Happy New Year 2006

Happy New Year ya'll. We're just loving Texas and 80 degree weather.




We’re learning to adjust to change. We’ve been a lot of places and seen a lot of people, but I am really loving this place. We’re in San Benito, Texas, it is warm, in the high 70’s and sunny, the people who live in this RV park are exceptionally friendly.

A man came over first thing and invited Ross to ride with the motorcycle people next Wednesday. We’re signed up for Christmas dinner, so I won’t have to cook. We went to breakfast yesterday morning and met some more people, and friends from Minnesota will be in next week. The retirement life style I think I can get use to.

I don’t believe I wrote about Natchez, Mississippi. It’s on the Mississippi River! A pretty town, but much smaller than I had imagined. There are at least 20 Antebellum homes, very narrow streets, and lots of poor people. Mississippi, the state, got hit harder than Louisiana, but all you ever hear about is New Orleans. There are people living in tents and trailers, of course so are we, but that’s our choice.

We read about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Ferriday, Louisiana, so we drove over there to check out this small old post office turned museum, with pictures of Jerry Lee Lewis, Rev. Jimmy Swagggart and Mickey Gilley. All from this tiny town, all cousins, and all formerly famous, some infamous.

We had summer at the Kings Tavern in Natchez. The building was constructed in 1769. That’s over 200 years ago. Of course it’s haunted, any building that old has to be, right? I didn’t personally see any ghosts. Food was excellent, but it was cold and drafty.

We drove through Houston, Texas without a bit of problem. I was very leery about the traffic, there are so many people and so many freeways, but it was the right time of day, and we we’re out of there before it got bad. These big towns we go through, I grab the camera, and before I can get a picture, we’re gone, so just imagine a lot of really tall buildings, and lots of cars and people. Not our kind of place.

Our cell phone decided to take this time to not work. We can not call out, to anywhere. We’ve gone to a phone booth and reported it, and they say they will have it fixed in a week or two. Good grief. Well, the weather is wonderful, so I’m going out to sit in the sun, with lots of sunscreen on my face.

Wish we could send all of you some oranges and grapefruit, they are just wonderful right now.