Colorado/Wyoming/Montana

Our drive through Colorado was uneventful except Denver is reminiscent of Houston and San Antonio traffic! Like Jeff Foxworthy says - "If the speed limit is 70 mph, you're going 80 and someone passes you - you probably live in Houston!"

If you think driving through west Texas is a long boring trip try driving through Wyoming - no traffic worries here! The ribbon of road is endless! We passed Independence Rock in Cheyenne - a well know landmark on the Oregon Trail that settlers often carved their names on. Apparently, many of them were not impressed with Wyoming either because it is the least populated state in the nation!

The Endless Road

The only wildlife we've seen are cows, horses, antelope and prairie dogs - don't know how "wild" any of them are!

We had dinner with Nicole, our nephew, Kirt's girlfriend, who lives in Billings, MO last night. We've spent time with her at several family gatherings so it was nice to be able to see her as we passed through town. She is on her way to Dallas after the school year ends next week.

I guess art is in the eye of the beholder!

Out of Texas!

After two days of skirting storms we are finally out of Texas! I had just said to Roger - "I'm ready for some real scenery" - when we went around a curve (yes, an actual curve in the endless ribbon of a road!) and saw our first glimpse of the snow capped Rocky Mountains! We crossed them at Raton Pass at 7800 ft. Probably the highest altitude of our trip. Have already seen plenty of antelope. Just the beginning!

On Our Way to Alaska!

A night without thunderstorms, in Weatherford, with our new leveling system working well =  a good nights sleep! Roger has re-routed us through Sweetwater and then north to Lubbock in hopes of avoiding a line of thunderstorms today. Seems as though we will be "zig-zagging" our way out of the storm zone! Nerve wracking but glad to be on our way! But, gotta get out of Texas first! ANTICIPATION!!

Trivia: Sweetwater, Tx hosts the largest rattlesnake round-up in the world!

Ft. Worth Stock Yards

We left Boerne and came to Weatherford, near Ft. Worth, to have new leveling jacks put on the motorhome. We had all day yesterday to explore so we went to the Ft. Worth Stock Yards. An interesting place with lots of history. It is no longer functioning as a stock yard but there are many western wear shops, restaurants and museums documenting its hey day. We ate steak and ribs that were delicious. They still drive the steers down main street - much to the delight of all the school children there!

Trivia: Weatherford is the "Cutting Horse Capital of the World"

Texas Boomer 15th Anniversary

We spent Memorial Day week-end in Boerne, Texas with our Texas Boomer RV Club. We celebrated the clubs 15th anniversary. It rained all 4 days but they have a big rally hall so we ran back and forth from our rigs and survived. We were luckier than most of Texas in that we did not get high winds and flooding. Austin and Houston also got drenched but the kids are high and dry. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the flooding.

We joke that the Boomers are an eating club that likes to RV and we certainly proved that this rally.
Volunteers made a 15 foot banana split in a big trough with dry ice. I told Mary and Charlotte that they looked like Lucy and Ethel! Good to see so many "old" friends!

Houston

We have spent a fun month in Houston with Kyle, Heather and the girls. It has rained every day and the humidity is drenching but still good to be here!

We took Samantha and Emily to the Galveston beach while the girls and their husbands went to Las Vegas for a long week-end. We bought them boogie boards and they spent hours riding the waves! Jack (the new dog) went with us with promises that they would take care of him. The first time Roger and Emily walked him and he pooped Emily said "I can't clean that up - it gives me the throw ups!"

"Cool Dog" at the beach!

We have a good time just doing everyday things with them - walking Jack up to school in the afternoons, going to school functions, the horseraces, a Skeeters game and just hanging out playing games. Carlos and Megan came for two week-ends so we had wonderful Mothers Day. Roger and I took the girls to a local playground and took pictures to put in a frame for Heather's present and it turned out real cute.

 

 

Heather started a swim team in the subdivision and has been immersed in all the preparations necessary for the first season. What a task - even with many volunteers and coaches! She and Megan have such good memories of the Northern Hills Natadors that she wanted the girls to have the same experience - hence, the Lakes of Bella Terra Baracudas! We saw their first practice "meet"  before we left and both the girls did really well! They are anxious to get their official times!

We are on our way to Boerne to a Boomer Rally over Memorial Day week-end and then to Ft. Worth for new jacks on the motorhome before we head north to Alaska!

Hate to say "good-bye" because we know we won't see them until October!!