WINTER IN TEXAS

This has been the warmest winter either of us has ever spent!  We feel so fortunate to be able to choose where to spend the next season!  We have been riding the harleys whenever we can and exploring the area.  More about that later.

We spent New Year's Eve with our partners, Don and Mary.  First, we sat around the campfire telling lies and stories!    Between the two of us, Mary and I made enough food to feed the neighboring town!  They taught us how to play "Pegs and Jokers" and we taught them how to play "Up and Down the River".  There was a little imbibing going on with the eating and playing and we all stayed awake long enough to watch the "ball" usher in the New Year in Times Square.

Lucie has playmates here as Don and Mary have two adorable four-legged kids, Max and Mindy.  They are brother and sister and are very good about putting up with Lucie's energetic craziness.  We are able to let the dogs run around our campers since we are not open (still) and they have a great time.  They are really going to freak when we have to leash them and curtail their freedom.

So life here in the Hill Country is GOOD!  We are very grateful to have partners that are so compatible with us.  This would be a miserable situation if we didn't like the people we work with especially since we don't see many others to talk to!  As you can see, Don is the proverbial kidder.  He said he was going to dress for our celebration and he did!

The update on the ongoing renovations to the campground is not good.  Permits are stalling the work and we hope the electric company will be coming in this work to start placing poles.  We are only two months away from leaving here and it doesn't look like we will see the park in its modern state until we come back in September for our option year.