Friday December 31st 2010

Last day of the year!  I think I have it right this time. 

We don’t have a lot planned for today, well, maybe we do.  We are going to go to Don and LaVon’s to play some zilch.  I went to the “coffee” this morning at the club house.  Had a good time.  There wasn’t a plan or anything so we just had coffee and a donut.  I signed up for the coffee and found out that it was for hosting the “coffee” on Jan 14th!!  Guess I should put my glasses on and read before doing something like this.  Oh well, should be fun.

We made it to Don and LaVon’s about 2PM and we took Sparky.  He likes to go and when we played cards we kept Sparky in his cage and he went to sleep even during all the laughing etc…

The pot luck tonight starts at 5PM so when we got back  to the camper I made a quick attempt at a dish to take.  I just cut up some smoked sausage (and 2 hot dogs) then put in some onion and green pepper.  Guess it was OK, it was gone when we left. I thought about putting a jalapeno pepper in it then decided against that.  Had a good time, lots of visiting.  The people here are really nice, very friendly and helpful.

After we got back home we sat outside for awhile because it was pretty WARM inside!!!  Love it!!  It was beautiful outside with a little breeze.  Sparky was hyper and he really liked biting my shoes and pants. We finally went in and I took off my shoes and Sparky loved it…

He had a lot of fun, not sure if it was a novelty or maybe the smell was intoxicating!!

Here is a nice picture of the Texas sunset on New Year’s Eve!!

Fireworks!!  Lot of fireworks tonight!!  Going to be a noisy night and there is a house at the entrance to the park that is having a party tonight and the music can be heard for about a mile!!  OK that is alright, hopefully it will only be for one night.

We aren’t going to stay up for the festivities.  Will go to bed pretty early. Sparky is already asleep and he really doesn’t like the fireworks, hope he sleeps tonight….Night Y’all….

Thursday December 30th 2010

Last day of 2010!!  Is this a good deal?  God is in charge, doesn’t matter what we think.  In my opinion I had a very good year. We met a lot of nice people and did things and went places and especially good was visiting family even if it wasn’t for a real long period of time.

Now for the day, well, we pretty much stayed home and took it easy.  There were things that I had to do to finish setting up the camper even though I’m sure I’m not going to be in a big hurry to get it done.  I want to wash the camper but probably not today.  I usually do my reading first but seeing as how I can’t get online during the day today will be different.

Had a pretty rough afternoon…

Sparky and I spent a lot of the afternoon out in the warm Texas air, dozing and just enjoying.

This is a picture of the camper in our parking spot at Seldom Rest RV Park..

The park may not be the greatest but the people are really nice and the place is clean and really laid back.  I think we are going to like it here.  I think one problem with South Texas is the humidity.  We can get around the humidity though.

Tomorrow there is going to be  coffee and donut time at the club house at 8AM so Linda thinks she wants to go with me.  OK we will see if she can get up or not.

We went to H.E.B. to get groceries.  I like HEB, it is a large store and they have quite a variety of things.  It was really crowded tonight and the drivers here, well, they are different.  Sure don’t like to be out after dark.

I got online tonight….YES…. I got to post three days of blogs, of course I will post this one tomorrow.  I am really getting my days mixed up.  Had to change the title and now I will probably have two for Friday, maybe not,  but maybe starting the new year I will be able to get back onto the right date…  I sure don’t like the Windows Live Writer I am using, it sure isn’t user friendly.   As I was saying, I got online tonight and I ordered foam for our cushions.  It was a little over $100 but my cushion is almost non existent!  The back is even getting worn out so I ordered four new ones.  Now I can sign off and try to post this one…Night Y’all….

Thursday December 30th 2010

OK I’m missing some things on these blogs.  We made it into Mission yesterday afternoon about 2:30PM after driving in a strong head wind most of the way.  Took awhile to find “Seldom Rest RV Park”  Tom Tom wasn’t much help.  Finally turned it off and drove to the park.  We got unhooked and the camper pretty well set up  We went over to Tip O Texas RV Park and  got in a visit with Don and LaVon.  The took us out to eat at Carino’s, an Italian restaurant. Got a pretty nice picture…

I took some pictures of the food but won’t put them on here because the internet, wifi, is so slow.  We got to talk for awhile and Linda and I were both tired so we decided to go back to the camper, let Sparky out, and then go to bed.  Not going to talk any more….Night Y’all…

Wednesday December 29th 2010

I hate to say this but today is Friday and I finally got online but it is really slow.  It took almost a half hour to post yesterday’s blog.  If I put a lot of pictures in it I think it will take a long time.

We made it To Mathis TX today. We stopped at a campground here that has to be the worst campground I have ever stayed it!!

I won’t put any more pictures on.  This is the laundry that is open to the public and it gets a lot of use!  The shower is also in here but I didn’t even want to look at the showers, the rest of the park is bad I can’t see the showers being nice.

The cable did work real nice here and there was water.  Enough said.  We went to bed at the usual time and didn’t have a long drive tomorrow so good night Y’all….

Tuesday December 28th 2010

We had a good night here at the Gulf Coast RV Park.  I took a couple pictures as we were leaving..

Like I said this park is a five star resort!!  Very nice, very clean….Now to the other side of the track where we stopped tonight…

I am not particularly fond of this campground.  In fact I think this is the worst campground we have ever stayed in and would not recommend it to anyone or come back again.  The lots are not level but the cable works good and the park last night we couldn’t get it to work at all.  The bottom picture is the laundry and shower, it is open to the public.  I think they make a lot of money there. Seems to be popular.

We had a pretty good trip today except for the wind. Wow it was blowing hard out of the south and we were heading south west and we were all over the road.  Glad I wasn’t pulling a trailer, I think that would have been worse. Our Tom Tom was a pain today.  I’m not sure where it wanted us to go but I knew that I wanted to go South on Rt 59 and then to Rt 77.  Changed my mind later when I found out it would be a little closer to go over to Rt 281. This is how we ended up here in the “ghetto” and I don’t mean black or brown just a low life campground.  When I walked Sparky around I met a couple from Poplar Bluff MO.  Very interesting.  They stopped me because they saw our license plate.  Even in Illinois they knew Sterling, Rock Falls and Dixon!! 

Well, so much for our adventures, we, or I was getting hungry and Linda said we had some left over stuff so that will be our supper.  Well, it was my supper.  I also fixed some instant mashed potatoes and they weren’t the greatest.  They are in the trash but I had enough to eat.  Guess I could have gone without and probably wouldn’t have starved.

Going to watch some TV tonight and go to bed.  Night Y’all….

Monday December 27th 2010

OK it is Monday, Sparky got me up at 5:30AM!  A little earlier than I wanted to get up.  It is another cold morning but the sun will shine today, hopefully it will warm up some.  I unhooked the water last night and glad I did.  The water faucet froze.  I had to take a glass of hot water out to thaw it out.  It took awhile but finally it broke loose.  Today will be a big day, packing up to leave is a long process.  Hooking up the car and putting everything in its place is a pretty long process.  I took Sparky in to wake Linda up and he was tired!!

Doesn’t he look energetic?  He was a real “dud” this morning.  All he wanted to do is lay down.  He got pretty cold outside.

We finally got on the road about 10:40AM.  There was a guy walking around that seemed to want to talk so that took a little while.  On the way I wanted Linda to take a picture of the big bridge..

OH NO!!!!  My camera is broke!!  The cover won’t open except for a little crack.  Hope that I still have the receipt for it and the warranty card.

We had a pretty good day traveling, the price of gas is ridiculous.  Now I know that I have spelled ridiculous before but this is wrong.  Re is re not ri!! Oh well, I figure this isn’t the first mistake I’ve made!!

We are stopping for the night in Beaumont Texas at the Gulf Coast RV Park just off the interstate.  It is a PA park and under $20 it is really quite a fancy park.  The roads are twice as good as the interstate we just got off of.  The roads are all cement, the sites are all cement and the yards are all mowed and the even look kind of manicured!  I checked out the rest room/shower and they are really nice.  I will have to take a couple pictures in the morning of the park.

I took Sparky for a walk tonight and he is really hyper.  I walked all over the park with him and he just wanted to run and jump.  He finally settled down after about a half hour in the camper jumping around like a retard.  Guess being caged up all day did something to him.

We will watch a little TV tonight and then hit the hay!  Tomorrow will be another day and I’m pretty sure we won’t make it to our destination but you never know….Have a great night Y’all….

Sunday December 26th 2010

Sunday morning and it is COLD, COLD, COLD!!!  I guess it didn’t get as cold as it could have but it seems to go right through me.  Sparky runs around for awhile and then it’s time for him to go in.  I really didn’t want to go out.

I went to the Chapel today for church.  What makes you happy???  That was his sermon and it was pretty good, toys, sorry that wasn’t the answer.

Being happy with where you are and what you are doing is part of the answer.  I think the rest of the answer is knowing where you will spend eternity!! Helping others is another way to be happy.

We went to church at West Union again today. Pastor Bud asked what we received for Christmas.  The point was out of second Corinthians 9:15 about the “indescribable” gift!  He had some very good points.

After church we went to Steve and Pam’s for Steve’s Birthday get together. Had a great time…

Linda baked a German Chocolate Cake and it really looked weird.  It doesn’t show up well but it looks like a couple of “boobs”. Linda says they are “bug eyes”!  It was good anyway.  Destiny brought a Sopapilla desert that was to die for!!  We had sent her the recipe on a recipe exchange.  We hadn’t tried it but Lisa from back in Missouri brought it to church one night and it was excellent.  The whole meal was a Mexican theme.  Linda made “pork burritos”, Connie brought “Taco Salad” and Pam made “Tortilla Soup”.  Everything was excellent.

Have a few other pictures of the group….

This is a picture of the group and I took it with my camera!!  Love my little camera, not as sharp as Linda’s but does a great job for me.

The have a WII that I had to get a couple pictures of…

We had a great time watching the kids play, eating and taking pictures and talking etc….

We finally went home about 5:30PM to let Sparky out and relax and get ready for the big move tomorrow to somewhere warmer.  Hopefully the next couple of parks will have better wifi.  It is either really slow here or my computer is getting plugged up.  Hopefully not the latter…

Going to take it easy tonight will have to unhook the water, supposed to have a hard freeze tonight, not looking forward to that but the wind isn’t blowing and it seems about twenty degrees warmer…Night Y’all…

Guess what, I can’t post my blog today because my wifi ran out.  It expired this morning at 8:47AM  what a bummer!