Bye Ingram, hello Glen Rose Texas

Yesterday we left Johnson Creek after our stay of a month.  We made the 220 mile trip in 4 1/2 hours on the back roads enjoying the scenery.  We had a great tail wind and got 9.3 mpg on the twisty and hilly roads.  We arrived about 2pm and set up, it was in the low 90s and Glen Rose was expecting a near record high of 96, don't know if it made it but the AC sure got a good workout.
Today we slept in and Stan & Connie went to Ft Worth for the weekend visiting family so they stopped in Glen Rose (they travel within 1 mile of the park we are in!) and we had a fried pie with them as they took a break.  Long time no see! 

Happy sewers.......happy cat

Judy likes her new sewing machine she purchased just before we left Gulf Shores so she was eager to use it and make some pillow cases when Connie said she had just learned how to this winter while they were at Johnson Creek. 

Patches has been spending lots of time outside and off her leash.  She stays by us, ignores the butterflies, watches the squirrels and tried for one bird.  The bird was quite safe but Patches was happy with her effort.

Return to Fredricksburg

This is old scrappy and the plaque tells the story.

The cactus is blooming and the bees love it!

Saturday we went to Fredricksburg with Stan & Connie. We spent some tine checking out the "stuff" in a large yard art shop then to a German restaurant for some pretty good jager schnitzel.

The campground owners have replaced the horse that died with a rescue horse. After isolating it a few days it was introduced to the other two horses. One could care less while the other, Big Boy, didn't think too much of the new one. It was interesting to watch them run & kick at each other.

Judy used her sewing machine to work on some shorts & pillow cases, before she could start Patches decided to use the pile for a nap. She likes it here and goes outside often, we let her off the leash as she doesn't go far.

Post rally

We haven't been up to much since the rally ended Wednesday. Friends have been pulling out but there are still 5 of us here. We made a return trip to Coopers for more of their great BBQ, and brought more home for later meals. We also went to The Apple Store restaurant for their apple pie and burgers. The pies are $25 & weight 6 pounds plus, they are very good. The stone statue is of an apple with a leaf. In the pictures of the HitchHiker you can see how much the trees have leafed out in 2 weeks from the earlier picture when we arrived. There were no leaves and now lots of leaves. We had to hook up & move 20 feet forward in out site to get satellite TV reception back because of the leaves. Across from our site is a pasture with 3 horses, the 2 donkeys that were there 4 years ago (Sargent & Major) have died & are buried under a large oak in the pasture.

Luckenbach, (Willie & Hank were not there today)

Today we all went to Fredericksburg for a German meal (it was good but not great) then off to Luckenbach for a little country music and some laid back atmosphere. On the way home we stopped to get a picture of this fellow in the pasture a mile or two from the campground. Looks like what might be called a long horn huh?

Ester service

We just returned from Easter service. The campground has a very nice small chapel and some of the HitchHikers planned a service with music. Tom lead the service with some scripture readings while Sandy and Rob played the guitar. It was excellent.

Now its time form some scrambled eggs & ham then 4 or 5 couples will get together here to start planning the trip after the Michigan rally in August to the South Dakota rally in September.

Happy Easter

The rally here in Texas is in full swing. We had a burger cookout welcoming all of us on Thursday evening followed by a jam session, Friday was lots of socializing with RV friends, Saturday morning we all had breakfast in the CG clubhouse and Saturday evening we had a potluck followed by karaoke. This morning there is a small Easter service in the CG chapel.....gotta go.