Birthday

Thursday was Carol's birthday so we spent the morning at the pool. I was her pool boy so I had to slather her regularly with lotion.

For dinner we went to The River in Palm Springs to PF Changs, with Yves and Sandi.

I took care of the squawking birds.

Yves and I took out an olive tree by our patio. It's the worst tree, always dropping olives to step on and make a mess. Also Mocha would eat them and choke.

After delimbing and cutting the main roots we tied it to the truck...

And yanked it out. Now to go plant and tree shopping for the ones we like.

In Texas Mocha tore a toe nail out so when we got here we took her to the vet where they removed her nail at the base. We had to put the cone on her so she wouldn't lick it. After a few days she's back to her rambunctious self.

Palm Springs

We're finally in Palm Springs for the winter. The only problem is it's 39 degrees celcius (104f), but it's supposed to cool down to the 80's (30c). Now just waiting for our friends to come down.

Thanksgiving

We left Georgetown TX on Monday. Getting ready to leave we saw this spider after Caleb ran through the web. Fold a five dollar bill in half and that is the size of this guy. He must snack on birds...... UPATE: It's called a Argiope spider.

We went past The Alamo in San Antonio. March 6 of 1836, the Alamo fell to the enemy. April 21 they took it back as Sam Houston shouted "Remember the Alamo", referring to the lives lost.

This is a golf cart we saw.

We celebrated Thanksgiving in Fort Stockton Tx. We had ribs and beer. Closest we could come to for turkey. Our waitress was a Canadian and we reminded her it's Thanksgiving. She was going to call her granny back home in Windsor Ontario. For Tuesday night we are in Deming New Mexico. It's bloomin hot here. They have a pool for us to cool off before supper.

Georgetown Cousins

Roy's cousin Darlene came up for a couple of days. It was great to meet her also after fourty some years. This is Darlene, Tim and Roy.

We did a day trip to Georgetown. Interesting old architecture.

This is the top of the court house.

This is a statue in front of the court house commemorating the Confederate soldier.

This is our camp site beside their house. Nice shade. This is Tim's wife Rebekah with Carol. Can't believe it's been a whole week here. We had a great time and are getting ready to hit the road on Monday.

Only in Texas. This is in front of the Westinghouse Corporation, and they have two Long Horn Cattle on the front lawn grazing.

What an Adventure

Thanks to Melanie we took a detour just west of Amarillo to the Cadillac Ranch. A guy half buried several different vintage years of Cadillacs.

People add their graffiti to the art from all over the world. I sprayed on Carol & Roy.

He originally buried them at a different location but the city complained so he bought acreage outside of city limits and reinstalled them here. It's right beside the major highway, which was also route 66.

For night we made it to just east of Dallas to a Thousand Trails. This was the view from our trailer.

After seeing this guy on the beach it reminded me they have gators here. I don't know what this guy was as there is also a snake skin close to him. What ever he is he had sharp teeth.

Carol decided to get me fresh milk. Everything is larger in Texas. We stopped by the dairy museum. I sold them some fifties diner furniture while still working, for their cafeteria.

Now the fun part. We had another blow out. When I pulled over to change the tire, I noticed a fire in the ditch rapidly heading our way. The wind was blowing in our direction, so we thought it prudent to move a mile further down the interstate before changing the tire. There were police and fire vehicles racing to the fire, which they put out. That sure backed up the highway. Apparently a piece of my tire blew into the grass and started the fast moving grass fire. When that was out the police and fire trucks came upon us. A group of young people stopped and helped us change the tire. It was shredded and wrapped around the axle and brake drum. We had to cut it off. The fire truck is missing from the picture, it was beside us. This kept the highway backed up from all the rubber neckers. The cops were fun. They said they don't like northern Yankees but we're okay, we're from further north. We finally made it to my cousins house in Georgetown Texas and went out with them for a lovely dinner. Glad today is almost over.