November doings...

Hi all!  It has been a very very busy November for us!  The folks have rolled in steadily here at the Lone Star Corral, and it has been wonderful greeting many of these folks that we haven't seen since March/April...and we were so busy learning how to manage this park that we really didn't get to know them very well - which we are trying very quickly to remedy!!!

We've made several more trips to the Va for David - hopefully the last one until April will be tomorrow, when he sees the Ear Nose & Throat specialist regarding his hearing problem.  He's had a scan, so the results will be talked about tomorrow! 

We've taken the motor home to Class A RV Repairs in Pipe Creek TX, and must say they have a very nice facility.  They did everything we needed and it wasn't a huge bill!

Last night, I was honored to ride the SKP float in the Hondo, God's Country Christmas parade!  We took a third place ribbon and were very excited!

The bad news this month is that our daughter, a Captain in the Air Force, has started a 1 year tour of duty in Afghanistan.  We're devastated - she is at a forward operating base with very limited amenities - not even buildings, just tents.  If you're reading this blog, please remember her in your daily prayers...her name is Dawn.  Please also remember her family - it is hard to be without the mama in the family.  Thank you!

All for now - have a very happy Thanksgiving and may you shop 'til you drop on black Friday :)

Oct 2010

It has been quite a while since I updated the blog – so here goes with just some highlights!


Several trips to Kerrville for VA appointments. Always fun when we stay at Kerrville-Scheiner City park – great camping right along the Guadalupe river and across from the VA – makes for a great weekend!

Wonderful Labor Day celebration – we did NOTHING :)

Sept 11 – 26th we went to PA to visit my folks – I’ll try to post some pictures that David took of the fall foliage. They certainly don’t do it justice, but they are pretty! There was a picnic in our honor (David say’s my family will jump on any excuse to have a picnic) and lots of great food was prepared and eaten by all.

This trip was to see Mom and Dad, as well as evaluate how their health is holding up, and unfortunately, not as well as we’d hoped. They are 81 and 82 years old, and Dad is mom’s caregiver although they both lean on each other since they’ve been married over 60 years. Mother is a diabetic – Dad has rheumatoid arthritis and it has decimated his hands and is now working on his feet.

We are under contract here until end of April, 2011, and we sincerely hope that we can stay here until then and finish up our contract.

If all is well, we will be taking a circuitous route back to PA, arriving there in August…we hope to stop and see David’s brother Johnny in St George UT, Grand Junction CO to see our first great grandchild, as well as the rest of the family, spend some time in Cheyenne, WY and Longmont CO, seeing friends and saying goodbye since once the MH is on the east coast, there is no telling how long it will be until we get back out here.

The plan is to attend National at Holyoke, CO with the Red Dale Wagon Train the end of June, on to Pender NE to get our Blue Ox tow system refurbished, on into Charlotte MI to see our friend Wendy, then moseying our way to PA. Should take us about 3 months if nothing goes terribly wrong!

Our friends Ron & Kathy Bernard arrived Friday, Oct 15th for a week, and we’ve been having a great time – we went into San Antonio and shopped at the Mercado for hours…we topped off the day at Johnny Carino’s – yum!  It was a great way to celebrate our 1 year anniversary on the road!

All for now – I’ll try to get some pics posted soon!

July 17, 2010 Hondo TX

Once again it is over a month since I blogged!  For some reason it is awfully hard to blog when we are sitting still - we are doing fun and exciting stuff, new experiences and new friends...but it doesn't seem like I have anything to write about...and that is just plain silly!

We've had several trips to Kerrville to the VA for David - things being poked and prodded, stuck down and up, and the prognosis right now is favorable :)  He does still have COPD, but here, at this altitude, he is doing well.  Of course the hot and humid temps aren't helping, but still, he is functioning without the oxygen tank except at night. 

We took the MH two of the times we went to Kerrville, once we camped at the Kerrville Scheiner park, and it was very nice, $27 per night, full hookups, no wifi, no cable...second time we stayed at Riverside RV park in Bandera - NICE.  $20 per night, full hookups, cable and free wifi, also right along the Medina river with miles of trails to walk...Cinder and I took full advantage in the early mornings and late evenings! 

We continue to love being here at the park - I'm enjoying being able to do some mowing/weedeating as well as the office work (in the summer I can put up a sign, and leave a radio...anyone needs me they just call).  Last week and this week we concentrated on working in the clubhouse - we took all the 'stuff' off the laundry room walls, spackled, painted, added corkboards and new signs, wiped down all equipment, and just generally spiffed it up!

Today, we did a long hall-way the same way - and it looks pretty sharp too!  Next week we will work in the main room of the clubhouse, followed by the library, then, hopefully by mid-August we will be working in the office.  It has been more than 10 years since it was painted, so it is way past time!

Our trees and flowers here are absolutely gorgeous, and I'll leave you with some pictures of them. 

Thanks for having patience with me as I try to update the blog.

June 4, 2010

Wow, it's been almost a month since I posted - shame on me!  Just to bring you up to date...

We had a big water project that needed done, so we rented a backhoe, bought many feet of pipe, replaced valves, hoses, etc., and people now have lots of water pressure in the East side of the park...yaaay!

We have a new Manager's Assistant that started 3 weeks ago, his name is Brian and he is a good worker and a very nice man.  He is interested in all sports (at least it seems that way) and rides his bike 15 - 20 miles at a time.  I have no desire to ride a bike that far :) 

David and I have done several things that merit a mention:

• Attended a Missions baseball game - they are the AAA team for the Dodgers I think - it was dollar night so lots of people and $beer, soda, hot dogs, popcorn - a great inexpensive evening!
• Had a terrific Memorial day picnic with about 40 of our friends here in the park.
• Attended Funtier Day in Bandera - what a hoot!  Took the scenic route home and ended up in Sabinal
• Every Friday afternoon either root beer floats, sundae's or banana splits...fun!
• Every Tuesday night - Pizza Hut with the gang
• FRESH corn on the cob...omg, so good!  The farmer's here are picking their first crop...yum!

There are pictures at http://www.lonestarcorral.com/ of the memorial day picnic, and the park where we are.  Have a wonderful day! 

Mother's Day 2010

It's Mother's Day weekend - and we decided we were going to visit Bracketville TX - Ft Clark Springs RV park and community.  However, before we left on Saturday evenng, I got a delivey of beautiful flowers from my daughter and her family in Okinawa, Japan.  They are spectacular - thanks Dawn, Daryl, Devon, Braden and Ariel.

We left LSC on the dot of 5 - arrived at Ft Clark about 6:30ish, was set up and out to dinner by 7:15.  We came back and saw lots of deer here in the campground - I took Cinder for a nice walk and then we booter up the 'puters.  I just got on the net and SKYPE rang - and that was my best present -I got to see and talk to Dawn, Daryl and Ariel - we chatted about an hour - love to see and talk to you all!  Next time I'll get to see Dev and Branden! 

We got up this morning, had a poptart, then headed out - the plan was to go to tour "The Alamo" - no not the one in San Antonio (we did that in Nov 2009) but the movie set that John Wayne and crew that made the Alamo movie.  When we drove over here a couple weeks ago, the sign said open Fri, Sat and Sun...NOW the sign says Thurs, Fri and Sat...so they were not open today :(   This is one of the motor home houses that are here!

So, plan B - we had a nice buffet lunch, then took a round about drive around the community of Ft Clark Springs.  This is a unique community, an old fort that has been turned into many different 'neighborhoods'.  You can google Ft Clark  - but their pool is one of the largest in Texas - it holds over a million gallons of natural spring fed water - it is 68 degrees year round - here is a pic - very nice.  We visited the museum which is very nice and FREE! 

Then this evening we had heard about a wonderful italian restaurant in Del Rio named Avanti's - so off we went - well, we found the address but the restaurant was closed for good :(  we ended up at a place called Gatti's - good chicken alfredo, but so so on everything else.  We came home - stopping to take some more flower pics.

One of the amazing things here is that the deer are very tame and all over the park - it was too dusk to get good pictures but we sure enjoyed watching them. 

Tomorrow we'll head back to Hondo - we'll leave here about noon, stop in Uvalde at Walmart, and probably get back about 5 pm. 

May 2, 2010

Happy Birthday...LSC! I'll let the pictures tell the story :)

May 1, 2010 Goodbye to more friends

Yes - the Sabinal Grill is wonderful.  It is sure to be on our 'stop' list when we are driving through Sabinal!  David had an enchilada plate that he said was good, I had tilapia, baked potatoe and salad bar...yum!  We shared a piece of lemon merengue pie!  Then we took advantage of having our home with us, and pulled into a rest area to take a nap :)  We had started our generator to 'exercise it' (you are supposed to do that every month), and had the air conditioner on - it was heavenly taking a nice nap before going on down the road!

We got set up on our lot around 6ish, and had an early night.  The past couple days have been very busy - end of month stuff in the office, and much mowing, weeding, and spiffing up for the co-op since we are having our 23rd birthday celebration tomorrow!  The club is furnishing 'speedies' (a wonderful marinated grilled sandwich) and everyone is bringing side salads...oh yeah, there will be cake and ice cream too!  I'm making a big tossed salad with homemade dressing.

Last night 8 of us went to Bill & Rosa's for a goodbye dinner with some wonderful people, Mike and Caryn Drew.  They've been work campers here at the park since November, 2009 and although we didn't get to know them over a long periof of time, we enjoyed their company while we did, and look forward to seeing them come back next fall!  I've got some pics to add later at this spot!

Tonight we are going for groceries and having dinner at the Jade Buffet - David actually likes it - 'cause he loves their shrimp and fried rice...me, I like it all! 

All for now - I'll try to post pics tonight or tomorrow!


Mike and Caryn, Bonnie & Ed, Bob & Jan...thanks for the memories!