March 1-6, 2012
So, what have we been doing for the past six days? Easy. Learning to live in our new home on wheels. Getting used to spaces to put things, remembering where we put all that we brought along for the nooks and crannies. Buying an "egg-carton" memory foam mattress for the bed top to making sleeping more comfortable - and yes, it has worked. Learning that just because it's cold outside we don't want to turn the heater up all the way. Waking up at 3:00 in the morning perspiring does not add to a restful sleep.
We stayed three nights at Rustic Creek Ranch, a Jellystone themed RV park in Burleson, TX, southwest of Fort Worth, with hints of Yogi and the gang everywhere. We rested from the long drive, did laundry, shopped for meals and incidental Casita add-ons to protect the finish or improve usage of space.
On Saturday, March 4th (Happy 40th Birthday son Kurt!!), day four of new Casita ownership, we drove the short distance to Granbury, TX even farther to the southeast to spend a couple of days with my cousin Sandee and her husband, Mike. Mike is a Baptist preacher/Bible teacher, and together Sandee and Mike hold the Fellowship Church in their home. We were blessed and honored to witness and participate in their ministry this past Sunday, March 4th as we joined their small congregation for Sunday School, morning and evening Worship of our Lord. Their loving ministry and preaching in the Word of God has been changing lives in the Granbury area and beyond for the past number of years. The greatest blessing was to reconnect with one another, getting to know each other deeper and learning that we share very similar values in our Christian faith. Happy 12th Anniversary next Monday, Sandee and Mike!
Granbury sits on winding Granbury Lake, created by the upstream damming of the Brazos River. It's a pretty little town, and as most Texas communities dates back to the 19th century. Sandee's daughter and her family live in a beautiful home overlooking the lake with access to the fun the lake provides.
Yesterday, Monday March 5th (Happy Birthday, sister Susan!), we drove back to Casita for a part we had left behind and to get an adjustment or two made, then on to Rusk in east Texas and the Pineywoods. We've heard of the Pineywoods, and are enjoying staying in a campground beneath the scented boughs in a former Texas State Railroad park and museum, that has been purchased by American Heritage, is a Good Sam Park, and runs the steam train from Rusk to Palestine, TX and back on weekends. Too bad we are here mid-week.
It is just about time for the library to close, so will wrap this missive up now. Tomorrow, we are off to Baton Rough, LA to visit friends Lindsay and Jeremy.
Until next time,
Pam
This blog is a journal of our travels, particularly long road trips we have taken. Titled 'Pam-n-Duffy's Wanderings,' it chronicles multiple destination trips. We rarely remain camped in one campground for more than a few days. However, we have been known to spend more than a week or two in one place. There is still so much to see and so little time. Come journey with us.
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