly Beard, The Riveted Roost
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