Bob & Sandi's Travels

We woke up before the alarm and were ready to go before 7 a.m. However, once we got in the RV we decided it was pretty dark and didn't feel very confident about pulling on to I-27 before it was at least a bit light. So we poked around for 20 minutes. Laughed about how silly our 2 cats are when we leave. The older cat, Mollie, loves yogurt so I had shared a bit with her hoping that would make her happy. Not so! Maggie, our stray who adopted us a few years ago, was sitting in the doorway between the kitchen & living room and Mollie walked over and swatted her in the face--Maggie didn't move a hair. I thought it was like Mollie was letting Maggie know that she would be in charge as soon as we left!

The sky was a beautiful pink as we headed to Canyon! And hardly any traffic. We go 27 to where it turns into 87 on the southside of Lubbock and take 87 all the way to Fredericksburg. Mostly 4 lane but some just 2 lanes but with frequent passing pull-outs. Quiet road particularly on Sunday.

Boy, that little tow dolly works like a charm! Just follows right along. It does require wide turns and the only real distress was in finding somewhere to fill up with gas. Finally stopped in Big Spring at the WalMart and with some planning Bob was able to get pulled in and back out on to the highway. We ended eating crackers, hummus plus cheese for Bob & an orange sitting in WalMart's parking lot. Just easier than trying to find someplace we could get in and back out of without problems.

We found a nice worship service on the radio--certainly not like listening to Stan or Angela & the choir but still "church". We also found a station with old hymns that we could sing along with to our heart's content. We are missing the big all church dinner tonight but filled out our commitment cards before we left and turned them in at the office.

We got to Fredericksburg about 4:30 despite all our rest stops. We love coming here, stayed here in Nov on our way to Austin and have stayed at the Oak Park Campground numerous times. Feels like "home"! Not unpacking much for tonight since we will pull out in the morning, take the loop around San Antonio, then to Corpus and east from there to Rockport. Our "Bobbie GPS" had to be muted a couple of times today--she got very insistant that we needed to leave 87 and turn off on 71 to Austin (our frequent route) and later tried to get us off on some country road just before Fredericksburg! She seems to have a mind of her own. It certainly couldn't be due to programming could it? We tire quickly of her "recalculating"! I am hoping that tomorrow she will be a good navigator around SA & Corpus so I can enjoy the scenery but plan to be back-up with a highlighted map! You know--old people trust paper maps!

Enough for tonight--want to watch the game!

Bob & Sandi's Travels

Hi Guys!
Larry Barton suggested we start a blog with our travels and it sounded like a good idea! Thanks, Larry.

We leave in the morning in our Winnebago pulling the PT Cruiser on the dolly trailer we borrowed from Bob & Dee Thomas. This is our first attempt at pulling a car and don't know exactly how it is going to go. We pulled a camper behind our pickup for about 10 years so hopefully it won't be too different. Guess this will be a few feet longer though.

Bob has the dolly trailer attached to the RV now and backed up to the garage. He is putting some water in the tank so we can flush, etc, tomorrow. And then it will be time to drive the Cruiser on to the dolly with me out assisting. He has only done this once with Bob Thomas' supervision so hope it will go OK and be able to hitch it up correctly. He decided he wanted to do this today in the daylight and then drive it around a bit to see how it takes corners. Once it is connected--well, even now with the dolly trailer connected to the RV--it is too long to leave in the drive as the garage door can't close.

That was our next dilemma! Where to park this over night. Worried about vandalism or someone driving the Cruiser off so asked Larry's advice which was very good. Then Brenda Wilson called and she said "well, sleep in it in front of your house tonight." And guess what? That's the plan! Since the furnace runs on propane we don't need to be plugged in to stay warm and can use the light briefly from the generator. We will come back in the house to eat our breakfast, feed the cat and do the other "leaving on a trip" tasks.

We are picking Gayle up at the airport as she is getting home from an almost month long cruise around South America. We will stop at Cracker Barrel to eat and visit about her trip before taking her to her house. We are really looking forward to hearing about the cruise, it just looked like a dream trip! Then head downtown to the symphony. Busy day!