WE LOVE TEXAS :-)

At last we had Mesa Arizona in our rear view mirror heading east toward Texas. The first shocker occurred at the Triple T Truck Terminal in Tucson --- We stopped to top off our fuel. We wanted to keep records of the fuel costs so I yelled to Suzer “Eighty-five point five” She said “You mean eighty-five dollars and fifty cents” I said “No – eighty-five gallons --- almost $300.oo” J

We exited I10 at Deming searching for the famous “Rockhound State Park”. I stopped to
Ask directions – the old guy said “You’re about two and a hair from the Park” That meant a little over two miles. Well --- the rocks were ugly and the wind --- it didn’t blow --- it sucked and no internet.

Next was a nice drive into a 40 knot wind into Balmorhea State Park, Texas. Balmorhea has the largest “Spring Fed Swimming Pool” in the world ---- ugly rocks and no internet.

The beauty of Big Bend National Park was a surprise after miles and miles of barren nothing east of Tucson. Susan had a chance to explore the roads around the Rio Grande Village Campground on bike, while I did my bit for international gift exchange by hitting a golf ball across the Rio Grande river into Mexico.

So here we are in the hill country outside of San Antonio, Texas—Bandera County, northwest of the city. Distances here are much farther than they seem as Susan discovered on her first bike ride Saturday. She left Medina Lake (our home for now) and headed down the road for a short little loop ride. She returned nearly fifty miles later utterly exhausted as most of the ride was into the wind and (as it always seemed) uphill.

Today, April 29th (Katie Miller’s 17th birthday—Happy Birthday to our niece) is a sightseeing day in town. Suzer’s legs are thankful, as they need a day to recover before exploring more roads tomorrow. We plan to visit the Alamo and the River walk area of San Antonio; pick up a Sunday paper for Suzer to read; and dodge the impending thunderstorms on the horizon.

Later --- derLibbys

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I think it's Tomorrow

Suzer's out on the bike --- She left a page or two for me to "Post"


but can't read the writing ---here's a link to some of the Great Photos


taken by "The Worlds Greatest Snapper"





This is Billy hitting a golf ball all the across the Rio Grande :-)

Here's the link for a few more Great Photos

http://billnsusan.com/loading.htm

Later --- BillnSusan

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FINALLY !!!!

We have finally landed in a spot with internet access :-)

Medina Lake --- near San Antonio Texas. Much more with great photos
of the trip so far tomorrow.

BillnSusan

"The Day of Departure"

Well --- it's dawn and CC is almost loaded (wish I were) with two
of everything in the world. And of course we have no idea where
either one of the two items are.

With a little luck and favorable winds we should be at Rockhound
State Park by this evening. Hopefully we can publish some photos
of "The Most Boring Park" in the nation :-)

Later ---

Sweet!!!!

Well Sue,
Congratulations to you for being free from the grind. I'm envious, especially after returning from Spring Break to my "humdinger" as a colleague calls him. Have a good trip out to New Mexico.
---"Annabelle" and crew in Camarillo

Gettin' Closer

Simple Update ---

Today, Friday 13th, our “Lucky Day”, is also Susan’s Last Day :-)

We are so excited that a “Good Nites Sleep” is tuff.

Susan is anxious to see every state and national park in the nation,
Seeing the “South” where I almost grew up, and of course, the “Bike
Ride across Iowa”.

Me --- I’m just excited to be with Susan all day --- everyday.
It’ll be great to see Alabama again --- haven’t been back since 1962.
I maintain our high school website (BessemerHigh.com) so remembering
how great growing up in that era was is easy. Reading the comments
of my classmates "Kinda Makes ya Homesick"

Susan wants 4-5 days for biking in the warm weather so we should be
Departing for “Rockhound State Park" Friday or Saturday.

Later

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Loading This Crazy Thing (CC is Her NAME)

Well --- With only a few more days until Suzer is FREE from the ole 9-5

we're really busy trying to figure out how to pack 2000#s of "Stuff" into

an area that holds 500#s.

Suzer is the organizer,manager and derBoss :-)

Few more days and we're "Out of Here" !!!!

Our "First Stop" is Rockhound State Park in New Mexico. Our travel

guide indicates that this park is the "Most Boring Place In New Mexico"

Sounds like our kind-of-place ----- :-)

We really miss All of You and in time (if CC don't break-down)

we'll "See Ya Soon"

derLibbys

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Did you get this Sue and Bill???

I just signed up for some type of blog, but really don't know if it works. Let me know....

Second Time

We still don't know if this stupid thing will do what we think ---- however since
we're at home for another week or so we have time to play with derBlogg