On to our travels, the first 2 days/nights were spent travelling south trying to get out of the cold weather. We ran into snow and freezing rain going around the south end of Lake Michigan. We ran out of it just south of Chicago but it was still cold – around 9 o which was not good. Stayed 2 nights at our favorite campground – Wally Mart in Benton Il and New Boston TX respectively.
We arrived in Texas at our good friends the Hunters (1/7/2010) and it was still only around 9 o but we were toasty warm in our home on wheels. After spending a night and part of the next day with the Hunters (we had a great time and really enjoyed meeting Kathleen and Leslie) it was time to head to Arlington (still cold).
Arlington (1-8 – 1/14/2010) wasn’t much warmer, at least for several days when it did start to get up above freezing and into the 50’s during the day. We arrived on Friday and on Saturday Linda & Dale Niedbalski (they used to be neighbors of ours with Linda hanging over the fence watching Arda and I in the pool… she said she just wanted to make sure we were safe but…) picked us up at the campground. We went to Pat and Buck’s place for a reunion of sorts with a number of friends whom we hadn’t seen in over 22 years. The McCormicks, Bachs, Weeklys, and Reeds were all there. What a neat time we had reminiscing and re-living the “good ole days”. Of course, the food was also great! We (Arda and I) are extremely grateful to Pat and Buck for hosting this.
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On Sunday, Marguerite came over from Mesquite to have dinner with us. She is such a neat person! We had a lot of laughs especially when Arda and Marguerite were playing on the Wii game… it would have made a good movie for America’s Funniest Home Movies.
On Monday, I took my truck into a GM Dealer to have an oil change and have them look at why the “low coolant light” was coming on. Well 4 hours later I had the oil changed and they found that the transmission coolant hoses were leaking. They didn’t have these in stock so they ordered them and when they came in, it took another day and half to install them. Guess which dealer I won’t go back to! In the meantime, Arda went biking (yes the weather had started to warm up by then) and that evening we took Lynda and Fred Weekly out to dinner that night for Chicken Fried Steak… we owed Fred a dinner for his birthday. It was the best CFS I have ever had!
Tuesday we had a wonderful dinner with Jeanice and Don King. Jeanice lived with us for a while when we were in Arlington so it was great to see her again and catch up. In addition to being a beautiful young woman, she is also a great cook! Arda and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Un fortunately we (Arda that is) didn't take any pictures...
Wednesday Bachs came to dinner. We had purchased their home on Wembley Rd where spent 4 years of our lives. I didn’t realize there was so much to catch up on even after we had just seen them the previous Saturday but there was. We enjoyed a great meal that Arda put together… she is really adapting to our mobile lifestyle by cooking up a storm.
Thursday was a double whammy day - as in good. The Astons came for lunch and Mary brought fresh baked oatmeal cookies for us… needless to say they didn’t last long. Al and I both worked at S/C and came down to Vecta in TX at the same time. He left Vecta and went on his own for a number of years so it was good to catch up. Mary recently retired from UTA (college) and they stay in TX part of the year and in Canada the rest of the year. The second whammy came when we went to dinner for BBQ with the Niedbalskis and Weekly. Below are the Niedbalskis...
Friday was moving day. We headed south to Crockett TX. Yes, it got its name from Davey Crockett who travelled through that area on the way to the Alamo in San Antonio. We visited with Chuck and Genie Lindberg. Arda and Genie rode across the US together when Arda did her Bike for Cancer trip. They are an extremely nice couple who live on a lake in a very beautiful home… a slice of paradise. They are also great hosts so we will have to plan to spend more time with them the next time we travel their way.
Saturday we headed to Sun Sites AZ. We had originally planned to take 2 days but we decided we didn’t want to push it so we took 3 days in total to reach Sun Sites. In addition, Arda wanted to backtrack on the bike route she took so it took a little longer. We stayed in Kerrville at Wally-Mart, TX and then at a truck stop (another first for Arda) in Van Horn TX. Monday we arrived in Sun Sites where we will be for a couple of months.
That is all for now. The next update will be in a week or so but right now I am heading off to Bob King’s to do some riding.
Keep your loops open.
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