Well I've been a little slow getting back to doing this blog.  We have really enjoyed our stay in Texas.  We've made some new friends and will have fun keeping up with them during the next year.  This deer is one of many we saw at Davis Mountain State Park.  They are so used to campers that they will come right up to you.  Virgil was feeding this one cookies.   I think they are so cute.

Now these guys are not my favorite.  The havelina came in to visit us in the morning.  We looked out our window and they were coming looking for some breakfast.  They do not smell good but the babies can be so cute.  This was actually a good sized one!
We visited this museum with our friend Elaine,  The patio here was all shade and patio stones and set up with benches and places to just sit and enjoy the place.
Many of the displays here were done in separate small buildings.  This one had a lot of minitures.  It is a wonderment to look at and think about all the time it took to make it.
One of many of the beautiful sunrises we had in Del Rio.  Del Rio is a town of little distinction.  It has an Air Force base for training new pilots.. Also it is a border town.  So many people come here just to cross the border for medical,dental, and eye care.. Also can't beat the shopping.  We were  not impressed with the cleanliness of the streets.  They were very small, broken side walks and vendors everywhere.  Our friends Elaine and Ann ate from these vendors, but I was not sure I wanted to do that.  Who knows where their hands had been!!!

Virgil and I did go once, but probably that was our only time.  

Now we are in NM.  It is a campground in a town that is very small sitting at the base of the Cherrichula MT.  We love to take rides there.  We'll go this afternoon.  Who knows what we'll see.

OPS!  forgot to post this picture. It is the Indian display inside the visitor center. Nice, isn't it!

Well, this past week we did a canyon hike with a ranger. Seminole Canyon is known for its pictographs that range in age from 3800 years to 4100 years old.  Is is a short drive off the main highway into the visitor center. They have a great visitor center with nice displays. One is the Indians pictured here  The top picture is what is called the High Bridge. It is where the Pecos River meets the Rio Grande. Very pretty place.

 This is just one of many pictographs in the caves here.
This is the canyon. We enjoyed the hike down into it.  Really a surprise.
This is a sample of what the winds does to the sand stone rocks walls.  It sure is pretty and unique to see. The wind circles up with bits of sand and wears the rock into this intricate designs.
This is a metal sculpture outside the visitor center. Actually a copy of one of the pictographs. This was a fun day and educational too!!!   See we can learn things even when we get old.  The ranger knew her subject.  She was born and lived here all her life.  We could tell she loved her job.

Well hello again from Del Rio.  We made it in and out of Mexico on Sat. with no  problems.  It was an old town. pretty much what you think of when you picture a Mexican town.  Old buildings. small streets, and many people.  This is a mecca for people wanting dentists, eye care, pharmacys and stuff like that.  There were many street vendors selling food and candy and sweets of all kinds.  Shoe shine stands and lots of shops.

We did go to a very nice restaurant for lunch.  Our friends are Ann and Elaine. They live near Dolly Wood at a Outdoor Resorts Park and are  full timer RV'ers..  Good food and fun for all.

This is a picture of the interior of the Mexican Restaurant.  Music also provided with your lunch.

Today was lunch, we eat a lot, at a little place that is only open for lunch.  Great hamburgers and home made soup.  Nice an warm outside so I'm going out to sit in the sun for a while and then make salsa  from all fresh veggies. Tacos for dinner. Food again.

Well, more next time.

Del Rio Texas

Well, it is almost the end of Jan. and I've been slow getting back to this.  Cindy, sure glad to see all that snow at your house.  We had a cool day here yesterday, but today is nice. 68 degrees and all sunshine.  That is why we are here. 

This past week we visited Laughlin Air Force Base for a tour.  Very interesting. They train new pilots and bomb sniffing dogs.  We had a great demo of the dogs being trained, you would definitely not want to have this dog attack you, and a trip into the simulator for training pilots to deal with G- Forces.  Also had a great steak and baked potato lunch at the officers club. They

I'm new at adding pictures so bare with me. sometimes they are not where I wanted them. 

We also in the same week visited a movie location.  They make westerns here at Alamo Village.  That was an interesting place.  Lots of stuff.   We had lunch in their cantina and you can see Virgil at the bar.  We took two ladies that are here for a month also with us. Their names are Elaine and Anne.  They are very entertaining.  They came to Del Rio to go across the border to have dental work done.  Many Americans do this.  It is way cheaper than in the states.

Virgil is outside waxing on the trailer.  That is his job.  As you can see I'm doing mine. Computer work! 

Our campground is nice. It is new and the owner is a nice young man.  He was a border patrol guard for 21 years. Grew up on a family ranch and did cowboying as he calls it.  Put his all into building this campground.  Sure hope he makes it.  Him and his wife are really working at it.  So far a great job.  Got us to stay a month!!!

Well, tonight we are going with a group for steak night at the local Cantina.  As you can see STEAK is a staple in Texas.  It is a small place but we told it is good.

Saturday we are going to cross the border for lunch in Mexico with Elaine and Anne.  Hope our birth certificates will get us back across.  Otherwise someone will have to bail us out!!!

More to follow at a later time.

 Well, it is now Jan. 6 and we are in Victoria TX.  We left Cindy's on the 29th of Dec after having Christmas with the family.  Great highways all the way down. We traveled the Natchez Trace from Nashville TN to Natchez MS, 444 miles of parkway. NO TRUCKS.  We stayed with friends in Orange TX for two nights.  It was a nice visit with a couple, Bill and Tish Palmer, that we worked with in MT last summer.  They actually spend their winters parked at a friends house.  We enjoyed our visit. Had great BBQ and seafood. Larry and Phyllis, the Palmers friends. took us all for cake and ice cream to the extended family's house.  Just like home, Wild!!  Phyllis and Tish are hooked on the WII playing Shrek.  We left their place on Sun. morning so we could get thru Houston when the traffic was not too bad. That place is a zoo to cross.  It was 77 degrees when we left and going west on I-10 the temp dropped to 43 degrees.  So south we went!  Now it is getting really nice. hi 60's today and mid to high 70's the rest of the week.  We are staying for a week here. Tomorrow we'll take a ride down to the gulf and perhaps have seafood for lunch. We are only 25 miles from the beach.  We'll also see what if any hurricane damage is still there.  They have a big zoo here we'll also visit.  There is an old town a few miles south of here that has shops and restaurants and old buildings to visit.  Well, Cindy,  this will have to do. If dad shares the computer tonight I'll download some pictures. Love to all 

Well it's another Sunday only this one is only beautiful if you like SNOW.  It has been snowing all week which is not good for packing a trailer..  We have been making a disaster  of the house.  I have stack s of stuff everywhere.  I have to say tho getting clothes out of the closet made me remove clothing we are not wearing and fill three bags to give away.  Virgil has been busy carrying it all to the trailer.  Needless to say I have to go out and put it all away.   Maybe tomorrow will be better.  Wish us luck on getting out of the north country.  Cindy better be ready for us!!!!!