Events in this post occurred in December 2007.
Kathi picked me up at Hobby Airport on December 6, 2007
after I had spent a week in San Francisco with our older son, AJ. AJ and I
thought we were going apartment shopping and we did a little of that, but
realized it would be easier if we had a car to drive around. The transit system
in San Francisco is one of the main reasons AJ moved there but we are used to
having our own vehicle with us. We mostly stopped looking for a new place and
began getting his studio apartment ready to vacate.
We spent the next week completing Kathi’s doctor visits and
getting our RV ready to travel. We had been in Dickinson a month. Seeing the
family was fun and important to us and seeing the doctors was a necessity, but
we were RV travelers with itchy feet and ready to move along.
We had lunch with Kathi’s mother and father, Jim and Ginny
Hathaway and her brother and sister-in-law, Larry and Andrea Clark on Friday,
December 14th. We discussed our travel plans over lunch. They were
sorry to see us going again and wished us wellness and a good time. Monday the
17th, we had lunch with our youngest son, Christopher. He seemed to
be okay with us leaving. He and Kathi talk on the phone every day, so we never
feel far away from him.
We left Dickinson to move to the Fredericksburg RV Park in
Fredericksburg, TX on December 20th, which was a Thursday. They did
not allow Passport America rates in the winter time, so we paid $27 for one
night. We were so ready to be moving again, we drove 270 miles on our first day
out. We used I-45 from Dickinson to downtown Houston and used I-10 and Loop 610
to get on US 290. We breezed through Brenham, Bastrop and Austin on the way to Fredericksburg.
Traffic was heavy, but there were no obstacles to slow us down. The trip was a
blur. We left Dickinson about 9 am and drove straight through without stopping
and arrived in Fredericksburg about 2:30 pm. I was tired and Kathi was tired of
sitting. She warmed up pre-prepared food in the microwave and we rested the remainder
of the day.
Friday, we made another long trip for us. I know for a truck
driver 300 miles is not a long trip, but for an RV traveler, it does not give
you time to smell the roses. We like to smell roses and all the other flowers. We
drove 260 miles on US 290 and I-10 through Harper, Segovia, Junction,
Roosevelt, Sonora and Sheffield before arriving at the Parkview RV Park in Fort
Stockton, TX. That’s over 500 miles in two days and we were still in Texas.
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Beautiful colors on flowers on a bush at Red Lobster in Austin. |
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A wider view. I would like to know the name of this bush. |
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Roses for Kathi |
It was great to be travelling. Next stop: Las Cruces, NM.
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