Longview, Texas

Good morning all
We made it through Dallas/Fort Worth yesterday
and set up in Longview
Met with my cousin Cliff and his wife Joyce
Finally got some great Texas BBQ
Thanks Cliff and Joyce!
Visited for a bit then an early night.

No photo for the blog today
too busy driving yesterday and then it got dark
Maybe some photos of the rain that's coming for tomorrow.

Make today great
Hugs
Tom and Millie

Homebodies!

Hi all
Beautiful morning, temps just right and sun shining
clouded up this afternoon and started cooling.
Still only down to 66°
Prediction is for rain, but none yet.

We stayed put today, just because we needed to recharge.
Prepped for travel and napped.
Our campsite all ready to hook up and go tomorrow morning.

OK, I know I have to turn the truck around!

Expecting some higher winds tomorrow and not looking forward to travel
We have had up to 30 mph cross winds and done OK.
Just much nicer with a tail wind or no wind.

Slow and easy plus a short day then staying put till Wednesday
Make tomorrow great
Hugs
Tom and Millie

Family

Hi All
Had a great day with Millie's cousin Jane and her husband Mike
Super people and so many things Millie and Jane remembered
about family and places they grew up.
Mike and I had a lot in common with our construction backgrounds.
Connecting with great people is more fun than new sights
Millie said get a photo of their house
so here it is
I'm sure many of you will recognize it, right?

Beautiful home in very nice addition outside of Fort Worth
As you can see spring is in the air

Visited with them all afternoon
and later headed out to meet their Son Lee, Daughter Dawn and her husband Gary
for supper at a great Italian Bistro
Fun evening and we so enjoyed all the conversation and memories.

Gary, Lee, Dawn, Millie, Jane and Mike
Thanks to you all for a great day.

After supper back to the RV Park process a few photos
and into bed for a great nights sleep.

Sunny and beautiful this morning
I have financial stuff to do today
and we have to get prepped to travel tomorrow.

Make your day great
Hugs
Tom and Millie

Denton, TX

Hi All
Nice short travel day today
Left Throckmorton a bit before noon
Caught the County Government office building

Couple of hours on the road and we made Denton
North of Fort Worth
All set up, supper and visiting with neighbor from South Dakota
Relaxing while Millie set up a meet and greet with her cousin here.
Looking forward to meeting them.

Millie says we are going out to breakfast
just the two of us
Finally I don't have to cook!
Yea, poor me
I will still make coffee as I do it much better than a restaurant.

Make your tomorrow great
Hugs
Tom and Millie

Travel across Texas

HI All!

Thursday was our first full Texas travel day.

Did start out with a great sunrise

Although nowhere near as dramatic as the evening before

 

Our campsite in Brownfield, the Walmart parking lot.

Continued our travel across Texas

Have pretty much made the transition from desert

To farming and ranching

Still a lot of cactus present

And a lot of irrigation and pretty green fields.
and a lot of this

Fought 20-30 MPH cross winds all day

And glad to make it to Throckmorton, TX

Nice little city RV camp, full hookups for only $15

Level gravel sites and quiet neighbors

Most appeared to be working in the area

As most vehicles are gone and RV remaining all day
Site weren't very big, but only 11 sites total and nobody in front or behind.

Now a few shots of Rule, TX
Looks like the economy is having a significant impact on Main Street.

 So many store fronts boarded up
and is actually a pretty little town

Short trip to Fort Worth (actually staying in Denton, TX

Just north of Fort Worth

Visiting with Millie’s cousin Jane
and staying a few days to let the expanse of Texas sink in.

Make your day great
Hugs
Tom and Millie

Texas!

Hi all

Great travel day

Got going about 9AM

Then stopped in Roswell for lunch.

But first the sunset from last night.

On our way to Roswell we went by this

Not sure if he hungout around here

But we did not stop.

Roswell, hyping the incident.

Then we had lunch and pushed on to Brownfield, TX

With the time change we got in later than anticipated

So we stopped at a Walmart for the night

And some shopping.

Were treated to a great sunset

And now off to bed and up early to push East.

Have to make our reservation in Denton, TX on Friday night.

Hugs

And hope your day was great.

Tom and Millie

Another day in paradise, aka. Alamogordo

Hi all
I remember telling you yesterday that we would
find some new and exciting adventures.
Well, the biggest was Blake's Lotaburger
turned out to be just another mediocre regional burger joint.
Don't go out of your way for this place,
Mickey D's does a better job.
We also tried the Thrift store on base, Ho Hum!
And another in town, Millie found some neat quilt stuff there.
That was our big day.
We did get to visit with some of the other campers at the RV Park
that was fun.
We don't do a lot of socialization since we are all staying only a short time.
Just nice to know many are friendly, normal people.
OK, maybe at a military base we are our own kind of normal.
Spent some time on the patio and had a great sunset.

Desert sunsets are almost as good as ones at home and the lake.
The mountains in the background are kind of cool.

Today is pack and prep to move East tomorrow.
Our list for Walmart shopping is growing
so will have to stay in a Walmart parking lot soon.
We do plan to stop in Roswell and check if aliens have returned.
I don't mean me!

Make your day great
Hugs
Tom and Millie