We had not planned on doing a review of our stay in Livingston since this was really a stopover from Branson on our way to Rockport Texas but we have had such a great time that we decided to provide an update. Livingston is a little town east of Lake Livingston which is the 2nd largest lake in Texas, almost 40 miles long and 7 miles wide with 450 miles of shoreline. We drove through Lake Livingston State Park and there are some neat camping sites right on the lake.
As mentioned before we are staying at Rainbow's End which is an Escapees park and also the location of the national headquarters of the Escapees RV Club where we have our mail forwarding service. This is a huge campground with home sites and camping sites. There is an activity center and a club house. There is also long term care facility onsite where patients can still live in their RV. But the best part of any campground is the people, your new neighbors for awhile. We met some very nice people and had great conversations about RV'ng, food, eating, all the great topics!
At the activity center is where we had our Thanksgiving meal. The park provided the drinks, turkey and gravy, which we agreed was the best turkey gravy we have had since our moms were makng gravy all those years ago. 199 of our closest friends joined us for this meal. We were broken into tables of 12 who coordinated the other dishes amongst ourselves. We brought mash potatoes and a sweet potato, apple pie filling, and cranberry mixture which was really good if we don't say so ourselves. Others at the table brought a green bean casserole, dressing, salads, rolls and pies. As good as the meal was the potluck the next night was even better. For this potluck all the leftovers from the Thanksgiving meal including the meat and gravy from the park formed a giant buffet line. We worked our way down the line and had some great side dishes.
The highlight of our visit to Livingston though was our visit to Florida's Kitchen, which is a family-run restaurant in a house that's been in their family for years. This place neatly fits into the 'joint' category of restaurants and has been consistently in the Top 40 small town eateries in Texas. We got the sampler platter of ribs and catfish. We have been eating great barbeque in the Kansas City area for years but these were some of the best ribs we have ever had, if not the best. One thing we are certain of is that the sauce was the best we have had. The catfish was lightly bread with a cornmeal concoction and was very good along with the pinto beans being the best we have ever had. Florida's is also known for its Italian Creme Cake so for dessert give it a try along with the very good pralines that we got there. If Florida's is any indication we want to find the 39 other small town eateries.
We are off to Rockport Texas in a couple of days, the next update will be on that area and hoopefully great seafood!!
Till next time,
Bob & Jo
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