The "Home Away From Home" in New Mexico
Us and Big Rocks in New Mexico
We had Texas BBQ here - it's out in the hill country about 20 miles outside of Austin.
Texas State Capitol Building
Downtown Austin in the background.
Bats flying out from under the bridge in Austin
The Boyer girls with the Rosengren girlWe rolled into Austin Saturday evening, and proceded to miss the turn for the campground, which turned into an adventure. But we made it and were all hooked up by about 9:30. The temperatures have been in the 100 degree range, with Monday hitting 103 and breaking the record for that date by 6 degrees! We always seem to find some extreme weather, but so long as we don't encounter tornados or the like, no problem. As Archie Bunker said " ca saroo saroo".
On Sunday we transferred all of Kristin's "stuff" to her apartment and met her roommates. Then we had dinner here at the RV park and visited. On Monday we went to the Salt Lick barbecue for a late lunch / early dinner, then toured the Texas state capitol building. Later that evening we went to Ladybird Lake to see the bats fly out from under a bridge. This is a big deal here, and there were hundreds of people there. There are 1,500,000 bats that fly out every night. Even though the temperature was 100+(with humidity almost as high), and we were right on the water, there wasn't a mosquito in site! It took about an hour for all the bats to vacate their perches.
On Tuesday we went up to Dallas to visit our old West Seattle neighbors Craig and Wendy and their 3 girls. It's approximately 225 miles to Dallas from here, so the round trip added up to a lot of driving. And I will testify that Texans DO NOT drive friendly! We had a nice visit at the Boyer's, and it's hard to believe that their girls are getting to the "young lady" stage. Maggie is 12, and will be entering 7th grade. She was just a baby when they moved in across the street from us. Olivia is 5 now, and was just a baby when they moved to Texas. And Kate is in the middle. Kristin was their babysitter for quite a few years.
Today we had a late breakfast with Kristin, then Joyce and I went to Fredericksburg for the day. We spent the afternoon at the Chester Nimitz Pacific War Museum - it was extremely interesting and well done.
Tomorrow we have to leave the campground we're in and go about 30 miles north for the night. There is a huge Motorcycle rally in Austin over the weekend. We're told that it's almost as big as Sturgis. Then it's up to Oklahoma City to meet with Ron and Diane for the evening. Then it's north through Kansa, Nebraska, and into Wyoming to pick up I-90 for the journey west.
//////////////////////////////////////////////Ernie
On Sunday we transferred all of Kristin's "stuff" to her apartment and met her roommates. Then we had dinner here at the RV park and visited. On Monday we went to the Salt Lick barbecue for a late lunch / early dinner, then toured the Texas state capitol building. Later that evening we went to Ladybird Lake to see the bats fly out from under a bridge. This is a big deal here, and there were hundreds of people there. There are 1,500,000 bats that fly out every night. Even though the temperature was 100+(with humidity almost as high), and we were right on the water, there wasn't a mosquito in site! It took about an hour for all the bats to vacate their perches.
On Tuesday we went up to Dallas to visit our old West Seattle neighbors Craig and Wendy and their 3 girls. It's approximately 225 miles to Dallas from here, so the round trip added up to a lot of driving. And I will testify that Texans DO NOT drive friendly! We had a nice visit at the Boyer's, and it's hard to believe that their girls are getting to the "young lady" stage. Maggie is 12, and will be entering 7th grade. She was just a baby when they moved in across the street from us. Olivia is 5 now, and was just a baby when they moved to Texas. And Kate is in the middle. Kristin was their babysitter for quite a few years.
Today we had a late breakfast with Kristin, then Joyce and I went to Fredericksburg for the day. We spent the afternoon at the Chester Nimitz Pacific War Museum - it was extremely interesting and well done.
Tomorrow we have to leave the campground we're in and go about 30 miles north for the night. There is a huge Motorcycle rally in Austin over the weekend. We're told that it's almost as big as Sturgis. Then it's up to Oklahoma City to meet with Ron and Diane for the evening. Then it's north through Kansa, Nebraska, and into Wyoming to pick up I-90 for the journey west.
//////////////////////////////////////////////Ernie
1 comment:
Great pictures you guys! Hot enough for you? Back in the 60's here. Take care on your travels.........Gail
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