Spending the day with family

We got up around 8 am and looked around and decided on a spot to park.  So the dreaded task of backing in was accomplished.  ( I still do not how to tell hubby to turn and so this process with me is not fun for hubby at all .. plus i have this thing about i know where i want the camper but he just doesn’t seem to be able to read my mind  .. LOL )

After we got backed in our youngest son and fiancé showed up and we did our hugs and spent the morning visiting with them.  Our grand dog Mikia sure was happy to see us.

Later that afternoon we had to make a run to see our grandkids and our oldest son.  It’s been a long day and our grand daughter ended up coming home and spending the night with us.  We have to be up early to go get our grandson.  We are babysitting our precious jewels.  We sure have missed our family. 

Happy Birthday Hubby

Today is my hubby’s birthday .. Happy birthday honey … I love you!!
 

I was awaken a little after 6 am and by 7 am i was ready to roll.  We got stopped by Ron and Dorothy to say “see ya later” and then we were on our way.   We stopped in Palestine to fuel up and then we were on our way. 

 
I love the over passes with all the art work .. state of Texas map and their star they are known as “the Lone Star State”

Hmm 2 states in 1.  Arkansas is closer

We just entered into Arkansas and left the welcome center.  Our goal is to reach Missouri to spend the night.
 
Look at all the green .. spring is in the air.  beautiful country.

few hills and curves

We had to travel several miles of horrible road!  To be an interstate it sure was ruff.  The camper in front of us was bouncing like a ball just as we were. 
   

We just entered Missouri and still daylight hours left. Looks like this rig is moving on down the road and it isn’t gonna stop until it get’s to where it’s going.


We traveled 836 miles .. 16 hours and crossed 4 states all in one day!  What a day it has been. 
We just pulled in off the side of the road for the night as it was after 11 pm when we finally arrived.  We plugged into electric and called it a exhausting night.  Tomorrow we will find a spot and set up camp.

Wow this Texas wind

Today is the day to get everything ready to roll.  So i was up early and finishing up doing the last of getting everything washed and cleaned.

The wind is blowing horribly today. Sure is making my home rock –n- roll.   In fact it will knock you over if your not careful.  The dogs know something is up and they are not letting me out of their site too much.  If i go outside, they want to go.  It’s amazing how they know when something is up and they get excited as they know they will get to go riding.  They are very good travelers and that is a good thing since we travel with 5 dogs.

Tonight hubby got a surprise b’day party.  Mrs. Mary baked him a 7 up cake.  It was a great way to end a wonderful winter and a great farewell.  Thanks to everyone who helped.

After dinner i spent some time visiting with Dorothy as it will be awhile before i see her again.  Then it was time to come inside and finish getting the last minute things going.  Tomorrow we will be on the road heading North .. night

Departure date decided

I haven’t done much to blog about this week.  The weather has been beautiful.  I’ve been cleaning and getting everything washed up.  Today i started packing pictures and things away.  Made several phones calls.

Been spending my evenings outside enjoying the fresh air.  Saturday is our departure date to head for Illinois … looking forward to seeing our family.

It’s Hot!

It is one hot day!  Temp’s reached 92 degrees.  So thankful to have AC again!  Our AC unit arrived just in time for the hot temp’s.  Now my washer/dryer is not working again!  Grrrrr …. last month the dryer stopped working and we ordered parts and it worked great for about 2 weeks and then it stopped drying.  Now it won’t even wash .. grrrr .. I’m beginning to think having one in a rig is a waste of money.  I could have done lots of load of laundry for what i have in this thing and now it’s broke again!   It’s going to have to wait until our journey back North to be looked at.

Not only is my washer/dryer down but the generator won’t start on the electric start.  Hubby tried charging the battery but no go.  At least it still works on the hand crank.  We made 4 stops today looking for one and no luck.  Guess that will have to wait until were back North as I've emailed the company to find out who still sales batteries for our generator.

We filled up with diesel and it’s $3.89 a gallon!!  Several places were $3.99.  We figure we will hit over $4 bucks on our journey home next week.  After we got home we just spent our afternoon trying to stay cool.  I got a bit of sunburn yesterday so i didn’t want to be out in the sun much today.  At least it’s not burning.


It was after 7 pm before it cooled off enough to sit outside comfortably.  I sat outside until after 10 pm and then it was time to come and get my shower and ready for bed.

A warm day

I got up and got my cleaning going.  I had to wash bed sheets and covering.  Vacuumed the entire camper and did my dishes.  It’s a beautiful day

The carports are as finished as they are going to get for now.  In a few weeks the painters will be arriving to paint them.  The doors were taken back off until the rest of the arrive and the locks.  The wind we’ve been having was slamming them and it was concerned they were born torn off.  So they were removed.
 
They have nice storage inside of them, peg board to hang things on.

Our days here are getting closer to an end and a new departure date is being discussed.  I will let you all know when we decide. 

After lunch I went swimming with Jessica.  It was very cold on that first dip but then the water felt good.  With the hot sun beaming it made the pool feel good.  We swam over an hour and i even got a bit of sun finally!

After dinner, i worked on putting a DVD together for hubby to use this weekend for chapel.  He volunteered to do chapel services and wants to use a DVD our journey so far.

It’s almost 11 pm and the temps are still at 80 degrees!  I am enjoying Texas warmth and sure hope that Illinois gets it soon when we return.

Happy Birthday Toby!!

I want to wish my grandson a Happy 3rd Birthday!  Grandma and Papa are not there but were thinking of you.  Love you Tobe man!

Today was a lazy day for me.  I spent my day just relaxing and doing nothing!


Later in the day i finally got myself in gear and walked down to see how big the baby pigs were getting.  Wow they have grown!

Here is a new addition .. they hope to get babies from her. 

The horses followed me down to see the pigs .. they love it when people come to visit

Only one of them followed me back the rest were still wanting to visit the pigs.  After dinner i spent the evening sitting outside with Ron and Dorothy and we sat outside until after 10 pm.  It was another beautiful night for enjoying the stars.