HERE WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND IN PARADISE.

Last time I blogged, we had stopped in Kansas City, Kansas for the night.  The next morning we were headed off across Kansas, which we thought we did, but I made the mistake of putting of end goal of Denton Texas into our GPS and "Gladys" (our name for our GPS) made a beeline for Denton , taking us off the interstate and into every small town and onto every two lane highway on that potential Beeline.  So, we had to do some map navigating to get us back on I 35.  Lesson learned!  Don’t give Gladys a destination, that is too far up the road, as she likes to cut corners. So, once back on track, we hooked up with I 35 in Wichita and 

 

down on into Oklahoma and on into Texas as planned.  

We made it to Denton, with no problems.  

The only problems we had, were with the motel we stayed at.  It is being crossed off our list.  Lousy Internet (what good is free if it doesn't work) and no hot water for my Tea in the morning, so they are DONE.  Some day I will do a Blog about how I feel the tea drinkers in North America are discriminated against.  If you don't drink coffee, you don't matter! 

We got up Thursday morning and pushed on through all the way down through Texas, from top to bottom.  As usual  all kinds of construction along the way.  It started just south of Fort Worth and never completely ended until south of San Antonio.  

And all day long, we went through bright sunshine, then cloud bursts, of torrential down pours. 

Each down pour lasting 5 to 10 minutes, then a sudden stop and back to bright sunshine.  

I am always so happy to start seeing the Palm trees along the road side as it means we are getting  close to Paradise Park.   We finally arrived here safe and sound around 4:00 pm.  

We have spent the entire day today, trying to get our systems all up and running.  No problems with the trailer, just the technical stuff.  Internet, TV and telephone.  It seems Time Warner is no more, and now they are calling themselves Spectrum.  They have to replace all the modems and TV boxes etc.  This started at 9:00 am and it's 6:30 pm and I just got my Internet working (fingers crossed) and we are still waiting for the TV and Telephone.  

So that is my update for now.  

IT'S HOT!  HOT!  HOT!  DOWN HERE.  

HERE WE ARE IN KANSAS

We finished off North Dakota,  covered South Dakota, Iowa and through Missouri and made it to Kansas City, Kansas, in lovely sunshine.  

The leaves are barely starting to turn down here. 

We even had to put the a/c on in the truck today, with that sun beating in the wind shield.  

I am enjoying the warmth already and so is Sea-Enna.  Tomorrow we should make it to Texas, but we don't know how far into Texas we will get.  Certainly not all the way to Paradise Park.  

PARADISE WILL BE ON THURSDAY

 

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

We woke up to more darn rain again today.  I am so sick of the constant rain.  Well, the chores we had, to close up the house, went very well and we were on the road into Winnipeg, by 10:00 am.  We picked up our dry ice, hit the Credit Union and the Bank and were on Highway 75 heading south by 12:00 noon.  But of course it was still raining.  

We were at the border by 1:00 pm got through there in 2 minutes flat.   

Then as we were approaching Grand Forks, the clouds started to lift.  That sun was a very welcome sight.  I am so sick of all the rain we have been having this past month. 

By the time we were approaching Fargo we were under bright warm sunny skies.  It certainly was making me think of Texas.  

We have settled in, in Fargo for the night.

WE SHOULD MAKE KANSAS BY TOMORROW NIGHT.  

THE PLANNING AND PACKING CONTINUES

The truck is slowly getting packed.  

Every year I take pre-cooked breakfast sausages with me to Texas.  I find all the ones that they sell in Texas are far too spicy for my Anglo palette.  So I fry these up, then freeze them in small one meal packages.  

 They are done and ready to go, we just have to stop on our way through Winnipeg and top up the cooler with dry ice to keep them frozen all the way to McAllen.   

The many bins are slowly getting filled, with cloths, etc.

I am trying, as best I can, to plan out meals down to the day we leave.  The final clean out of the fridge and cupboards will happen on Sunday, then we should be ready to

roll.  
 

On Monday morning Dan plans to drain the water system on the beach house and put RV anti-freeze where needed.  Then we will stop for dry ice and American $$ as we go through Winnipeg, and we will be on our way.  

TEXAS HERE WE COME

 

JUST OVER ONE WEEK TILL WE "GO"

We are finally down to making lists and packing.  

So I have bins around the house, so that I can put things in them as I think of them.  We are making list of what we have to take, besides $$  I'm busy readying my computer and GPS with the latest updates. 
 

There are things in the house that I don't want to freeze, so we will put those things on the boat in the heated hangar.  As we are turning the services off in the beach house when we leave.  

Then there are the things that you don't need very often, but must have on hand, like the first aid kit.  I also have a sewing kit and a craft kit that I haul back and forth every year, plus Dan has tools that he hauls back and forth.  We wouldn't want to have to have duplicates of all of this stuff.  

So it's a busy, scratching head, list making kinda time.  

NO MATTER WHAT, I'M SURE WE WILL FORGET SOMETHING.  

(We always do.  lol )

OUR THOUGHTS ARE TURNING TO TEXAS

As the weather gets cooler here in the Manitoba Interlake, our thoughts are turning to the warm weather that is awaiting us in Paradise Park of McAllen, Texas. 

It will be a few weeks before we leave, but we are starting to make lists of things to remember, things to pack, things we have to do here before we leave, etc. etc. etc.  

We have a lot to see to here, that we have never done before.  The condo was easy.  Lock the door and walk away.  Now we have to secure the house.  

OH WELL, I'M SURE WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT

SEA-ENNA'S NEW BED

Ever since we moved into the house at the beach, Sea-Enna has taken to sleeping the evenings away on this cold hard floor, between Dan and I as we sit and watch TV.  

I thought that's kind of bare and hard and there might be a draft from the door, so I went a bought her a brand new soft and fluffy Doggie Bed.  

I thought "This will be nice and comfy for her".  

Guess where she is spending her time now?  

OH WELL, WIN SOME, LOOSE SOME