Another month gone

We have had a nice week. No rain and plenty of sun. Today was in the low 60s and windy. We are to get rain tonight.
I have a private horseback riding lesson Tuesday morning. Instead of riding in a line behind a guide, I will be with one gal who will teach me instead of lead me. It will be a 2 hour lesson. I hope my behind survives :)
We have planned a trip to El Paso the end of the week. Dad's cousin Dave Spirek lives there. He grew up in Fort Dodge but haven't seen him for decades. We decided to go visit. It will be in the 70s there this week so we thought it would be a good time to go.
We went to a place 5 miles down the road tonight for supper. You take your own meat and grill it there and they supply the potato, salad, roll and dessert for $4. They had 2 guys who played the guitar and sang country music. Really a fun night.
One month left.......

Hot and Cold

Sunday it got to 79 and today we got a little snow. The park had a potluck tonight...MMMMM GOOD>
Bill's aunt Nita and uncle Max stopped on their way to San Antonio to visit their son.
Tomorrow we are driving up near Dallas. Thursday-Sunday is the largest swap meet in the world.
We will come home Friday.
Time is going much too fast!!
We are really enjoying spending time with Patty and Darlow!

Beautiful Day!!

We are enjoying wonderful weather. It gets close to freezing at night but by noon it is in or near the 50s.Next week it should be the 60s.
Yesterday Aunt Patty called for us to come over (just across the lane). Bill's cousin LeRoy and his wife Darci took a week off and came down this way to visit. They live near Cimarron, Ks.
They took us out to eat and we had a good time. They went to San Antonio today to see The Alamo and The River Walk. They were meeting up with LeRoy's brother Richard tonight. Don't know if they will be stopping back here on their way home or not.
We got our tax paperwork mailed to our Accountant in Burlington today. Then I dropped Bill off 3 miles out of town and he is walking home.
I will relax the rest of the afternoon with my quilting.
This is the life!!!

So Sad!!!!

I got a call this morning from Rhonda, Anita and Lin. They were at the airport in Omaha. Their flight had been cancelled because of snow in TEXAS. All along we were worried about them getting from Fort Dodge to Omaha. Oh, No. That went fine. But it is snowing in Texas and they can't land for the first leg of the trip.They tried to get to somewhere else (Kansas City, Chicago, etc) but the soonest they could get here was late Saturday. Their return flight would be early Monday. That just isn't enough time to justify the price of the ticket :(
I have a big pot of soup simmering, so we invited Patty and Darlow to eat with us tonight.
It is rainy here but snowing up north. It is to be a nice weekend, in the high 50's and low 60's. Guess we will have to find something else to do.

Patty and Darlow arrived

Aunt Patty and Uncle Darlow have arrived!! They traded for a larger motor home last month and have spent that time getting everything organized. On the way, on Sunday they had a front tire blow out. Then on Monday the same thing happened to a rear tire. They have some damage to get repaired...their slide won't go out on the motor home. Also they are trying to get their TVs hooked up.
We had them over for chili last night and saw Darlow at coffee in the office this morning.
Today I get my hair cut. Hope I get the cut I want :)
Then tomorrow Rhonda, Lin, Anita and Jill arrive and will be staying at the motel next door until Monday!
It was supposed to freeze last night but was 34 when we got up! The next 3 days are to be in the 50s in the daytime and 30s at night. That is better for the Iowa gals but cool for us.
I am getting food ready for tomorrow. Gotta go.

Good News

The electrician came yesterday and it only took him 1/2 hour to complete the job. It wasn't our trailer at all, but the electric post here at the RV park. The 50 amp plug was only getting half power so half of our outlets, etc. didn't work.
After he left we walked to downtown (1/2 mile to Main Street). This is Cowboy Mardi Gras weekend and there were people EVERYWHERE!
We finally got our awning out and big plastic rug mats down. It rains a lot and they help keep the grass/mud outside instead of in. We grilled for supper. It was 69 yesterday and sunny, the first really nice day since we got here. But compared to Iowa they have all been nice.
We will walk down to the parade at noon and then sample gumbo at the gumbo cooking contest.
We think Bill's aunt and uncle Patty and Darlow will be arriving Sunday. They traded to a bigger motor home and it took a bit longer to get it ready to go.
Super Bowl party at the Community room tomorrow evening. There is always something going on down there....3 get togethers this week.
Better "clean house" (it doesn't take long) so we can go have some fun.

Quite a trip

Our drive to Texas started out last Sunday morning. We stopped at an information rest stop just inside Texas. Bill noticed a problem with one of the trailer tires. The trailer was resting on the tire. It turns out the axle broke. We called AAA. Figured we would have to have it towed to the nearest town and who knew how long it would take to find someone to fix it. Well, AAA sent a 24/7 vehicle repair. He had a welder on his truck and fixed it on the spot! 3 1/2 hours and over $400 later and we were on the road again. WHEW!!!!
We stopped for the night about 5PM and stayed at a motel. Weren't in the mood to hook up the trailer in a campground.
We arrived in Bandera about 1PM Monday. Bill hooked up everything outside and I put out the slide and started setting up inside. When Bill came in we noticed that some of the electrical outlets were not working. Next door neighbor told us of a camper repair place in the next town that made "house calls".
I called them Tuesday AM and made appointment for today. It started raining last night and rained steady all day. That was not a safe time to work on electricity so had to reschedule for Friday. It is supposed to be sunny and in the 60s then. After describing the problems we were having we were assured they could fix it, just don't know how long it will take.
I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of 4 of my high school girlfriends to get here next Thursday for a 4 day weekend!! 8 of us get together in the Ozarks in August. This year one of us is in Corpus Christi and I am here near San Antonio, so 3 are flying out of Omaha to meet us Snow Birds for some warm weather.
Zack called with news from Kelsi's ultrasound. It is another Grandson. That makes 4!!!!