We planned to leave Ft. Collins on April 4th. But it snowed on the 3rd and
more snow was predicted, so we decided to wait. The 5th was Kent’s birthday and he didn’t want to
hitch up and drive on his birthday.
On the 6th snow started falling while we were eating
breakfast and again we decided to wait.
On the 7th, while getting ready to leave, the switch for one
of the slide-outs quit working.
Kent was finally able to get the slide-out pulled in. Then he noticed that the tire pressure
was wrong on the truck tires (we’d had the tires rotated on Saturday), so he
had to go have that corrected.
Finally we were ready to head for Colorado Springs. We made two stops on the way to find a
replacement switch before arriving at Goldfield RV Park in Colorado Springs.
One of the things we want to do while traveling is to
re-connect with family members, some we haven’t seen for over 40 years.
On the 9th, we met my cousin, Bill, and his wife,
Laura, for lunch. After church on
the 10th, we met Kent’s cousin, Mike, and his wife for lunch. It’s good to get acquainted with
family and “catch up” on their lives.
The 11th, we left Colorado Springs and went to
Dalhart, TX. We stayed at the
Corral RV Park. While there,
we had dinner and an enjoyable visit with my cousin, Candy and her husband,
Mark. We also got together a
couple of times with Judy, a friend we had known from Concord, CA many years
ago.
On the 14th we left Dalhart. We spent the night at the Walmart in
Abilene. There was a lot of smoke
from wildfires. The next day we
stopped in Fredericksburg. Only Kent would think of looking for an "authentic" German restaurant in Texas -- we ate at Der Lindenbain.
After lunch, we walked around the historic area and saw this beautiful church building.
Then we went on to Kathy and Paul’s home, my cousin
and her husband, outside of San Antonio. Getting set up took some “doing”—a power line had to
be raised, tree branches trimmed, and when we turned the air conditioner on,
the breaker would trip, so some electrical work was done.
While there, the four of us went to the
Alamo and the River Walk.
On
Palm Sunday we attended worship service with them at Oak Hills Church where Max
Lucado is the senior pastor.
One
day, Kent and I went to the SAS outlet store and also had a tour of the
factory. We didn’t know until
then, that SAS stood for San Antonio Shoes.
We headed to El Paso on the 20th. Parkview RV Park in Fort Stockton
was our overnight stop. The
landing gear on one side would not extend and Kent had to use a jack for
support. While watching TV, a
severe weather alert came on for thunderstorms and large hail – for the
location we had traveled through just a couple of hours earlier. We were thankful that we had driven
further than planned. The next
afternoon we arrived at Mission RV Park in El Paso. We were in El Paso to see if we could help my sister,
Dorcas, whose daughter, Elisabeth, was in the hospital with a rare medical
condition. Elisabeth’s husband was out of the area on an Army training mission
and they have 6 kids.
The evening we arrived, we met Dorcas and Gary, Rachel, and Elisabeth's children for dinner at the Cattleman's Steakhouse which is located on a working ranch outside of El Paso.
Bruce was
released to come back home early.
Elisabeth got out of the hospital the evening before Resurrection Sunday
and attended worship the next morning.
While we were there, Kent helped with some home repairs for Elisabeth
and Bruce. Also, we made a trip to
Las Cruces, NM to pick up the parts to repair the landing gear.
On the 28th we moved to the Quail Ridge RV Resort
in Huachuca City, AZ. We met my
cousin, Shelly, her son and daughter-in-law, and Aunt Carol for dinner. Shelly lives in Sierra Vista.
The 29th was a sightseeing day in Tombstone. We toured the infamous Bird Cage
Theater and then watched a re-enactment of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Of
course, there was a stop at Boot Hill.
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