Traveling with Brothers

We left Palmdale last Sunday, March 1 and have made our way to Arizona. We spent 2 nights in Fredericksburg, TX at the Lady Bird Johnson RV Resort. Tuesday we toured the LBJ ranch, did some wine tasting and had dinner at a microbrewery. Ludwig and Dick have been traveling along with us. Wednesday we spent the night in Van Horn, and finally made it out of Texas yesterday. We are now at the Lifestyle RV Resort in Wilcox, AZ. Tomorrow, Tucson for 5 days at the Escapade… Escapees RV Club’s annual RV rally. There we will go to seminars on subjects interesting to people who live like we do. We managed to miss most of the miserable winter weather though it did get down to 22 degrees in Van Horn. Had to disconnect water and all that. It is windy and cool though sunny and dry here in the desert. Dick now has over 3000 miles on his brand new car and he is a very long way from home.

Ludwig and Dick came expecting warm weather for walking on the beach and having beers on the patio in front of the camper. It hasn’t exactly worked out that way. It hasn’t been warm enough yet for Dick to shed his long johns. We had one sunny day in Texas in which we did our deep sea fishing.

It wasn’t a really warm day as you can tell from the picture. But it was a great trip. Friends Lee, Max, Ray and Cindy joined us for a fish fry on Saturday before we left. Fortunately, there was nothing planned in the rec room that day so we were able to move the fish fry in there as it was cold and rainy outside. We ate some of that red snapper and some trout that Ray and Lee caught off the jetty the same day that we were out. We ended the evening with a rousing game of Apples to Apples.

Palmdale friends showed up to give us a great send off on Sunday. Amazing how quickly friendships form in a setting like that. We have our own cards now and exchanged cards and hugs with several friends and talked about coming back next year. I miss the ease and familiarity of that place. Time kind of stopped while we were there. But now we are back to the adventure of discovering new places and going where we haven’t been before. We’ll be in Arizona for at least the next 3 weeks… Kelly will be joining us in Phoenix on March 18.

Now, I’m sitting here watching as new RV’s pull into this campground wondering if they are on their way to Tucson, too. Don and “the boys” (I’ve caught myself referring to Ludwig and Dick as the boys) went out to see a monument of some sort. I chose to stay here and get some things done. Writing this blog constitutes getting something done.

Traveling with Ludwig and Dick has been thoroughly enjoyable. I’ve switched out with them riding in Dick’s car giving them each a chance to ride “shot-gun” in the camper. Family gatherings never really give the opportunity to spend time together like this kind of travel does. Tomorrow they will start to head north again.  It will be good to have the camper to ourselves again but I would not trade this time that we’ve shared for anything in the world.