Escapees September-October 2022

from the bookshelf

Books for RVers By MARCELLA GAUTHIER #12371

Sparks of Memory 75 Years of Adventure PAUL T COX SR #55487 • INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED 2021 ISBN: 979-8779992534 • PAPERBACK: $12.95 • KINDLE: $6.95 This book’s cover claims this to be “A collec tion of journal-based memories that chronicle adventures and misadventures over a lifetime of camping, hiking and living on the road.” Wow! Seventy- fi ve years of interesting and intriguing adventures all while camping, hiking and RVing with a wide variety of rigs. Paul’s fi rst trip across the country was a secret that his mother did not share with the rest of the family, so apparently, a love of the sound of travel came to him in the womb. In addition, Paul has the wonderful

For Goodness Sake, Sasquatch Is In Segno! CARRIE HENDRIX #50066

WWW.AMAZON.COM/DP/B09F1G42CT KINDLE: $5.99, PAPERBACK: $22.99

After publishing the fi rst book of her Podunk Paranormal Series, Oh My Goodness, There Is A Haint In Hillister! , Carrie Hendrix #50066 has completed her second book. In this story you’ll follow the misadventures of the East Texas Preternatural Task Force and psychic, Samantha Thorne, through the Big Thicket of Texas in search of an ape-like creature that has been seen by residents. Along the way, Samantha deals with her rambunctious family members, several departed souls and some cantankerous local char acters to uncover a decades old murder. Carrie Hendrix is the wife of Escapees RV Club’s longtime IT specialist, James Hendrix. They welcome you to check out their Facebook page, “East Texas Unusual,” that is dedicated to unusual topics such as Bigfoot, paranormal subjects, UFO sightings and cryptozoology.

advantage of having his mother and Sharon, his wife of 50 years, keeping travel journals. Paul and his wife highly recommend keeping a journal collection. There are many journals especially designed for capturing travel memories, and many available in camping stores and on various online sites. Find the one that suits your needs and use it. Forgotten memories may come tumbling out of a well-documented journal that would have been otherwise forgotten over time. Paul and Sharon have traveled throughout the country in everything from camper vans to their latest rig, a class-C motorhome. Traveling in a “teardrop-like” small camper with a bed only big enough for two sleepers and a dinette barely large enough to sleep an assortment of their fi ve children often caused Sharon to encourage them into “sleeping under the stars” or in tents. There are so many stories of mishaps and destination misadventures to keep everybody entertained and de fi nitely educated, whether instructions on how to harvest clams or the best places to watch sunrises. Paul is a wonderful writer and, with the use of the many travel journals, he was able to call up memories of places, people and events. He’s an intelligent observer of life as it unfolds. Again, the many memories packed into 75 years give him a perspective of how things have changed and, I suspect, give him thanks for modern RVs. How nice it is not to have to stumble out into a dark rainy night with a fl ashlight and, if you are lucky, fi nding a toilet (or making do with Mother Nature’s facilities.) I found Paul’s writing to be entertaining and instructive, and his stories often caused me to laugh out loud as it brought back memories from my past adventures. These are wonderful stories; I could not stop reading a single chapter until I reached the end. I had to see how it came out. I suspect you will fi nd this true as well and will be entertained and enlightened with the joys of travel ing and being in the outdoors.

Editor, Tammy Johnson

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