We made it

Today is Wednesday the 4th. We left out on Sunday the 1st to arrive at Cagle Recreation Area on Lake Conroe that afternoon. Being that this is a National Park with no WIFI this is the first chance I have had to post on my journal.
We only had one close call in Palestine Texas were we were going around the loop when a traffic light turned yellow and then red with me going about 50 mph. Do I have to say more? Yes we slid right through that puppy...Sherri screaming and me gritting my teeth so hard they almost shattered!
As things would have it the crossing traffic saw what was happening and waited for the us to slid on through...Thank you Lord for our deliverance!
Why do they put those traffic lights on the loops when you are going 50 mph and they are always placed at the bottom of a hill!
The rest of the trip was uneventful and we arrived at the park in one piece.
Cagle is a beautiful park with full hookups. Big tall pines are everywhere and most all the sites are placed where you have a great view of the lake. 
We were in site number 34 not more that 25 yards from the water. Had it been warmer I could have put my boat in the water right behind the trailer.
We stayed two days there. We had planned on meeting Conroe Penny there but due to our late arrival and the fact she had to wait on someone to pick up a trailer at her place we missed that visit. Sherri and Penny did have a good conversation over the phone so not all was lost.
Today we are in Galveston. Internet was good when I started this but it is getting weak now. Better send this on before it is gone...

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Yesterday ice today snow

Can I get a break!

Yesterday it was ice and today it is snow. Not just a little snow but a whole lot of snow! 
We can't sell the house while it is snowing! 
One thing good about this week is that we get our truck back Friday and we hook up Sunday and head south!
The only bad thing about that is we have to come back...

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WOW what an ice storm

Small in comparison with the winter weather they are having up north but ice is worse than snow. Snow you can drive on with some traction but there is no traction on ice!
We did not get out of the house yesterday. We played on the computer most all day long. We watched You Tube for several hours. We found all the RV travel videos that took us to the RV parks we were interested in. At the end of the day I was worn out from all traveling we had done. 
One of the best trips was the Needles Highway. We have that on our bucket list...

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Hello Winter

Well here it comes! 
Sherri and I are just hunkered down here at the house. Outside the sleet is coming down and the roads are deteriorating at a fast pace. 
OK all you folks down in southern Arizona...I don't want to hear you telling me how warm it is there! I know I can see the weather on the computer and I know that it is nice there.
If I could find someone to buy this house I would be packing up and moving south. This is not my idea of how to live! I like to have wheels under my home so when the weather gets like this I can roll south...or north. Being tied down in one spot is not good.
We have learned our lesson and as soon as we can correct this we will be passing you all on the road. 
Today will certainly be a studio day. I have several paintings I am working on. They are all summer themes and I feel warm and fuzzy working on them. Don't look out the window! Just keep my head in the painting and I will be carried away to another place...

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We found the RV Show

Oh yes we found the RV show at Market Hall. Left early to get there in time to find a good parking space. The place was wall to wall and we got there early...we thought. 
It was a so so show. They did not have everything that we had hoped to see but we did get to see a lot.
RV's are getting larger and larger! Most all the ones we looked at were more than 40 feet long! They are nice but if you travel and stay in the places we enjoy staying in you can't get a 42 foot RV in there...

much less one with a patio dropped out of the side! My goodness what next?

So we looked at what they had and still did not make a decision on what we really wanted. We do know this we want the extra bedroom and the half bath. They have many of those but the extra we want in the other parts of the RV they are lacking. 
I guess more and more people are buying RV's to live in so length is important. For traveling and exploring you really don't want to haul around all that extra length and weight.

Sherri found several that she liked the kitchens but then the seating was not sufficient. After a bit we were confused on what was what. I went back and took pictures of the model number located on the outside of the RV and then took pictures of the inside so we could look at them later.

Kris found several that he could not live without. He liked most every bunk room we saw. They are nice bedrooms and not that much smaller than the one at the house.

While we were at the show we renewed our Escapees membership. Lisa helped us with our sign up. We found out that she was friends with Bob and Molly and Mark and Dortha. What a small world here...

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RV show is today

Well I am up early this morning. Much like every morning I get up at 4:00 or 4:30. I found out that I have Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder. That is where your sleep clock goes crazy and you don't have the regular sleep times most people have. I think it comes from me working nights for 25 years. But then the medical reasons state... more than likely it is inherited through your gene make up.
OK nuff of that...today is the RV Show and we are going. As I stated in my last post we are not buying an RV but we are looking to replace ours in the future. We have a trailer now that is just fine to start with. We plan on traveling and seeing all the things we did not get to see in our first full time go round. We both agree that we will not do that for ever and that we will want to settle down later on when Kris starts high school or college.
This being said...we will be looking for a trailer that has an extra bedroom and half bath. One that we will feel comfortable in if we are not traveling and having to stay in one place. Residential quality and room to live out the rest of our lives.
We want to find us a good spot to park the new home that will be close to all the conveniences we need. We both have agreed that living in an RV is what pleases us. Having a sticks and bricks is not our bailiwick. We like to have wheels under our house so if we decide to move to a better location we can. 
Well it is time for my second cup of coffee so I need to sign off here...

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RV show is tomorrow

Sherri and I are planning on going to the RV show tomorrow. NO...we are not buying a new RV. We have not used the one we have enough to replace it yet. 
This morning we are heading back to the lake to work on our project we have going. We added a laundry room to our casita. This will now give us a living area and a laundry room. I have the back of the casita for my studio and a small work bench for little projects.
The large barn area will house the RV and our patio furniture. I would post some pictures but we don't have it cleaned up and I want to wait so you can see the finish product.
I hope to have this all completed before the house sells...

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Around the house

Sherri and I were up early this morning. I, as usual, headed down to the kitchen and fixed the coffee. Sherri has me fixing the coffee a little stronger now. The cold weather and the fact that we have to get going earlier has her needing a strong cup of java before she can get her act together.
Today we are going out to the lake property to work on our storage barn. We are getting it ready for the day the house sells and we can move our belongings out there. Hopefully we wont have too much to move after giving some of the furniture to the kids and selling the rest.
We have not had any lookers in the last 2 or 3 days but we keep our hopes up. Hoping that someone will come along and want to buy our house...

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Things are looking up

Things are starting to pick up on the house showings. We have had 3 in the last few days with one of them really liking what they saw.
We are hopeful for a good showing and someone make us an offer! 
Everyday before we leave for the lake we have to go through the house and clean and put things away so just in case someone calls to see it we can tell them to go ahead and look. This way we don't have to run home and clean house.
We have a showing today at 1:00 so we will stay out at the lake until we get the all clear. Kris is staying over at a friends house this weekend so we will be working on the property at the lake. We are getting it ready for our home base when the house sells.
Better head on out now. Sherri has everything ready and we need to get to work...

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We have some lookers

The Realtor called last night and said they had someone coming to look at the house at 4:00 this afternoon!
Wish us luck...maybe this could be the one? At least this will break the ice after the long holiday dead zone. Maybe people will be  getting back out with the nice weather and start looking at houses to buy.
We will be cleaning the place up this morning and then heading out to our lake property to work on the home base project. We have a lot to complete there so we can move what we don't sell out there and store.
OK time to roll. Maybe I will have some good news later...

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BANG!

Thursday Sherri and I were on our way to the store in Terrell Texas when we were hit from behind by a hay truck!
Our bumper is smashed into the tailgate! What a bummer. 
We are getting an estimate from the other drivers insurance company Tuesday. Hope they come through for us...I sure would hate to break mean on Travelers...

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