We said goodbye to our little fur family and left our housesit at 8am.

It was thankfully cooler today but still about 35 degrees with 93 percent humidity. But it was overcast and that stopped it getting too hot. It was still really hot, just not too hot.

We stopped at Buccees, a famous service station chain in Texas. We’d already filled up, but we’d heard about their brisket sandwiches so thought we’d give them a try.

This Buccees was jam packed, so we grabbed our pre made sandwiches wrapped in foil and got out of there. On the way I also grabbed some Beaver nuggets which was also a thing to try.

Back in our van we tried our service station sandwiches, not expecting much. It’s not your typical cold sandwich on bread though. It’s actually a broiche burger bun and it’s warm.

Mike had the pulled pork and it was really nice, smoky and moist. I had the brisket and it also was surprisingly yummy. You’ll have to wait for our video to hear about the beaver nuggets.

We only drove 3 hours today and stopped at Davy Crockett national forest. It was a lovely spot to camp, but it was so hot and humid, we plugged our rear air conditioner in and slept for the afternoon.

Around 6pm we ventured out again, this time on our bikes. We rode through the forest and found a lovely swimming spot. A large family group were there, swimming and kayaking, not worried by the water snakes and alligators.

I decided I’d go for a swim in my clothes, but it was like stepping into a warm bath. They told me the water temperature was 33 degrees. I think it was warmer.

I decided it wasn’t worth it for a warm bath as I’d no doubt be left feeling stickier. So we cycled back to our van and had a salad wrap for dinner.

I’ve made a mistake with how long we have to get to Connecticut. I though we had 6 weeks but forgot they’d extended our housesit and we only actually have 4 weeks. And it’s about 4000 kms away! So we’re going to cut some of the places I’d planned to go, and do a few long driving days. Think next time we’ll give housesitting a miss as it’s quite restrictive.