Great Weekend, Even Better Monday

Went to Canyon Lake this past weekend, visited Gruene, Texas and shopped some, great little town.   Did what every RV'er does and stopped at the Camping World Store in New Braunfels, Tx.  Picked up a few supplies.  Ate at the Grist Mill and drove the river road to Canyon Lake.  We stayed at some friends apt. that they built over their garage next to the main house.  On Sunday I got up and went fishing with my Nephew Chad.  Didn't catch anything but it was expected as they Guadalupe river is way down due to no rain since April.   This was a time to share and talk not necessarily catch fish.  Left there and traveled to Wimberely, Tx.  then on back to Austin.
Got up this morning and went with the wife, her sister Debi, and 2 female friends.  They talked me into getting a "works Pedicure"  Wow is all I can say, my feet and legs have never been so pampered.  Even got the Hot Stone Treatment.  We then had lunch and I wanted to see if my nails had grown so I could go again.  Take care until next time.

P.S. we leave for our winter home in Rockport Texas this coming Sunday.
Lee & Linda

wednesday

We spent most of the day getting the RV cleaned up and sorting through some of the extra stuff stored on board.  We try to get rid of it if we haven't used it or don't really need it.  Linda's sister flew back today as she was in Chattanooga visiting with her mother.  Their Mother is not doing any better and we are just waiting on the Telephone call.  Beautiful day today sun is out but they still need rain.  Take care we will check in later on this week, hopefully I can go fishing on the Guadalupe River this weekend in Sattler Tx.  Yeah Trout here I come.

We found it.

We found a RV Site in Rockport, Texas.  It is at the Drifters RV Resort.  Wow is all that I can say to it.  It is clean, sites are big, planned activities,  on site laundry, free cable, and WiFi.  We will leave Austin on 11/6 and travel 208  miles to Rockport.  They said that they had 3 days last year where you had to wear long sleeves.  Here is a picture of our site.

Winds are a Blowing.

We had to get up at 4:30AM in order to bring in the Awning as the winds were blowing at between 30 & 40 MPH.  They say that they will die down tonight or tomorrow.  Sun is out and supposed to get up to 78.  Linda and I went to Sportsman Finest a fly fishing shop and looked around.  Great place.  Tomorrow we go to Fredricksburg and Luckenbach for the day.  I love the salsa shop and also the brewery with the German food.  We will go to Rockport on Friday and spend the night coming back on Sunday.  We will stay in a motel.  When we find the right place we will take the RV down and spend the winter there.  Plans are to stay until February then possibly travel to Daytona for the Nascar Race as Good Sam's is sponsoring it.  Life is good and Linda and I are enjoying each others company.  We played Murbles yesterday,(murbles is a giant marble game)  had a ball.  We are presently learning to play domino's.  Take care I have to cook now.  Steak, Baked Potatoe & Salad.  Not bad for retirees.

Monday

This is the first Monday that Linda has not had to get up to either work, or travel.  I think that today is the first day that she has realized she is retired.  We got up early around 6:45 and sat outside in 58 degree weather and watched the sun come up.  It was a great sight.  Helping Debi put the pool cover on and doing research on the RV parks in Rockport.  We are going to Luckenbach and Fredicksburg on Wednesday and then leaving for Rockport early Friday to visit some Parks.  We are well and enjoying life together.

Lee & Linda

We Have ARRIVED!

We are in Austin Texas, arrived Tuesday at 12:15.  The roads in Arkansas are the pits, when we crossed into Arkansas it was fine until about 25 miles from Little Rock on I-40, then on the bypass it was okay, but on the other side of LR, on I-30 it was a pain, and the truck and RV were bouncing like a basketball.  Lost the shade on the lamp in the Rv but Wally World has plenty.  Dallas traffic was a nightmare, I would have to leave about 4 hours early if I worked there.  I-35E was great as was I-35.  Google La Hacienda RV Park in Austin and it has some pics on it.  I can say that this is the best park I have ever been in.  We went to Linda's sister's house Wednesday night where they had a surprise BD party for her.  Filled up the tanks today and cleaned up the RV. Resting tonight by ourselves, tomorrow we are going to Deb's boyfriend's house for me to check out the bike that I will be riding saturday on the shiner ride.  Grilling burgers tonight and then relaxing.

On the Road and Tired

WE left Lebanon, Tn this morning at 6:11am after getting bed at midnight.  We surprised ourselves by getting in 525 miles today.  Our goal was 300 with a max of 400, but we were traveling on adrenalin and made it to Hope Arkansas on I-30.  We are 27 miles from Texas so we will get into Austin a day earlier than expected, the RV park in Austin told us to come on down.  We arrived here at 3:50 and after unwinding for a while it is now 5pm and I am going to bed.  Take care I am getting a shower then to bed and continue the saga in the morning.

The Rally's Over

Well it is over for this year.  The rally was great we all had a ball.  No pictures yet but soon.  We are beat from running about 18 hours a day but we enjoyed it. It was a crazy week with skits, and even on Thursday 2 friends of ours got married here.  Our best friends who are the Directors for the State married our other best friends who had been together for a number of years.  The 6 of us have been friends for 5 years and they finally pulled the plug. About 10 couples went out to eat tonight after getting everything picked up and cleaned up.  When we got back I had ordered a cake for Linda, Ron and Jim who all have birthday's this month.  Linda's is this coming Wednesday.  We are leaving early in the morning and traveling to Texas, we hope to get to south of Little Rock and spend the night, then on to south of Dallas then to Austin on Wednesday.  It's late and we are really tired so off to bed and up early in order to get around Nashville before the traffic gets bad.  Take care and we will see you soon.

Rally Starts n the Morning

The rally starts in the morning and everything is set up.  We rode the bikes about 3 miles today, legs are tired and we must have walked around 5 miles.  Pictures will be available in the next day or so.  More to come in the next day or so when we have some down time.

On the Road Again, (Sound Familar)

Left Chattanooga at around 6:30 am this morning, No traffic to speak of and very few Big Trucks.  Ran at 60-65 mph most of the way stopped at the rest stop on Monteagle for a walk.  We like to stop every hour or so just to stretch and use the restroom, since we can't go as long as we used to.  Besides we have it with us.  Also drinking coffee as we go.  Made it to the James Ward Agriculture Center at around 8:30 CST.  Got set up and the weather is great a little nip in the air 62 degrees.  Made the trip to wally world and picked up a few things for the week.  We will be here for 8 days then on to Texas.  Hard to believe that we left Chattanooga and will not be back for 6 months.  See you then.
Lee & Linda