NORTHBOUND! Devyn & Randy here we come!

Time to head north for Randy's pasture and Devyn!

We made the short 163 mile trip to Union Grove Corp of Engineers park in Salado, TX on Stillhouse Hollow Lake.  The place is almost empty, last night there were two other RVs we could see in the loop we are in, this morning they are gone and no one else to be seen.  Judy said we could run around the campground naked and no one would know, even jump in the lake 20 feet behind us.  She wants to block more tires when we hook up so our home doesn't roll into the lake.  The temps have really dropped, it  was only 58 at 3:30 pm with 25 mph winds out of the north.  It looks and feels like winter and snow.  Judy nuked some chili for lunch and the heat pumps are pumping.  For supper she warmed up leftover mac and cheese and ham and we had the last of her home made applesauce.  In the morning the sun was out and it's still 58 and windy but sunny!  

On Wednesday we went to a great little German restaurant for lunch, Opa's Schnitzel Hut.  This was the best schnitzel we have had since we have been on the road!

 I think our traveling home is larger than the restaurant.

And that's the truth!

Last pot luck and last trip to Classic Burger

Here's a couple of the locals here at the campground.

Here's the last 10 of us at yesterdays last potluck dinner.

Today we had to return to Classic Burger one more time before we leave in the morning.

Repair time

We had two HitchHikers with brake problems.  Here's Mike (in the shadow under his HH) and Don repairing a broken wire to one of his brakes.  On the other side of the park there was another crew working on Ron & Roberta's HH with a missing hydraulic line to one brake.  Wonder how long he was without trailer brakes?  Both were successfully repaired so we decided to go to Classic Burger for lunch.

We put Don to work with a game of F350 vs F450 tug of war.

Then it seems Mel's F450 decided to remain in reverse, so it was taken to the Ford dealer a couple blocks away.  Less than an hour later he was back on the road.  We were at the Ford dealer earlier that morning getting three minor issues repaired under warranty.  

Camp Verde

Even though the rally has ended many are sticking around a few more days.  Here's the guys happy hour, the ladies were circled behind the trailer.

One afternoon 20 of us  went to Camp Verde for a very nice lunch.  This is the site where in 1857 the local US Army post experimented with camels.   

Every class has a clown.

Greening up, bluebonnets, bloody maries, & BBQ dinner

As you can see in these pictures the rain and warm sunshine lately has been making the leaves pop out.

Here's some of the local bluebonnets.

One afternoon someone suggested a bloody mary party, everyone agreed!

On the last night we had a catered BBQ dinner and it was pretty good!

As you can see some of the old farts have trouble getting away from their smart phones just like their grand kids.

Here's Stan & Connie who put the rally together.  At the white elephant gift exchange Ron and Roberta ended up with our gift and we ended up with theirs!

Clayton & Pat and Pacific beach reenactment

On Thursday Clayton & Pat arrived for three nights.  After they set up and we visited we played poker until 10 pm......which we did all three nights.  Friday we took them to Fredericksburg to eat at a German restaurant, it was OK but we have never found a German restaurant that comes close to Leighthousers was in Saline.  We then went to Luckenbach fora beer and let them check it out before riding around the hill country and returning to the campground. Saturday was a day of rest and doing odds and ends here at the campground before they left Sunday morning.
Sunday the rally group went to Alamo Springs Cafe for a burger but Judy and I skipped that.  We met the group in Fredericksburg at the Pacific War Museum for a WWII reenactment of the Marines beach landing on Tarawa.  The first hour and a quarter was about history and Japaneses background then descriptions and demonstrations of many of the weapons used by the Marines and Japanese.

Father & son reenacting Japaneses soldiers.

Rifle demo.

Carbine demo.

Thompson sub machine gun demo.

BAR, British Automatic Rifle, demo.  This old guy really looked, sounded and acted the part of an old no nonsense soldier.

Machine gun team.

Shotgun for close in combat.

50 caliber machine gun

Flame thrower.

Following all the history then weapon descriptions and demos, which were very interesting, came the battle reenactment which lasted less than ten minutes with LOTS and LOTS of intense shooting, explosions and activity.  We were provided ear plugs.

Here's a view from the stands after the reenactment.

Yup, medics were there just in case.  Judy and I along with the rest of the rally folks there really enjoyed the entire program.  Next year the museum is spending $8M to remove the beachhead and replace it with the mountains of Okinawa for a new reenactment.

Karaoke

We are just sitting back relaxing with our RV friends.  After happy hour I stopped by to checkout the karaoke which was very entertaining.