Spring in Texas

 

Above is a view as we left Bryan to head back to the Dallas area today. Rainy, a cool 46 degrees this morning, not great photo stuff.

Ok time to catch up. We came back from Arizona which was really super and finished up Leigh's new laundry room project. The next couple of weeks were devoted to the normal medical stuff which is a bit more complicated when we are on the road so much but no major problems.

And a bit of summer planning which might involve a Europe river cruise, time in Quebec City, and time with the kids and grandkid on Georgian Bay. Wow, too much thinking and planning for all of that. And of course we will be in Barrie with the Flying Scotsman from the first of May to October or so as usual.

While all of that was occupying our brains we went down to Bryan to see Bruce's mom and spend a week there. She's doing pretty good for someone who just turned 98 and can talk about it. We looked at old photos of her from high school and college and then listened to some old WWII era music from the big band era which got her tapping her feet and doing a dance with Jo-Anne; if even while sitting down. I was also able to glean some more great photos from the Gunn/Parris family files for genealogy research so the several days talking to her were great.

We also had a great time with Rich and Kerry and ate at some of our more favorite places we have already described and photographed. Super week "down south" and now back in the Dallas area.

The roadsides today on the way up to Fort Worth on I-35 were ablaze with the bluebonnets and paintbrush that Texas is famous for; even if the weather was a bit cloudy and foggy.

And of course you know I love to photograph animal life as often as I can. As we were filling up with fuel at the Walmart in Bryan this buzzard spotted a nice juicy ( I assume ) meal right in front of the RV ...

... my caption being, " I really hate it when dinner gets stuck to my foot like this, it's just not proper buzzard etiquette; my mom told me so."

Tonight and tomorrow in the Northlake RV park in Roanoke, Texas, about 20 miles northwest of the DFW area; we'll let you know what we think. Hey spring break and not many options available.