Monday, June 24, 2019

We realize we haven't posted any updates on our travel BLOG since we created it last year.  [BAD BLOGGERS!!!]  We hope to keep y'all up to date on what we've been up to.  If you're into Facebook, you can also check out our posts over there....  but we are trying to start using this forum better now!   


Here's what we've been up to since Retirement last October (2018):


  • Became Texans Y'all!  Tom's all legal to drive our Bus with his new Class B License
  • Went to the AIBF (Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta) and volunteered for 12 days driving golf carts on and off Balloon Fiesta Park
  • Camped at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
  • Visited Glen Canyon, Lake Powell, Monument Valley (where Forrest Gump stopped running) and Horseshoe Bend
  • Went to Alamogordo, NM and White Sands National Park
  • Spent a lot of time in our new home state - in Midland, Abilene, The Colony, Frisco, Dallas, Waco, Austin, Fredericksburg, Bryan-College Station, Conroe, Montgomery, Livingston, Houston, San Antonio, Bandera, Canyon Lake, Pipe Creek, and Mount Pleasant... whew!  Talk about "Waltzing Across Texas"!   While exploring our new home, we visited or toured:
    • The Alamo and Riverwalk in San Antonio
    • President Bush 41 and 43 Presidential Libraries
    • LBJ Ranch
    • JFK Memorial at 6th Floor Book Depository Building - Dallas
    • Dallas Reunion Tower
    • "Cowboy Country" Memorial Day Parade in Bandera
    • The Statehouse in Austin
    • Chip 'n' Joanna Gaines "Magnolia Enterprises"  and "Silos Bakery" in Waco
    • "Waco Mammoth NM", and the Dr. Pepper Museum and Factory Tour
    • Johnson Space Center - Houston
    • and a lot of friends and family!
  • Took a bath and massage (Tom) at  Buckstaff Baths - Hot Springs National Park AR
  • Toured Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion in Memphis, TN
  • Went up in the St. Louis Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO
  • Saw Mark Twin's Hannibal, MO
  • Toured Ulysses Grant's Home in Galena, IL
  • Went to the "House on the Rock" in Spring Green, WI (A very unique place!)
  • Visiting Family in Wisconsin and Illinois and enjoying the area

Remember The Alamo!




Thursday, August 23, 2018

Welcome to the Adventures of Tom ❤ Sue:

"The Roving Rogers"!  


This is the BLOG of the travels of Tom & Sue Rogers and their doggie Jack.  As full-time RVers, they criss-cross this great country of ours and are experiencing things first-hand, while visiting family and friends along the way.