Kathi and I celebrated or 40th wedding
anniversary in October 2004. When we returned to the Houston area in November
she had her wedding ring restructured to commemorate the occasion. Both our
sons were living in California. We split our time in the area between the
Almost Heaven RV Park in Manvel and the Green Caye RV Park in Dickinson. The Green
Caye RV Park was much better with paved roads and paved sites. We were thinking
like RV travelers, which means when we got into town for the holidays our next
thoughts were of leaving for our next adventure.
There were a lot of rainy days the end of November and into
December of 2004. At years end we had
some bad times. My cousin, Lloyd Bowden died of bone and liver cancer and we attended
his funeral in Nacogdoches. My brother Mike had a leg amputated. He had little
feeling in his legs due to diabetes and slept with a heating pad on his leg,
which caused a burn that would not heal. The burn got infected resulting in
loss of his leg.
We also had some good times. We visited several times a week
with my sister, Carol and her husband Lloyd. She and Kathi walked a lot and
Lloyd and I joined the walks occasionally. Carol walks so fast, I had trouble
keeping up with her. Kathi and I got all our doctor visits taken care of and received
new prescriptions for the coming year. We caught up with local friends and
relatives. We spent Thanksgiving at a family get together with our niece and nephew Shanna and John Clark. Our youngest son, Christopher flew into town from
Twentynine Palms for a two week Christmas leave. On Christmas Eve, Kathi made
dressing for Christmas Day and we picked up our oldest son, AJ at the airport. AJ
was the first to get to sleep on the fold out bed made from the couch in our
motorhome – he said it was comfortable, but I was skeptical since he is 6’ 7”
tall. On Christmas day we awoke to a blanket of snow on the ground – snow was so
unusual in the Houston area. We spent Christmas day at home with AJ.
Christopher spent Christmas with his girlfriend and her family.
As soon as Christmas
was over we were all ready to get back to our normal lives. AJ had to get
enrolled at San Francisco State University, so he only stayed with us a few
days. Christopher was going to be deployed to Iraq when he returned to
California. Kathi and I spent New Year’s Eve at home watching the fireworks
through the windshield of our motorhome. Kathi always makes black-eyed peas and
cabbage on New Year’s Day. I ate the peas, but left the cabbage for her.
With all our medical needs attended and the holidays over we
were ready to hit the road again so we started planning our next trip. We were
headed back to California to see Christopher and his friends off to Iraq, then
back to the San Francisco area to visit AJ. We went to the laundry and got all
our clothes washed and stowed for travel. We spent the night at Freightliner to
get our oil and filter changed. We visited with my sister, Carol and her
husband Lloyd and they told us they were ready to get out of town, also. They have
been RV travelers longer than we have and I think Lloyd keeps the maps in his
head. He always knows what’s next. Kathi and I had to do a little more
planning.
Next: 2005 trip back to California
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Black bird in a pine tree at Green Caye |
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Arlon standing next to our Alfa motorhome |
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Ducks at Green Caye |
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Old car at Green Caye |
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