Sunday, April 23, 2006

Same ol' same ol'

Well, we weren't back in Indiana two minutes before the weather turned nasty. Had really nasty storms while we were hiding out in Remington, Indiana, at the Caboose Campground. I guess maybe it's a sign we aren't supposed to be here. . . ?? But we are here and in Goshen as of last Monday. We spent the week getting ready for the rally we host here. . . the RV Capital IV Rally to be exact. We hold it at the Elkhart Campground and we had about 25 rigs here. It was very nice, the weather held for us (no snow, thanks to our weather chairman who has redeemed himself since last year's snow fiasco during the rally). I gave the rig a good cleaning before we went over, plus I cleaned most of the house. . . what I had time for anyway. We went over Thursday morning and there were already some rigs there. We had taken a truck load of firewood over earlier in the week to save our spot. We had a steady stream of people coming in Thursday and Friday. It was great to see everyone again and we even met some new people. I was glad when one of the newbies told me that it was everything I had told her it would be. She was afraid she wouldn't feel comfortable meeting so many new people, but that's whats nice about RV'ers. They are just a friendly lot. Besides, she had a Corgi and I told her we all wanted to see her doggie.

We brought Phaeton Place back over to the house along with the car and truck and left early afternoon to go to the woods south of Warsaw where Mom and Dad had arrived the night before. They are camped down at my sister's woods. We visited with them and checked on the new house my sister and husband are building. It will be absolutely beautiful.

We are back to Goshen now and have mowed the yard again. We are trying to keep it mowed when we are here and then having it mowed while we are gone. We are leaving in the morning for central Indiana. Terry has doctor appointments and I have a dentist appointment, a hair appointment, etc. Daughter Jocelyn is flying in on Thursday to Indianapolis so we are picking her up there and bringing her up here to see family, etc.

This next week should prove uneventful. We are going to be here for a few weeks. Son Brandon is flying in the middle of May to Indy, so we will be seeing him then as well. In June we will be returning to Memphis to the acupuncturist and then on to Mississippi for the family reunion and Red Bay, Alabama, for some more coach work.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Monday, April 17, 2006

Back Home Again in Indiana!

We have arrived. Actually, we arrived yesterday. More later, but there is work to be done and I will get in trouble if I am caught on the computer. Just wanted everybody reading the blog to know we are here. RV Capital IV Rally is this coming weekend, so there is lots to do.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Friday, April 14, 2006

Beale Street

Today we decided to talk a tour of Beale Street in downtown Memphis. During the day, Beale Steet is quiet calm, as it is a real hot spot at night. Lots of bars, restaurants and little shops, not unlike some you would find in New Orleans, except it was a little cleaner and just about 3 blocks long. It was actually a nice time to visit the shops as it was uncrowded and not busy. I bought a metal art flamingo to put in front of the motorhome. I will take a picture and get it on line.

Afterwards, we went in search of campgrounds on the southwest side, which happens to be the area where Graceland is located. We drove by Graceland several times. The lines were very long to get in. I would imagine it would be like that all the time. While I am a fan of Elvis' music, I really don't have any desire to visit Graceland and be one of hundreds on the grounds at any one time.

We didn't find any campgrounds suitable in the area. We wanted one southwest so when we come back in June for more acupuncture appointments, we would find a better place to stay. Tunica is looking better, actually. It would be more comfortable, just further away, but that may be what we do.

The acupuncture appointments are going well. My sciatica pain is almost gone. I'm not sure how many treatments I really need, but tomorrow will be my last one for awhile, as we have to get to northern Indiana for the RV Capital IV Rally. Acupuncture does not hurt. I am amazed that it works the way it does. I have been reading up on it and it is an amazing art. Terry's cousin and her husband who use acupuncture for back pain get relief for about a year, then go back in for another treatment. I would be extremely happy if that works for me. I had an epidural which lasted about 9 months. I am too young to keep pumping that much cortisone in my body every year.

We are leaving tomorrow around noon and will plan on driving a couple long days if we can to make it up to Goshen. Our rally there starts on Friday, but many of us are planning on being there a few days early to get everything in place and ready to go.

We have talked with another couple here in the park who also own a Phaeton. Dave and Dianne live on Pickwick Lake and have invited us to get in touch with them sometime when we are in the area. We may just do that, as we plan to visit family in northern Mississippi every year.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Needles and Pins

Well, yesterday morning was my first acupuncture session. I wasn't scared or anything. I had read a lot and knew exactly what to expect. Dr. Barry Song is a Korean practitioner using a very ancient method of acupuncture. He asked a lot of questions and I asked him if he thought he could help me. He said, "Oh, yes." I think he must have placed about 12 needles in my back and I really could not feel them, except for the last one, which just twinged a little. He said that was why he had placed that one last and it went to the nerve that is causing me all the problems. He put a heat lamp over my back then and that felt so good. The needles were left in place about 30 minutes. There is no pain with the needles. I didn't feel much different yesterday, but it is not uncommon not to feel better after the first treatment. In fact, from my reading, if you don't notice a lot of relief to begin with, it is a good sign that you will get much more relief later. I slept much better last night and I didn't have a lot of difficulty getting out of bed and walking this morning. I am still achey, but not as much as yesterday. So I am optimistic that I will get some relief. I go again tomorrow and Saturday.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Monday, April 10, 2006

Elvis has left the building. . . well Memphis.

We arrived in Memphis this afternoon. I have an appointment with an acupuncturist tomorrow, so we shall see how that goes. If you've been reading my blog, you may want to go back and see the pictures I have added. I have a much better connection tonight than I have had previously, so I was able to upload some.

We are in the RV park for the Agricenter in Memphis. It is on the east side. We had thought we might go down to Tunica to stay while I was seeing the specialist, but we decided that was about 30 miles away. We are only about 9 miles away here, so this will be much closer. The park here isn't very well appointed. . . the sites are not really kept up and they have us squeezed in between two units and we don't have much room, but it will be fine while we are here. There just isn't much on the outskirts of Memphis in the way of RV parks.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Saturday, April 08, 2006

The Calm after the Storm

We are still in Red Bay, Alabama, at the Allegro Campground.
Last night was pretty scary. Lots of storms going through all around and over us. Tornado sightings, but fortunately, most were aloft. Sirens blaring their warning blasts are quite disconcerting when you are sitting in a motorhome. The designated shelter is not large enough to hold everyone from the campground and they would not allow pets, so we were all in our motorhomes. It is questionable whether the building is a safe haven anyway. I'd rather be underground when a storm comes through.

But we were spared and feel thankful that everyone here is still intact today. It quit raining sometime during the night and the ground is starting to dry out. People are out milling around. We can see some blue sky above with some white puffy clouds along with some darker rain-type clouds. You can guess that science wasn't my thing by my cloud descriptions. :-)

The dogs made it though just fine. Neal was a little nervous. Terry put him on the couch with him at one point and that seemed to satisfy him. We pulled in our slides when the storm started, but wind was not a big factor. We were worried about hail, but we didn't have any here. I hope we are always able to avoid storms, but I suppose that is not too realistic. There was no where to go to drive out of this one. It covered too large a swath.

We are getting ready to go visit some relatives. I am waiting for the pill I took to start working. My sciatica is making life miserable for me. I am going to have to try something for it. I am interesting in looking into accupuncture, so if anyone reading knows of a good practioner, please let me know.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Friday, April 07, 2006

Tiffin Service

We got a knock on the door at 11 a.m. this morning telling us to move our coach to Bay 8 as soon as possible. This is an Express Bay and generally limited to 3 hours. But since we got it there shortly after 11, they worked on it until closing at 3 p.m. We now have a new windshield, new blinds, a new control box for the electonic levelers (they weren't working quite right), and a couple other things I cannot recall. Terry asked the guy for a couple parts for things he could fix himself, and they gave them to him. And Monday before we got here, we had the bathtub crack fixed along with the front generator hatch panel which needed beefed up a bit. So it has been a productive trip even though they worked us in without an appointment.

We still have more to do, but will wait on that stuff until we come back in June for the Pace reunion, held just 30 miles from here. We are keeping our service number so we should be first on the list when we return.

We are staying through the weekend and plan on visiting some relatives tomorrow. Right now the county we are in is under a tornado watch. They have a community room in which we can meet for shelter from the storm but they told us we cannot take our pets. I don't know anyone who will plan to go if they have to leave their pets behind. We actually were supposed to get storms starting last night, but so far all we have had are some clouds and lots of wind. Nothing devastating yet, but will keep tuned to the weather channel.


Till next time. . .

Dale

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Allegro Campground, Red Bay, AL

We only had to dry camp one day in Red Bay before a campsite became available. So now the waiting game begins. But a fellow came around today and said if we had something that could be fixed in the Express Bay, they could go ahead with it. So we went and talked with the service manager and they are taking the coach in tomorrow morning and replacing the windshield and my blinds that are broken. Then we will begin our trek north. We will be back here in June to get the other things on our list fixed. But we are getting to keep our service number we currently have which means we will be at the top of the list come June. We are learning their system and so we will be able to play the game from now on.


Before we leave the area, however, we are planning on stopping in to see Terry's cousin Lynn and her family and Aunt Teen. Aunt Teen's husband, Clyde just died a month or so ago and we want to go see them.

We are expecting some storms here tonight and tomorrow. Had thought perhaps we should leave, but probably wouldn't be able to drive out of it, so may as well stay put.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Boondocking, day 2

We arrived in Iuka, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon. We drove to Waterway Plastics, which is a Tiffin owned fiberglas company which made our tub/shower enclosure. It has a crack and it's been getting worse. In addition, the front panel on our generator was quite thin and Terry wanted it beefed up. They pulled us in to a slot on their loading dock and they began work immediately on the panel.
The gal who would fix the shower came in to look at it. It was close to closing time and she said she would be there at 7 a.m. Tuesday. We spent an uneventful night boondocking right there until 4:30 a.m. when a semi arrived to deliver steel. We weren't in his way and he eventually shut off his engine as he had to wait for the workers to arrive to offload.

Stephanie came at 7 a.m. and began the process of fixing the tub. The longest part was waiting for the stuff to cure. It wasn't a bad crack. . . did not go through all the layers, and now you cannot even tell where the crack was. She did an excellent job.

At noon we were on our way down here to Red Bay for what we thought was our appointment. Seems they don't have appointments. . . it's first come, first served and this is their busiest time with snowbirds coming back north. The service manager promised he would try and get us in to get the windshield and awning fixed. We will probably be back here in June after the Pace reunion to have some of the other stuff fixed. He said there would be little waiting at that point.

We are in their dry camping area awaiting a campsite which should be today. We have met a lot of other people . . . all Tiffin owners and we are a happy lot!

We are getting ready to ride the bikes into Red Bay and pick up our mail.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Sunday, April 02, 2006

L(ower) A(labama) Rally, Dothin, Alabama

The LA Rally at the Peanut Festival grounds is history. We arrived Thursday. There ended up being more people attending than I thought were going to be. Mark and Patsie Beagle were our hosts and they did a great job. Had name tags for everyone and a bag of goodies. Dothan now has a Camping World, so we naturally had to make a run in there. Friday we did some sightseeing around Dothan. We have been through there many times, but never go to downtown. They have several murals painted on old buildings and they are truly beautiful. Each told a story from Dothan's past. I didn't have my camera with me so I didn't get any pictures. Sorry. The group also set up an agility course for the dogs, so Bailey got to try it out. He was unimpressed. :-)


Friday evening we sat around the campfire until Terry got chilly. We were about the only full timers. I think there was one other couple, but they are currently grounded a bit due to health. Saturday afternoon there was a gaudiest hat contest. Terry had helped me decorate my lampshade. . . and while I thought we made a good effort, we didn't even get honorable mention.
Saturday evening we had our potluck which was very good. People bring different things to potlucks, depending upon where they are from so every potluck is different.

You know from reading my earlier posts that our dog, Neal, started having seizures Saturday just before our dinner, so I stayed close to the house after that. We didn't sit at the campfire because we felt he needed watching. Saturday morning coffee and donuts were furnished, so a good visit was had before we left.

Thanks to "twostepr" and wife for making it a great weekend!

Till next time. . .

Dale

My dog, Neal, part 2

Well, Neal had another and his last seizure (for now) at 7 a.m. Fell right into his food dish. When he was able to eat, it took forever. He wanted his food right then, and since his meds are in the food, I wanted him to eat it. He couldn't stand up, he dumped his water bowl and scattered food all over. I ended up picking most of it up and hand feeding him today. We've seen enough of them to note a pattern and that's why I say he is done for now. They are really nasty, but he seems to recover quicker. He is considerably weaker afterwards however. I had been giving him ice cream afterwards, but it's hard to keep it in our freezer. The ice cream helps to boost the blood sugar. The seizures are the equivalent energy-wise of running a marathon. A neighbor suggested honey since it is natural and said that is what her daughter gives her dog. So I tried that. Course Neal loved it and I had to clean his face, my hands, etc., when he was done. And that was just a teaspoon!

We are in for the night, stopping just south of Birmingham. Had wanted to get further, but decided to get some much needed rest and start out fresh tomorrow.

Thanks for all your kind words everyone, but I'm nobody special. I just love my dogs, same as you. :-)

Till next time. . .

Dale

My dog, Neal


Those of you who follow my blog know I travel with two Scottish Terriers. Bailey is black and Neal is my wheaten Scottie. Neal is handicapped with a condition known as cerebellar abiotrophy which presents itself a lot like Parkinson's. There is no pain associated with it, just gradual loss of voluntary muscle movement.

Neal also has the misfortune of being an epi-dog, one with seizures. It is 4 a.m. and I have been up since 1:45. He is clustering, having the first one at 5:00 p.m. as we were getting ready to go to the potluck. Then another at 10 p.m. and then this one at 2 a.m. This time, he manifested the post-ictal phases very prominently. . . lots of pacing, needing to go out, thirsty, etc. He has added a new one, and that is barking. Not exactly what I want to hear at 3 a.m. I have taken him out twice. He also seems to have the munchies and I think that is why he is barking. He wants fed. But that is not going to happen. I gave him a treat, and now. . . some 2 hours after it all started. . . he has finally laid down his weary head. . . and I for some reason seem wide awake.

With tomorrow a travel day, I know I will be wiped out. I made Terry stay in bed and told him he would be driving tomorrow. . . er. . . today. Oh yes, and on top of this, we had to turn our clocks up one hour, which actually gives me one less hour of sleep. But our travel days are no more than 200 miles and that is all that is planned for tomorrow, so I can make it through that.

Here's hoping Neal is done with the seizures for now. It's been over a month since his last and we had boosted his meds. Just no accounting for these blasted seizures, though.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Light my Fire!

As we were getting ready to leave Rainbow Plantation, a fellow blogger, Susan, stopped by to meet us. She and I have been following each other's blogs for several months and we are so glad she stopped to introduce herself. We got to meet her husband, Jack, as well.
Meeting up with fellow fulltimers you read about on the web is one of the perks of traveling like we do. Eventually we said our goodbyes and we were on our way. We headed out toward I-10 to make the lower Alabama RV.net rally in Dothan.

We crossed Escambia Bay around Pensacola around noon. This bridge was taken out during Hurricane Ivan, I think, and the last time we were here, parts were missing. We were on the side that got hit and they just had open grating down, so it was a little nerve racking.
From the bridge we could see smoke and knew they were having wildfires in Florida, but we just crossed the bridge by about a couple miles and they closed the interstate in front of us. It was I-10. We were about 1/4 mile from where the fire was working toward the interstate and we had a few anxious moments.
The cops were letting people turn around in the median, but in Florida they don't have any crossovers. I got out and was talking to some of the truck drivers and they recommended at our weight, we not try turning in the median. As luck would have it, we could see back behind us many trucks had made the turn, but one was now stuck. It was a car hauler. The one trucker was really nice. . . he was right beside us and he asked if we had to be anywhere. I said, "Nope, we are good to stay." He said that's what he was doing because he was too heavy to go through the median. Eventually all of the car and small truck traffic in front of us turned, but we stayed where we were. After about an hour, the smoke started to thin, and they started letting traffic go through. So we got through and we passed by the fire. It didn't look like a forest fire, but looked like a grass fire, although it had at one point leaped across the road and burned on the other side too.

We arrived in Dothan at the Peanut Festival Grounds and set up camp. Got to meet up with Mark and Patsie (2stepr) Not sure how he spells it. Our rally here starts tomorrow.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Stars Fell on Alabama!

We left Gary and Jo's yesterday morning and arrived at Rainbow Plantation in Summerdale, Alabama, around 2 p.m. Set up camp and wandered into Foley, Alabama, to the outlet stores. Did a little shopping and found a pair of shoes.

This morning we headed west to Fairhope for Terry to get his blood work done. We had no trouble locating the LabCorp and he was the only one in there, so he was out very quickly. We drove around Fairhope which is a quaint little town. They have a downtown area and we saw NO stores boarded up out of business. There apparently is a push by Wal-Mart to open a store in Fairhope and people are divided as to whether it should be permitted. We saw "Welcome Wal-Mart" and "Say NO to Wal-Mart" signs all over.

We visited the outlet stores again and found more shoes for me and Terry and I both got some new jeans. . . retired attire. :-)

When we returned to the camp, we washed the motorhome. . . big, big job. Makes we wish we had a van-camper. Hah. We also washed the little car. Hosed down the awning mats and now everything is ready to go tomorrow. We are breaking camp around 9 a.m. tomorrow and heading for the Peanut Festival Grounds in Dothan, Alabama, to the Lower Alabama RV.net rally. Yay. Rally Time.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Monday, March 27, 2006

On the go with Gary and Jo!

We are in Zachary, Louisiana, at cousin Gary and wife Jo's. We arrived Saturday and set up camp in their back yard. They have 40 acres, I think he said. Since we were here last fall, Gary wired us a 50 amp plug. How's that for service? So plugging in is a breeze. Gary is a charter fishing captain who hasn't fished since Katrina wiped out the fishing camp, but things are slowing getting back to normal down in Leeville, about 20 miles from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Part of the state park at Grand Isle is open. . . there is no longer any beachfront camping and I think the bathhouses were destroyed. I believe a lot of people have left the island for good now, but they did have their own school system and Gary is not sure if the school is running yet or if the students have been relocated. I would like to go see it right now, but we are heading to a rally is Alabama next weekend, so we won't make it this year.

Yesterday we went to the park here in Zachary for a reenactment. We have been to a few in the past, but this one was different and it was quite large. We got to see some demonstrations and visited with a lot of the reenactors. They are really quite passionate about portraying history and most are very well versed about the role of the various companies in the battles.

Today Jo has to go to work :-( so we will probably hang out with Gary and get our mail. We will leave here tomorrow (if the mail comes today) and head toward the Alabama rally.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Thursday, March 23, 2006

One-Armed Bandits

Yes, that's right. . . we are at another casino. . . heh, heh, heh. Left Beaumont yesterday and drove about 100 miles to Kinder, Louisiana. We are camped at the RV Resort at the Coushatta Indian Casino just north of town. The campgrounds affiliated with casinos are for the most part very nice. They are spacious, full hookups with all the amenities, nice facilities and usually a very good value. They hope, of course, that you will go spend all your money at the casino. But that doesn't happen with us.

We set up camp yesterday around noon and just hung around here, getting a walk in and letting the dogs out to get some air. The only problem has been the weather. WHERE IS THIS COLD COMING FROM? Ever since we left Victoria, the weather has turned cold. Had to have the furnaces on. Last night we put the boyz in the bathroom, so we only had to run one furnace. They don't mind. It's nice and cozy that way. It did rain yesterday too, which made it cold and wet, but we have seen so little rain, we weren't really upset about it.

Today dawned cold again, but not wet. Even the grass was dry when we got up. We had breakfast and took our time getting ready to go to the casino. We left just before lunch. We spent several hours there. We didn't win too much. In fact, we were in danger of losing our entire $20 we allot ourselves, so we decided to take in their buffet. After dinner, we hit some machines on the way out; and, as luck would have it, Terry had a hot machine. He won back $20, so it was about a break even day. I figure we had about 4 hours of free (or near free) entertainment. Not bad.

We will be here till Saturday then we are going to travel to Zachary, Louisiana, and drop in on Terry's cousin, Gary and his wife Jo. We saw them in the fall and will stop for a night or two to say hello.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Leaving Victoria, Arriving Beaumont, Texas

While we were in Victoria we took time to do a little siteseeing. We drove down to Port Lavaca one afternoon. We got to see the ocean and we weren't disappointed. We drove out to Magnolia Beach and found several RVers boondocking on the beach. Most of them were Canadians. Boondocking on the beach really intrigues us, but we aren't quite sure about the salt spray on the coach. Don't want to purposely subject it to corrosive materials.

Yesterday we drove over to Goliad which was the site of a massacre of Texas Revolutionary militia under the command of Fannin by Santa Anna. We visited a mission and then the presidio, where the doomed prisoners were kept. The entire presidio has been reconstructed to appear as it was in the 1800's. It is quite impressive and the church is beautifully restored.

This morning we left Victoria at 9 a.m. We headed toward Houston and arrived there around 11. We chose to take the toll road around Houston which turned out to be a good choice. Total cost was $15.75, but the piece of mind with Terry driving was worth it. He doesn't normally drive the big cities, but he was at the wheel and decided to stick with it. The toll road was not heavily traveled and we got around Houston easier than Indy. We are in the Gulf Coast RV Resort at Beaumont, Texas. Tomorrow we head toward Kinder where we have reservations in the casino campground.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Victoria, Texas!

We enjoyed our stay in San Antonio. We met up Janice and Dean (luv2cruise) and the six of us had a great time there. Janice fixed red beans with rice and sausage one night. Patti and I added a salad and cake, so we really enjoyed a feast. One of the greatest things about full timing is the friends you make along the way. Mickey and Patti, Janice and Dean are good examples. We never knew them before, but now we share this great lifestyle and we meet up periodically and do things together.

One day I took Janice and Dean and Patti and drove the Mission Trail. This is the site along the San Antonio River at which these missions were built. It extends for several miles. There are five including the Alamo. They are located south of the city proper and are in various stages of restoration. All four of the churches are quite impressive and masses are held regularly.
You can also book them for baptisms and weddings, etc. The missions all were built as compounds with walls, quarters, granaries, etc. They are definitely worth a visit. They are not generally crowded. It is one of the most impressive and inspirational visits I have made to an "attraction" and it is free. It is not a tourist trap, but remnants of life long ago.

We left San Antonio this morning and arrived in Victoria, Texas, around noon.
We had planned on going to Corpus Christi, but our experience with spring breakers in San Antonio convinced us we didn't want to chance running into crowds out on the Gulf.We plan to be here until Monday when we should get our mail.

(Bailey takes time to smell the roses.)

Sunday, March 12, 2006

San Antonio Rocks!

Yesterday afternoon we took Patti and Mickey to San Antonio to see the Alamo. Man, oh, man. Talk about a crowd. No parking anywhere, every lot was full. I guess spring break is in full swing. (Note to self. . . must plan better when it comes to the working man's vacation schedule.) There was a long line outside the Alamo, so decided to try to find something else to do. Another place on the list was the El Mercado. We were able to find a "reasonable" parking spot for that and walked a block. I have no idea what they were celebrating, but we saw at least 4 bands in the 1-2 block area and they were really rockin'. Wow. (See if you can find Terry in the picture. I am totally obscured.)
Really good Mexican music. . . and the food. . . wow, the food smelled so good. But we were raisin to raisin walking through the area. We did stop at most of the shops and did a lot of browsing. There were so many people.

When we left there, we drove toward the camp and found a barbecue place to eat at. It was very good and we enjoyed a good meal.

I didn't take my camera with me this time, but because I had been to the Mercado twice before and had pictures. But I should have. Patti was smarter than me, so maybe I can pilfer some pix off her blog.

Till next time. . .

Dale

Friday, March 10, 2006

San Antonio!

We arrived in San Antonio yesterday in the early afternoon. Janice and Dean (luv2cruise) were here waiting on us. We had reservations for a week at a campground and to say the proprietors had lied about ALL the amenities there would be an understatement. She said they had pull throughs, 50 amp hookups, big rig spots, etc. We tried 3 different spots before we finally settled on one and then could only put 2 of our 4 slides out. We can still negotiate in the coach, but I was NOT a happy camper. We all just paid for 1 night and morning could not come quickly enough. Before yesterday was gone, we had reservations at another park on the south side of town. We arrived here this morning at about 10:30 and got in our sites. Janice and Dean had to move once because of faulty electric, but we got settled in and are enjoying this place much more than the other.

The campground here had smoked BBQ ribs for dinner tonight, so we three couples got tickets and all went down there. It was very good and when we walked back, we all gathered outside Mickey and Patti's trailer and talked and planned the next couple days. Tomorrow we are going to visit the Alamo, then go down to the Riverwalk and maybe take a boat ride.

I am including a picture of our rig, Phaeton Place, that Patti took while we were on the road.


Till next time. . .

Dale