Texas Road Trip

Bill and I took a road trip over the weekend to Texas to visit with his brother in Ft. Worth and my son in Killeen. We started out on Thursday morning with overcast skies and sprinkles here and there. The biggest parts of the storms were to the north of us until we got past Little Rock then we hit wave after wave of hard rain and wind. We had rented a car for the trip and our little Chevy Cruze did great! We broke out of the weather just the other side of Texarkana and had sunny skies all the way to Ft. Worth.
We stayed with Bill’s brother and his wife Thursday night then got up Friday morning and drove down to Killeen to see Tom. He took us on a tour of the base, put Bill in his kit:




This was taken in Tom's room. I didn't give you the view from the other side for a good reason! LOL

and out to eat at a true Texas BBQ place (wonderful food!) We took a trip that evening down to Austin to Bucca de Beppo (one of our favorite Italian restaurants)




and then stayed at Killeen overnight.

Got up Saturday morning and drove back up to Ft Worth and then to Wachahachi for the Scarborough Renaissance Faire. It is a really big fair – like KC or Bristol in Wisconsin.


From left to right: Bill's brother Richard, his wife Carol, Bill, Me, and Tom

Stopped to watch a show on the road

Bill on the drive home.

A couple of things came out of this trip. I am thinking about trading in my Escape for a Cruze. We want to go back next year for the faire. We ate ‘round the world’ (Italian and Texas BBQ on Friday, Mexican on Saturday and Chinese on Sunday!) Texas weather in April is unpredictable (It was 81 when we left Missouri on Thursday morning – it was 46 when we got to Ft. Worth that evening.) I had packed shorts and sleeveless shirts because the forecast was for 80’s and sunny. It was sunny but certainly not in the 80’s!

Beautiful weekend - Blustery Day

This weekend was beautiful - a bit windy but the sun was out and it was in the high 70's.  My weekend at the farm was a bit shorter than usual - I went down Thursday night, then left work early on Friday to go car shopping for Aubri.  We found a few possibilities but will need to bring her back down weekend after this coming one to test drive a few.

I left early on Saturday to come into town for a 16th birthday party.  My freind Amanda's daughter had all of her family - birth, step and chosen - there to wish her a happy birthday and welcome her to the adult community. 

Later than evening Erik, Meghan, Meghan's neice and Meghans' friend and I  (along with Meghan's dogs) went to the disc golf course with Erik.  It's a course that is layed out in the woods - up and down the hills so it's a really nice walk.  We did the front 12 holds then went to McDonalds.  They brought me home after to a very quiet house!

Sunday I did some laundry, read my book and then Erik, Meghan and I did the entire 18 holes at the disc golf course again.  It's great excersise and much more fun than the gym.  But alas I think I'll have to go to the gym today since it's raining today.  I woke a few times last night to hear thunder and it's looking pretty blustery out there.

Bill and I will be leaving on Thursday morning to go to Texas to visit with Tom and Bill's brother who lives in Ft. Worth.  I'm looking forward to digging out my shorts and tank tops cause it's gonna be in the 80's and 90's over the weekend!  We are also planning on going to the Ren faire while we are there.  I know I'll feel underdressed since I won't be dressing in period clothes but I didn't want to drag all that along with.

All my comments go into the Never Never...

I have done everything that I can think of to fix this problem with Blogger but ever since I changed my email address I no longer get email notifications when someone comments on my blogs or on a comment I make on their post.

And now the comments section of my dashboard is broken too - I don't see any comments in the last month.  So as I trudge slowly through some of my old posts - I may comment on your comment.... This is almost as confusing as my autocorrect mishaps!