WOW.......from the hurrying around after getting out of bed, the rushed pace continued throughout the day until about 5pm. WHEW!!!!
After a quick cup of Fr. Roast......I went over to Doug's to see how things were going for them in their packing and preparing to leave for the NW San Antonio area. With their large, double door fridge on the outs for the past 10 days or so, they are hoping to get the problems resolved at an RV Service Center outside of San Antonio. I had called to see about getting the oil in the truck changed and was told to try to get there quickly as the lines were getting longer and they close at noon on Saturday.
Sooooo, we said our farewells.......we have spent the past two months together,......just an incredible time each and every day!!!! If they get their fridge repaired/replaced without toooo much of a delay, then the Porters will continue on out to Arizona for about a month before heading north to the Edmonton, Alberta area and their new condo. They have been gone for a LONG time.....and will have spent six months on the road be the time they return.....if not longer than that.
I do not think that I have announced our new, modified travel schedule for this summer, have I???? Doug and Diane have invited us to spend a week with them in their condo over in British Columbia at Fairmont Springs. This is at the headwaters of the Columbia River in a gorgeous valley surrounded by the Canadian Rockies. Soooo, the 1st Lady and I will fly to Edmonton from STL in late May, arriving a few days before we all drive over to B.C. and to Fairmont Springs for a week in that incredible area. Then we will return to Edmonton for a couple of day before flying back to STL the second week of June.
We are tentatively planning then to go to Lebanon, TN for a very big square dancing weekend at the Fairgrounds there. This time we will take our RV and join many, many others there for that weekend of great fun!!! Hoping that our Kansas friends, Tom and Pat, can stop by our stick and brick on their way there, also!!!!
Then, we plan to do spend some time with the grandchildren during the next month, perhaps taking them on a short camping trip in Missouri. We will then go to Hannibal, MO for the Cedar Creek RV Owners Club Rally in that historic town/area. It should be fun to meet with out CC friends there......!!!!
Returning to F'town then we will only be there for a couple of days and then it is off to the Lake of the Ozarks for the "Howser Music Fest".......the much anticipated and expected large reunion of all of my former students from all 30 years of my career which will be the fourth weekend in July. When that emotional weekend is completed, we will return to F'town, load the RV, and head to Thayne, Wyoming to our RV site in the Star Valley Ranch RV Resort.....the site we purchased last summer!!!! We plan to be there until about the 1st of October when we will return to Missouri for normally the best month of the year there!!!!
Sooooo, there you have it!!!!! Obviously, there will be some alterations...changes....as there are always many things that can occur that will require some changes in these tentative plans. We are still trying to make some decisions about flying to New Zealand for a couple of months after the 1st of the year......???? Time is getting shorter for both of us.....and there are soooo many places that we have on our "To See" list.....we are beginning to doubt that we can get all of them seen!!! DAMN!!!!
Sooooo, today??????????????? After bidding farewell to the Porters for three months, I went over to Alamo and got the oil changed. Returning to the Resort, the 1st Lady had some problems with her new bike's chains/gears, so I called the shop in Harlingen....and they told me to bring in right down and they take it right in and repair it. Soooo, off we went to Harlingen. We were at the shop for about 10 minutes........and then headed back to Llano Grande. Deciding to go purchase some fresh beef, we went over to Donna to Rey's Meat Market where we purchase four huge rib-eye steaks...almost an inch thick. We also picked up some freshly ground hamburger to take with us as we leave the RGV.
Back to the resort........the 1st Lady went to the laundromat shortly after lunch. Myself??? I began to store things away in the basement, packing things tightly, and finally getting most everything loaded and put away. Late afternoon, I went to the resort office, checked out, paid our electric bill, and then went over and had another bottle filled with propane, realizing that we are going to run into some more cold weather along the Gulf Coast.
The 1st Lady spent over an hour at the pool, swimming and enjoying the warm and very sunny weather. Then when she returned, we cleaned up just a bit......and went to Cortino's Ristorante Italianio for dinner......our favorite place here in the RGV to dine!!!!!! Again, we enjoyed the Seafood Combination.....seafood(mussels, shrimp, scallops) laid gently on top of some linguine prepared so delicately with such a rich alfredo sauce on all of this. Sooooooo wonderful.....such a great restaurant!!!!!!!!! We will miss this little tiny place...........
Believe things are ready to leave, but one never knows what will occur. Been traveling too long to not realize that there are always unexpected bumps in the road....but, sure hoping I covered all bases in the preparations.
It has been two fabulous months down here, albeit the worst weather we have experienced in the four winters we have spent here. However, the friendships, the fun, the gatherings we have had......WOW...WOW...WOW...WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! They just can't be beat!!!!!!! Rather sad this evening....knowing this is all coming to an end..........
Tomorrow we have reservations at a nice RV Park just outside Beaumont, Texas.....east of Houston on I-10 for the night. Should be an OK day weather-wise....and hopefully, since it will be Sunday, the drive through Houston will not have to much traffic!!! I should have wifi so I can write tomorrow night while we are there. Biloxi, MS will be the stop for Monday and Tuesday evenings....and then on to Mobile, Alabama where we will store the RV for the week, as we have reservations at the Holiday Inn Downtown until Sunday afternoon. More on all of the wedding week's social enagagements next time................
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT.....REALLY!!!!!!!!!.......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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