A Trip into Texas

 First stop in our search for warmer weather was to visit our daughter and new Grandson in Dallas. What a precious and perfect little guy and a great addition to the family. We could only stay a couple of days, but we got all the snuggle time we could with the little guy!!!

 After that it was south to the Hill Country and the crappy weather just seemed to follow us, cold, overcast and rainy was the theme for the week. We did get to visit with Sheryl's brother in Austin, but mainly we just hunkered down and stayed warm in the rig.

 Guadalupe River State Park

 Abandon Homestead

 After  a week of gloomy weather in the Hill Country an escape was in order. We set our sights on Corpus Christi and the Texas Coast. Well as our luck would have it, the same gloomy weather followed us and adding insult to injury, the wind constantly screamed. Looking at the forecast it seemed there was no let up in sight.............time to get out of dodge!!!

 Not wanting to head northbound yet, still a few weeks before we need to be back in OKC, San Antonio looked promising for better warmer weather. We packed up the rig and pointed her that way. We have been in San Antonio and Lackland AFB now for 2 weeks and the weather has been much better, finally!!! We spent most of our time here just soaking up the warmth. Between Sheryl and I, we've been here more times than we care to count and have seen and done most everything we care to do here.

 However we did check out the new Military Working Dog Monument and the Security Forces Museum here on base.

While visiting the museum, I got to talking with the tour guide and through our conversation I found out he was the first USAF K-9 Handler deployed to Vietnam. We had a great conversation and when he found out I was also a K-9 Handler he honored me with one of his coins. For those not familiar with the Military Coin Tradition, they were given to unit member as a sign of comradely. They still hold that significance but also are given out as a sign of respect or accomplishment between members.

So that should catch us up for now, we were going to leave San Antonio today, but the rains came last night and will be with us all day today. We put off leaving until tomorrow when it will be much better for travelling. So until next time.............................

Dumas TX Rodeo

 Yesterday was our last day in Dumas TX. but before leaving Sheryl's sister had a surprise for us. She remembered, she had gotten free tickets to the local rodeo, which just happened to be last night. She asked us if we were interested in going and we of course said Heck Yea!!!. Now Sheryl is an old rodeo girl from way back when her brother used to compete, me, I've never been to one in person, but I knew it would be fun. Here are a few of the shots I was able to get.

We had a great time but only stayed for a couple of hours, out of the 2 day event, but still managed to see quite a bit. Of course having a couple of experts along (Sheryl and Carol) to answer my dumb questions sure helped in understanding just what was happening.
We said our good byes and left Dumas this morning and headed north to Guymon OK. We will be here for a couple of days, which will give us a chance to visit with Sheryl's brother and also stop by the Family Farm up in Kansas. We did manage to find an interesting RV Park here in the Oklahoma Panhandle, but I'll leave that for the next post. So until then............................

Texas Moochdocking

 Sheryl got to feeling a little better, so we were off and running again. This time to Dumas, TX, to see Sheryl's sister Carol. We had reservations at a local RV Park for two days, so we stayed there. We did get in a couple of good visits with Carol and her husband, but we were due to head out toward Colorado on Thursday. Sheryl and Carol were having such a good visit and didn't want us to leave so soon, so they invited us to bring the RV over to their place and stay for a couple more days. They also hooked us up with 30amp elec and water, heck can't beat that!!!

Here are Sheryl and Carol, hard to believe they are actually twins. It's been good for them to catch up as they don't get to spend too much time together just one on one.
We are staying again tonight and enjoying their hospitality before heading out in the morning. So until next time.......................