Hello from Texas! Hard to believe we've been on the road eight weeks already! Time to recap last week's RV travels and adventures. We started last week in Arkansas- Hot Springs Arkansas to be exact. Unfortunately we didn't take many photos at all in Hot Springs. The weather was cold and dreary for the most part, and we had a sick cat. Jinx was unwell on Saturday and Sunday. We never did figure out just what the problem was, but since he wasn't "deathly ill" we waited it out a bit before rushing him to the Vet. Luckily, after two days, he was his yowling furball self again. For that we were so thankful! Do you think it's crazy to say prayers for your ill pet? Well, I don't - so quite a few were sent up on his behalf. On Monday, he was feeling better, so we did go out for a bit of sight seeing. We drove to Hot Springs National Park. It was in a rather odd setting... the visitors center is located in a former bath house, with other bath houses surrounding it. I think we probably should have taken the time to take a dip into the hot springs...oh well. Did you know Hot Springs was the boyhood home of our President Bill Clinton?! He was born in Hope, Arkansas, but moved quite early on, to Hot Springs.
We stayed at a real nice RV park there called Catherine's Landing. It was beside Lake Catherine, and if the weather had been nice, we would have done some kayaking. Alas, the weather did not cooperate. We also noticed some liquid leaking from our junky little car. The hubs determined it was a radiator leak, so off to WalMart we went. WalMart has everything an RV'er needs, right? After purchasing more DexCool and a "stop radiator leak" preparation, we returned to the RV and attempted a fix. Since I am writing this several days later, I can say "so far so good" for the radiator fix.
On Tuesday morning we left Arkansas with our next destination set for Terrell Texas. Terrell is about 35 miles East of Dallas, and we made that our home base for four nights while we explored a bit of Dallas. We stayed at Bluebonnet Ridge RV Park which is a very nice place. Too bad the Bluebonnets are not yet in bloom.
There was one place that we HAD TO SEE while in Dallas.... The Texas School Book Depository, which is now a museum. We really enjoyed the museum, which helped us relive that fateful day when President Kennedy was assassinated. They did not allow ANY photos at all to be taken inside, a bit disappointing. Once we were done, we walked outside and John ran into the street where the motorcade went. There, they have marked with an "X", both spots on the street where the President was shot. John took the next photo from where the 2nd shot hit President Kennedy. I wasn't at all happy that he'd gone into a very busy street, but sometimes men run wild, I guess! You can see moi` in the left corner of the photo, in the blue coat. The window that the fateful shot came from is not on the top row, but the next one down, on the far right.
The next photo is a much less "risky" one, taken by me of J on the "grassy knoll" which is right nearby.
It was a lovely, sunny day in Dallas. A bit nippy with the wind, but not bad. The next day was sunny as well.... and we headed back into the "Big D". This time we decided to check out the George W Bush Presidential Library.
We'd visited the Reagan Library back in October, so might as well check this one out too. It was brand new, interesting, and very high tech. We were given iPods with which we could listen to extra commentary, take photos, or videos. We still preferred the Reagan Library, and highly recommend it to anybody, no matter what your political persuasion. The GW Bush Library was worth the visit too. Glad we went. Here's a shot I took of one of the dresses that our First Lady Laura Bush wore.
We took lots of other photos inside, but they are on our email accounts and the internet here doesn't allow much downloading, so I gave up.
Yesterday (Saturday) we left the Dallas area. It was one heck of a gorgeous sunny day, with temps reaching 83 stunning degrees. We even had to turn on the A/C for a while. We reached our present location about 3 pm and after setting up, sat outside with a beverage taking in the lovely weather. We knew it was coming --- but can you say "denial"??? This morning it was a whopping 18 degrees. By mid morning, tiny white flakes accompanied by wind were drifting past our window. Here's the view:
Yes, just above is the picnic table where the three of us sat and lounged in our shorts, just yesterday. No wait, just TWO of us were in shorts! Anyway, today we are hunkered down, bundled up, & trying to keep this tin can warm while not using up all our propane in the process! Tonight we'll be watching the Academy Awards and sipping on some sort of soup to warm our insides.
Our last photo shows Jinx the RV Cat - taken this morning. We are SO happy he's feeling fine again. He sends a big Texas HOWDY to everybody who reads our blog :)
See y'all next time!
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