Picture- Luchenbach Texas
Good morning,
It is April 2 and a sunny morning in Mesa Arizona. We are on our way home and left San Antonio about two weeks ago. We headed to southern Texas for about 10 days to explore the Brownsville area. Our first stop was Rockport. This is just north of Corpus Christi and discovered a wonderful RV Park called Lagoons RV Resort This is owned by a man from British Columbia and it is a gorgeous park in a small town like Comox. We are continually looking for utopia and a place to return in the winter months. This certainly may be the area as it is on the beach and in a wonderful location. We explored the area and the bustle of Corpus Christi. We left and went south to Brownsville where we stayed at the Tropical Winds RV Park in Harlingen which is just north of the Mexican border. We stayed there for three days and went down to South Padre Island. This area of Texas is extremely windy, the relative humidity was 90%, and it was about 95°. Needless to say Gail was not impressed and I doubt we will be returning to this area on a regular basis. We left Harlingen and traveled back to San Antonio for two nights and stayed at Travellers World RV Park. On my return I had a blowout on my fifth wheel about 20 miles south of San Antonio. This was huge bang was a lot of smoke. Fortunately everyone was safe and the tire changing people came after a call to the good Sam road service insurance. This delayed us for 24 hours while I got a new tire put on our rig. We said a teary goodbye to our friends Doug and Louise Perry and pulled out of San Antonio Sunday, March 29. It was a nice drive west through Fort Stockton to Balmorhea. Balmorhea is a gas station in the middle of the desert. They have an RV site there but it's usually used as a stopover for people transiting the area. The next morning we were about to leave when we saw a rig's pulling in at nine o'clock in the morning. We quickly discovered there was a sand storm coming with high winds and all high profile vehicles were to stay off the highway. We are glad we stayed as the sandstorm was amazing. Anyway this left us stranded in the middle of the desert for an extra day. We met some interesting friends and had happy hour as usual with more stranded travelers. The next day is probably one of the most beautiful drives of my life. The sun was behind us as we moved in the morning West along I- 10 towards Las Cruces. The desert with the backdrop of the beautiful mountains was simply spectacular. We arrived early in Las Cruces New Mexico and stayed at the Sunny acres RV Park. Las Cruces is an interesting town with a lot of history. I barbecued some great steaks that evening as I couldn't eat anymore Mexican food. There was another wind warning that was coming up at the end of the day so we wanted to get on the road early to make Mesa Arizona our next stop. We continued along I 10 and then turned north at Lordsberg on highway 60. We drove for hours in the middle of the desert without seeing anyone and thought it would be a good idea to always travel with another vehicle as the area is so remote. It was very beautiful and after eight hours of driving we finally made it to Apache Wells RV resort in Mesa. We plan on staying here for three days and are enjoying the company of longtime friends, Harold and Pam Stevens.
Most of you are wondering how my mother is doing. She finally has a diagnosis of a malignant lymphoma starting her abdomen and has metastasize to her pelvis. This is the reason she's having a hard time walking. She has been in the hospital for the past two weeks and went down to the cancer clinic on Monday for some palliative radiation. Alan went over with her and met the radiation oncologist at the Cancer clinic. As usual mom was her delightful witty self and impress the doctor so much that they decided to offer her a more aggressive treatment with a possible cure in the range of 30 to 50%. This was good news but it does mean she will have to go down to Victoria for three weeks of treatment. This will start on April 14. Our plan is to return to Canada about that time and leave the RV in Victoria to be close to mom. We are not sure what route we be taking home yet. This is something that we work out over the next couple of days and let everyone know. Thanks for all the people who have gone to see mom as she really appreciates the company. Her cell phone is 250-650-0793 and she usually keeps it on also time. When we get our final itinerary updated I will let everyone know.
Most of you are wondering how my mother is doing. She finally has a diagnosis of a malignant lymphoma starting her abdomen and has metastasize to her pelvis. This is the reason she's having a hard time walking. She has been in the hospital for the past two weeks and went down to the cancer clinic on Monday for some palliative radiation. Alan went over with her and met the radiation oncologist at the Cancer clinic. As usual mom was her delightful witty self and impress the doctor so much that they decided to offer her a more aggressive treatment with a possible cure in the range of 30 to 50%. This was good news but it does mean she will have to go down to Victoria for three weeks of treatment. This will start on April 14. Our plan is to return to Canada about that time and leave the RV in Victoria to be close to mom. We are not sure what route we be taking home yet. This is something that we work out over the next couple of days and let everyone know. Thanks for all the people who have gone to see mom as she really appreciates the company. Her cell phone is 250-650-0793 and she usually keeps it on also time. When we get our final itinerary updated I will let everyone know.
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