Texas Adventure

It is 51° and raining in San Antonio which has been our home for the past month. They have not had rain for about two years and there is an extreme drought condition. Everyone is happy with the rainfall except us. We have had a great time in Texas with a lot of traveling. We arrived at our RV Park in New Braunfels on February 14 after leaving Rayford Crossing just north of Houston. This was undoubtedly one of the nicest RV parks we have ever been in. It is situated on the Guadalupe River as it passes right by our back door. The New Braunfels area is about 30 miles northeast of San Antonio and close to our good friends Dave and Marlene Crucq who have a house in Cibolo. There were lots of small communities in the immediate area which provided great entertainment and history of the area without the traffic in San Antonio. For the first week we did all the tourist visits and familiarized ourselves with the area. For the second week we left our RV and travel north. Our first stop was Duncan Oklahoma to visit Lois and Don Wilson. Wilson's had been friends of our family since we were growing up. We had a great four days with them and were able to see their daughter Lois Don as well. The weather was hot and sunny and we had a great visit to their local museum and surrounding areas. We left Duncan Oklahoma to head north to Wichita Kansas. My friend Dave Hull who lives in Fremont Nebraska suggested he meet me halfway since we were going to be in Oklahoma. This would mean about a four-hour drive to Wichita. As we approached Kansas the weather started to change and although it was sunny it became bitterly cold with temperatures around -10°C. We had a nice visit but most of the activities were indoor related such as going to the movies and dinner theater. We left and headed back south with the one night stay at the Wilson's and visited their daughter and family Zana. We were glad to finally make the trip back to our RV in Texas where we were able to warm up. The following weekend we headed out to see a classmate of mine Jerry and Ingrid Baskerville. They live on a ranch in Troy Texas. I have not seen Jerry since we graduated together a long time ago. They had us up to the ranch for dinner and an overnight visit. It was interesting to talk about how her life has changed and his career in Texas. The third week our friends Doug and Louise Perry arrived from Florida in their motorhome. It was great to see them again as they were our traveling companions that we met in Halifax. This past week has been a stressful one for a variety of reasons. My mother has had problems with her hip over the past six weeks. We finally were able to sort this out and unfortunately it looks as though she has a malignant tumor involving her pelvis. She has lots of support but of course is anxious to see us home. We have altered our travel schedule to be home in about four weeks. We are drawing up our new travel plans with dates as I speak.

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