We last left our storied travelers making a early morning dash from Houston to San Antonio. Hoping to salvage an afternoon and evening on the river walk before moving on to Carlsbad in time to meet up with the Hatches and resume the original schedule.
Well the dash made it three signals until it stalled. It restarted but with smoke and an engine warning light; a few more miles later it started missing again. It seemed that we’d better let the shop have it for a few days. We had been asking them to give it a quick miracle cure with only a description of symptoms. The mechanic knows his stuff but we weren’t letting him take the time for a complete diagnosis. So we started to adjust our plans again.
Since there was a national stock show and rodeo going on and spring break beginning, we had to go over 20 miles north to find a decent RV park that could keep us for as long as we might need. So we are giving them whatever it takes and probably a nice chunk of change before we try again.
Houston is actually quite nice this time of year; it just has all these Texans living here.
Pictures soon, really.
Take time to smell Spring, it’s in the air ya know.
About Me
- Troy
- 1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!
