I'M NOT PUTTING MY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP JUST YET

All my Xmas decorating is being put on hold for now.  We have bought another trailer. 

You see, when we retired we said "Lets do some travelling". So, we went out and bought a trailer.  We got a real bargain on a 25 FT. Springdale ( it's actually only 24.2 ft.) that was "just what we needed", and it has served us well. We have travelled from Winnipeg, to Texas to Florida and the Keys, on to the Carolina Coasts etc. We have also travelled from Texas, along the Rio Grande River and on up into San Diego, up the Pacific coast and on to Palm Springs. We have "Done" the desert States and the Grand Canyon. And this trailer has certainly served our needs. She is small, light, economical and easy to handle.

But, our needs have changed.  We don't "travel", anymore.  We have found our little "niche" here in Texas.  We come on down to Texas each year and settle in with the rest of our Winter Texas friends for "The Season".  And this past year we came down for much longer.  (5 whole months ).   

The combination of being down here longer and the persistently cool weather we have had this November/December have combined to make us more determined in our search for another trailer.  It was one thing to make do with our little trailer with no real shower facilities to speak of , when the weather is nice, but when it's cold like it has been a lot this November and December, it's no fun to leave the warmth of the trailer to go over to the showers, then worse yet to leave the showers and go out into the cold to get back to the trailer. 

The reason we don't have shower facilities in our little trailer is that, what they supply as a "Shower" is in name only.    It's very small and only has a 6 gallon hot water tank. 

Some say they wet down, turn the water off, soap up then, turn the water back on and rinse down.  I tried it once and ran out of hot water, which is not a fun experience. 

This little trailer is also very short on clothing storage space.  So, we have turned the useless shower into a very useful closet. 

The kitchen area is also very short on storage space and it always seems to me very cluttered. 

For these reasons we have been thinking about and looking for a more livable trailer, now that we are staying put. 

 

The trailer that we have purchased is a 2002, 33 foot Terry.  It is 5 years older than ours, but it is 7.8 ft longer and has 3 slide-outs instead of the one that this trailer has.  That amount of extra space may not seem like much to non RVers, but it is a vast amount when it comes to trailer space. 

 

So, that's the latest news from us.   My Christmas decorations will go on the new trailer when we get it here and all set up.  Pictures and a better description will follow when we pick the trailer up on Tuesday. 

 

 

 

 

WE NEED TO PUT A BIG CHRISTMAS BOW ON IT

Because that's our Christmas present to each other for the next few years

 

 

 

 

 

WHO HAS GOOD PIZZA?

It is a tradition for Dan and I that, "Linda doesn't cook on Friday nights".  We will go out for Burgers, pick up Chinese or Chicken or order in Pizza.  My favourite is always Pizza, and my favourite Pizza at home is "Pizza Hut" pizza.  Whether at home or at the lake I will always opt for Pizza Hut pizza.  All the other options are Dan's choices.  Well, one of the first Fridays we were here this year Dan ordered and picked up a couple of pizzas from the local Pizza Hut, for us.  It was horrible.  It wasn't over cooked, it was"burnt". 

So, after a few weeks of other options on some Friday nights, I was in the mood for Pizza again, but who has good pizza?  We had driven past a place called "Peter Piper Pizza" a number of times and the parking lot was always packed.  That's always a good sign for choosing a restaurant, "Right"?  So tonight we went out for dinner, to "Peter Piper Pizza". 

Did we ever get a surprise.  It turns out that Peter Piper Pizza, is the Chucky Cheese of the pizza industry.  But we didn't find that out until after we had placed our order.  After ordering we walked in to the main part of the restaurant to find a table and found the decor that can only be described as indestructible by any marauding gang of Birthday Partyers.  We ate our salad and when our pizza was ready, we changed our order to "To Go".  We somehow did not fit in with all the young Birthday revellers.  Who knew?

I am pleased to announce though, that they have very good thin crust pizza.  We will certainly order it "To Go" again on a future "Linda doesn't cook Friday night". 

 

 

GREAT PIZZA