We left home in the RV Sept 28,2014 and stayed gone till spring !
Tim driving w puppies on the couch.. down the road we went !
Most of our stops were great we had an over night in KC w shell.. the next stop was Okla. city, with that being locked up when we arrived.. we continued down the road... as it got near dark this was our last option ,, 10 hrs of driving was enough for Tim.. soo some where in South Okla. this rig is parked with 4 dogs tied up underneath,, the man n a dirty t-shirt,, the women in dirty nighties, beer cans & dirty diapers etc. in the 'yard', They sat outside to watch us park,, they sat there ALL NITE.. ick.. I stayed up all night too while Tim slept... we left quite early the next morning
The following day we had a nice park with pool.. you can see our rig across the street
And then we arrive at the TipOtexas Rv park,, exactly what it advertised !.. clean, w 2 pools a very nice sewing room.. good people. a small town feel....
While in Texas we did some sight seeing,, this is the Riverview Restaurant/dancehall. right on the river
some where in our driving we saw many vegetable fields.. this one is cabbage
... and then back to the park and the pool !
We did attend a big quilt show at a very nice event complex with waterfalls, fountains,, rows of palms..
we did not go to mexico,, the one day we went they had helicopters and men w guns walking around ,,,, we didn't stay long at that crossing.
somewhere near one of the crossings was a cheeepcheep place that sold shoes,, for like $2 a pr,, that was fun !
another good spot was the pottery place.. they had so much variety ..
and neat Texas style furniture too,.. neat stuff. You would have to have a texas style house to put it in.
South Padre was a favorite spot. ... with a nice restaurants,, good margaritas,,
.. then there was boca chica beach.. highway 4 from Brownsville,, the road literally stopped there in the sand !
there was a small community there at one time,, its falling down now... sad... I believe there will be a space station complex built nearby soon...
the scrub, cactus. and hoards of mosquitos amid sand dunes and swamp...
the Space Station starting in the distance
scary rolling the windows down the bugs were after the blood .....
and then the border checks.. dogs.. cameras from every angle.. opening trunks and containers,,,
With the coming of spring we headed north again.. up thru san Antonio, Elpaso. Fort Worth, Kansas city...
There's no place like home !!
I brought home 27 tops.. some were to the family , many were for good deeds
I had a week of unlading the RV.. so many things to come in the house.. and it was spring time to get the garden in.. I ended up in the hospital .. twice for my foot. .. bringing on the need for a scooter...
Henry really liked my scooter..
My pretty sunshine I brought home was hung in the basement near the long arm machine.
we did some bike riding.. this day was to Nashua park with a picnic.. fun fun
I managed to get to the basement w the bum foot and learn the new to me longarm machine..
somewhere between 3 diff hospital stays we managed to attend 2 fairs and watch the judging.
My garden didn't grow as well with out attention but that ok because I was in no shape to can it.
I acquired an antique Necchi machine made in Italy.. After a bit of rewiring it runs so nice!
We painted the deck, we put in new windows. New Garage door and opener lots of house progress.
Our grapes produced this year !
I missed a big Machine quilting show while in the hospital,, bummer
.. but did attend the Des moines show. Nothing of mine there but OHHH the ideas..
................ and the fancy machine quilting..............
Tim got his nose fixed. That went better than we expected.
I had an exhibit at the MacNider Museum
I got noticed by the International Hoffman Fabric Company
and made 3 batik quilts from their donation.
We had Thanksgiving with puppies
the Family Christmas was in a hotel with over 25 of us there!
I'm hoping with the new year 2016 here I can up date this more often I will try NOT do such a cobbled up Over view.. !!
The Quilting end was productive with : 3 auctioned, 6 soldier, 3 personal soldiers, 11 family, 7 sent to Poland, 6 sent back to Tx. 12 donated while still in TX.
.,......... I will still take YOUR Fabric donations and put them to good use............
Now lets see what 2016 accomplishes !
