About Saying Farewell to Dallas and Ft. Worth (December 11 - 17)

Dear Family and Friends,

You may be wondering how RVers decorate for Christmas. As I  type this blog, I am looking at one of the best examples of the Christmas spirit that I have ever seen. Our over achieving next door neighbors, Earl and Dimah, decorated their park model (a unit that stays permanently in an RV park) differently every year. This year it is done in a the gingerbread house motif. It is adorable during the day, but spectacular at night.

With such a display, Roger and I just had to do something! The Christmas decor that we kept is back in Tucson, in our storage locker. We decided to go with poinsettias and a lighted swag of evergreen.

On Sunday morning, my dear friend Becky drove over from Dallas. It has been such a treat to be close to her during the past few weeks. We have been friends for over 35 years and she is a keeper!

Sunday afternoon was a memorial get together at my brother Chris and Diann's home. Sadly, we lost our Uncle Bill, this week and the family gathered to remember him. It was wonderful to see all the cousins.

Roger and I joined my sister Sally, her husband Charlie and their wonderful daughters Claire and Betsy for a farewell dinner on Tuesday night. Claire has followed in her father's footsteps by obtaining her CPA license this year. We are so proud of her. Charlie got to present her certification to her in Austin, a few weeks ago. Betsy is a senior at Trinity University in San Antonio (my alma mater). We are keeping our fingers crossed that she will be able to follow her dreams by going to veterinary school in the future.

Wednesday we prepared the RV for the trip to Kerrville, where we will spend Christmas. We left Terrell on Thursday morning in a mist. Fortunately we did not have to drive through a thunderstorm. Unfortunately we had a sensor light come on, indicating that there was water in the fuel tank. We spent the night in Temple, Texas at a spot located about 100 yards from Interstate 35. The following pictures show our spot at Temple.

Our RV along I 35!
Oh the noise of the trucks all night long!

Yes, those are 18 wheelers!

  Fortunately the new sensor arrived at the Freightliner shop and we were on the road by 12:30. We arrived in Kerrville in the late afternoon on Friday. We love our spot at Buckhorn RV. This is a resort as compared to a trailer park and there is a huge difference.

We spent Saturday morning washing the car, having the coach cleaned at the resort and grocery shopping. In between errands, we met our neighbors. In this small world of RVing it is fun to run across acquaintances. Parked across from us are Roger's Aunt and Uncles's dear friends that met each other years ago when they RVed together. The following pics give you an idea of our spot at Buckhorn. Please notice our squeaky clean coach. 

The bikes are under the black cover ready for us to ride.

Roger and I wish you a wonderful week filled with holiday spirit, including family, friends and great food. Thank you for reading our blog.