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
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The good thing is that you have made a start. Blogging takes some commitment, and sometimes it is hard to do a post after a fun day. For us it is a circular project. The Blog is a reason to take pictures, and the pictures are a reason to blog. We work on it together, Craig processes the pictures when we get back from a day, I choose and place them and do the words. Then he edits my writing. Sometimes it feels like "homework" and I no longer even try to post daily. We do the blog as a record of our travels, for ourselves, but also enjoy the feedback from comments and people we meet or know. It has also been a great tool to settle differences in our memories.) And a record of when we had things done on the Alfa. I use Safari to write the blog and did the layout in it, but lately I have found I need to use Firefox for comments.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I have added you to my reading list.
ReplyDeleteAgree, It does take time to get up to speed and to commit to a few minutes a day on blocking. Sometimes it's not always about the story, but about what you see. Stay safe and have fun and enjoy! Alaska.
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