Home

We finally got home this afternoon. We took 2 weeks to get here. Hobbes is thrilled. I think he might have run away if we made him spend another day riding in the truck. H took him for a walk at the campground in Kentucky last night, Hobbes would not come into the RV, H had to pick him up. He has really been enjoying walking in the grass at rest areas. The pavement and stones of Yuma don't impress him.

We have lots to do to get moved back into the house, H got the water back on, then we tackled the satellite TV. Wow. We spent tons of time trying to get the settings right and still could not get a signal. Finally called my brother to help. He came down, and we still couldn't get a signal. I called Direct TV to talk to a tech. Guess what, we forgot to change the zip code for the receiver to our present one. No wonder it wanted us to use such crazy degrees for tilt and elevation and azimuth, it was for the Yuma zip code. Sometimes things get to complicated.

Need a good nights sleep.

Our Adventures

On the way to Biloxi, we were traveling 70 MPH and the traffic was somewhat heavy, H spotted a large piece of truck tire in our lane, could not slow down in time and could not get over due to traffic, so he went over it. We stopped so he could check the tires, no damage to the tires, but it did crack the fiberglass skirt over the right side wheels and bent the steps. No big deal, right. Today I tried to put the steps down while holding Hobbes, they stuck then gave loose hitting the top of my right hand just below the knuckles. It started to swell before I even got the door open. Put ice on it and kept it elevated. No broken bones just a large bruised swollen area.

Then our other adventure, for anyone who has seen the movie"RV", this is funny, but not to happen in real life. H went to dump the tanks at the campground yesterday, already had everything hooked up, opened the valve to the black water tank (toilet drain) and it started flowing into the sewer drain, then all of a sudden it started spewing into the air. The sewer drain was plugged. I opened the window to ask H what was going on and was confronted by an very ripe odor (yuk). The campground crew came with a snake but could not get it unplugged. The other sewer drain was too far behind us to reach with our sewer hose, so H washed down what he could with the hose and waited until this AM when we closed up to leave then backed up to the other drain. All is well that ends without poop all over.

Tonight we are in Decatur, Alabama in a city park. Very busy with spring break, but we are in an overflow area and it is very quiet. We will sleep well tonight.

Back in Biloxi

This is Camp Biloxi at the end. They have 2 volunteer groups here this week, next week they start tearing down the camp. Above left is Matt with H. This is the camp we stayed in while in Biloxi on many trips to help rebuild post Katrina.
The dining tent is being cleaned out today and will come down tomorrow.

Last of the dining tent. Jan and friend.

We went to the beach this AM, was warm and sunny, but the wind was so strong we got sand facials while we sunbathed.



Some guys fishing from the pier, they had quite a few fish. The water was really choppy.

Family

We went to visit our niece Michelle and her family in Round Rock, TX on Sunday. Their daughters had soccer games at the same time. Same color uniforms, different teams. Both their teams won.

Azul is #4 and is an aggressive player, she scored most the goals for her team.



Aiden is #5, also an excellent player, she scored 4 goals for her team.


Aiden, Azul, and H putting together a princess puzzle. Carlos with the puzzlers.

Below is Azul, Aiden, Michelle, and Carlos.

Hobbes and Blue Bonnets

The desert has so many wild flowers this time of year. Yellow flowers are all over.


The Yucca is blooming as well as the Blue Bonnets in Texas. Hobbes was sniffing them.

We arrived this PM in New Braunfels, Texas and will stay here until next week. Long trek from Yuma, AZ, about 1100 miles.

Rockin'

We had an earthquake today, 7.2 located less than 100 miles southwest of us. We were both outside, H was on the ladder beside the 5th wheel when the RV started rocking from side to side, he thought someone was pushing it from side to side. I was just about ready to put some trash in the metal trash can, when it started clanging against the other can. I turned around and the truck was shaking. Kind of scary. I don't think I would want to be anywhere near a big one. It almost made me feel seasick.
We have tomorrow AM, have almost everything ready.