Visiting With New Friends

Thursday
April 16, 2009

This morning we woke up and Thomas took a shower before getting on the road to Louisiana and I had my coffee with Gina before I headed to work. Gina called me later in the morning to tell me she was going to the pool to layout for a while. Around 1 o’clock she called me and told me that another big black Volvo truck and fifth wheel had just pulled in to the campground. After researching on the escapee’s forum I figured out who it was. Gina had stopped by there on her way back from the pool and met them and they invited us over for this evening for cocktails.

I had a long day at work today and didn’t get home until 6:45 this evening. Gina had already decided to have steaks tonight. Dinner consisted of a nice bacon wrapped filet with a baked potato and steamed broccoli. Before we sat down to eat, Gina put some of her great homemade brownies in the oven. We got the kitchen cleaned and then walked down to visit with Larry and LaVila, they’re the owners of the Volvo truck that pulled in today. They have a very nice looking rig.

Nice Custom Paint Job

While we were there, Tom & Susan stopped by and we all visited for a while. Tom & Susan left when it decided to start sprinkling and Gina & I got a tour of Larry & LaVila’s home. It is very nice and most of their fifth wheel has been customized as you can see by what they have done just to their entryway.

Agate Entryway

Well the sprinkling didn’t look like it was going to stop so we walked very quickly back home before we got too wet. Another evening getting back home after 10 o’clock, there are so many friends to visit with that I just don’t know how I have time to work anymore. LOL It was off to bed since I’m working tomorrow. This is rare since I do not work Friday’s but I took off last Thursday so we could visit with John & Brenda in Rockport. I’ll take that exchange since it was well worth it.

Any day that you can make new friends is a Great Day in my book. We enjoyed our time with Larry & Lavila and like RV’ers we never say good bye but just “see ya down the road”, as was the case here tonight.

Gina & I head back to our house in Louisiana tomorrow so Gina can put them there new rocks in her garden. There is rain forecast for the weekend so it’s not looking like the weather is going to be great but maybe the weatherman will be wrong.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed each one us with.

Remembering My Mother & Tax Day

Wednesday
April 15, 2009

Tax Day, this is a day that a lot of us taxpayers hate but it is a necessary evil. Without taxpayers we would not have all these great national parks and BLM land to see and camp in. I do not mind paying taxes, I just think our tax system is broke. More importantly, today would have been my mother’s birthday. I could never forget her birthday because as an adult you do not forget April 15th. Anyway it was nice to reflect back on how loving my mother was to all of us children as we were growing up.

Anyway, I had a rough morning when I received a text from the guy that I normally ride with at 4 o’clock in the morning saying he might not go to work today due to a migraine. I laid in bed but couldn’t go back to sleep so, I finally just got up. Gina said she would bring me to work today since we were going to lunch. She dropped me off at work and then headed back home. After she had her coffee she went to Hobby Lobby to have a look around, (more like shopping) but she called it looking around none the less. After that she went to the rock place and bought some ROCKS.

Gina's New Rocks

Gina likes her rocks but these were for her new area in the garden and I cannot really complain since she only spent three dollars. That's a whole lot less than anywhere else she shops and this includes TCBY yogurt which costs more than that. So I guess I cannot say anything about her rocks.

She & Thomas picked me up at 1 o’clock today and we went to Babin’s restaurant. It’s a seafood restaurant that Gina & I really like. We highly recommend it, if your ever staying around Houston. Well, before we left I had to pay the bill and I guess my age is getting the best of my eyesight. I had to borrow Gina’s reading glasses so I could see the numbers on the bill. She got a good laugh from it.

Me Needing Glasses to See

From there Gina wanted to go into Marshall’s to look around and Thomas and I went to Best Buy. I wanted to look at the Netbooks. I bought one for Thomas at Christmas and I really like it. I want one to put in my truck to run a truck routing program pretty much the same way a dash mounted GPS unit works. Anyway, they didn’t have exactly what I was looking for but we walked around the whole store. We left there and picked up Gina and headed back home. I rode in the back seat and took a little nap. It felt real good. We all then headed up to the pool and hot tub and enjoyed a relaxing time together since Thomas will be leaving in the morning to head back to Louisiana and we are leaving Friday to head back to our house. We left the hot tub around 7 o’clock to watch a movie called “Marley & me” it was a cute movie. I recommend it if you want a good laugh. It wasn’t a great movie but it was funny. From there we went to bed and watched CSI New York which I fell asleep at some point since I don’t remember how it ended. We had another Great Day. I feel bad sometimes because everyday feels so great. In this life I think about a fishing quote “A bad day fishing is better than a great day at work” There are no bad days out here for the most part. I guess there are some things that could lead to a bad day but they are by far very few of them and the good times outweigh them a thousand to one. Gina & I have no complaints out here and it’s another day that we feel so blessed to be enjoying this lifestyle.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed each one us with.

Mom and Son Day

Tuesday
April 14, 2009

I woke up this morning to 46 degrees outside. It was just a wee bit chilly. Gina called me at 10:30 to ask if I wanted to go to lunch today. I said why don’t we do lunch tomorrow. Since we didn’t do lunch today they decided to go to shopping instead. So off to The Woodlands Mall they went so Gina could get her fix of TCBY frozen yogurt. From there they went to HEB to pick up a few things and then I asked her to stop by a local RV dealer to buy some caulking. I have one area that the caulking came off on the side and I wanted to seal it back up. I didn’t get home until almost 6 o’clock this evening but Thomas was already frying shrimp for dinner and Gina had made some yeast rolls along with steaming some asparagus. We sat outside to eat and just enjoying the beautiful weather. After we were done Thomas & Gina was playing around and I managed to get a few pictures.

Gina & Thomas giving eachother a Hug


Mom playing around with Son


Son playing around with Mom


Posing for our Group Photo

We then went for a walk while Thomas went to the hot tub. We stopped by there on our walk and Gina decided to soak her feet for a few minutes.

Gina Soaking her Feet


Thomas still Cutting Up with Mom

We continued our walk and stopped by to visit with Tom & Susan who stays at Rayford Crossing about one week a month. We sat outside with them until about 10 o’clock when we realized that it was getting late. They are just another example why we love this lifestyle so much. The people you meet are just fantastic.

We finally made it back home and called it a day. We consider this just another enjoyable and fun filled day. It’s day like this that we feel so blessed. Even though I’m still working we still have a lot of fun.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed each one us with.