Our RV Adventures

Or so we wish.

After yesterday’s thunderstorms and hail, today was just perfect, with a high of 75 and a nice breeze all day.. Mister spent most of the day outside on his leash, curled up in one of our chairs, basking in the sun, and coming in only when the guy mowing the grass came onto our site.

When Mister’s outside on his leash, we leave the screen door open so he came come in whenever he wants. He won’t go to the bathroom outside, so he comes in for that, or to eat or get a drink of water. He just comes up the steps and into the rig as far as his leash will reach, and then waits for one of us to unhook him, and then comes back to the door when he’s ready to be hooked back up again and go back out. He just runs to the door and waits for me to put his leash back on. Smart Cat.

Brandi and Lowell had talked about coming out to visit today, but we didn’t know if that was still on since Brandi’s been sick. But she felt well enough, and said they’d be out about 3:30 or so. So I headed down to the office to get them signed in as a guest.

They did show up about 3:30 and Landon had a blast, checking out the river and trees behind the coach, and was even pretty good about letting us take his picture.

Landon was really fascinated with Mister. He wasn’t used to being around a ‘nice’ cat. They have a cat at home named Mooshe, otherwise known as ‘The Cat From Hell’. Mooshe would just as soon scratch your eyes out as hiss at you. She only just tolerates Brandi, and hates everyone else.

So Landon at first was scared to even pet Mister, much less play with him. But after a while they were running around the rig, chasing the ball Landon was throwing. But after a while Mister got tired and just laid down and went to sleep on the floor at the front of the coach. Landon would kind of poke at him, but Mister wouldn’t move. He was done.

About 5pm we all headed back into Columbus to have dinner at Los Cabos Mexican Grill, a place we ate at a couple of weeks ago when we were here. And once again we all really enjoyed it.

Jan had a chicken breast stuffed with shrimp, tomatoes, cilantro, and onions, topped with butter wine sauce made of mushrooms, tomatoes, jalapeños and onions. Said was one of the best things she’s ever eaten.

One thing we both enjoy is their specially-made extra-spicy salsa. Not only is it very hot, but it has a really smoky chipotle taste. And this time they gave us a big enough bowl to have some to take home.

Tomorrow we’re heading down to Clear Lake to visit Chris and his family, and also make a quick client visit. Then on the way home, we’ll stop off to have dinner with a former coworker of Jan’s.

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Thought for the Day:

29 percent of Americans believe that "cloud computing" involves an actual cloud. And 51% believe that bad weather could interfere with their ‘cloud computing’.

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Since there was a 60% chance of rain today,  we decided to delay our wildflower tour up to the Brenham and Hempstead area, and just stay in.

Jan also decided today was a good day to change the sheets on our bed, not my favorite thing to do, but then again, she knows where I sleep. She repeated how much she likes these microfiber 1500 thread count Striped QUEEN Sateen Sheet Sets that we got a couple of months ago on Amazon. They come in about a dozen colors and are really soft. And they’ve very inexpensive and have held up well too.

A little later I packed away our winter stuff in some Space Bags and used our small vacuum to compress them.

This keeps them clean and fresh, and in a smaller package when we store them away under the bed until next winter.

Later, after checking the UPS tracking, I went down to the office to pick up an Amazon package that had come in. While I was there, I checked and found Lynette and Gregg McHenry had arrived just a little earlier, so on the way back to the rig, I stopped off to see if they were interested in dinner tonight. And lucky for us, they were.

So about 5 pm we headed up to the ‘A’ section to pick them up. I had thought about asking Roy and Vicki Hill next door to go with us, but they were already gone.

Our destination was Peters BBQ, a few miles up the road.in Ellinger. We’ve eaten here a number of times, but tonight was really special. I had forgotten that Friday night was buffet night, more specifically, Seafood Buffet night.

Well, actually it was Everything Buffet night. So besides the great selection of sides and desserts I mentioned a few days ago, it’s All You Can Eat Fried Catfish, Fried Shrimp, Salmon Patties, Fried Frog legs, French Fries, and Hushpuppies. Plus it’s also All You Can Eat BBQ, like Brisket, Ribs, Sausage, and Chicken. Did I mention Frog legs?

And all this is $11.99, or $10.99 for us old folks. A really great deal for a really great meal.

And when we got there, we found out why Roy and Vicki Hall weren’t at home when I was going over to ask them to go to dinner with us. They were at Peters when we got there.  We could have had a Gate Guard Services gate guarding convention since we’ve all worked for them, though in different areas.

Toward the end of our meal, cellphone alarms started going off in the restaurant. It was a weather alert for bad thunderstorms moving into our area, so we packed up and headed home.

And got there just about 10 minutes before the squall line moved in bring heavy rain, a lot of wind, and about 5 minutes of pea-sized hail.

You never know about Texas weather.
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Thought for the Day:

Think space is empty?

Here’s a graphical depiction of all the satellites in orbit around the earth. Makes the movie ‘Gravity’ a lot more real.

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