A Playdate . . .
On today’s schedule was a playdate with Lowell’s parents, Sonja and Lendel, and our mutual grandson, Landon.
But before we left for Katy and our get-together, we got a call from our friends, Al and Adrienne. Right now they’re in Alamogordo, NM, getting a problem with their Allison transmission checked out. Hopefully it won’t be something serious.
We first met them when we spent 5 months in Fairbanks, AK during the summer of 2008. We were workkamping at Chena Marina RV Park, and Al and Adrienne were working for Holland America cruise lines, and staying at Chena Marina. We struck up a friendship that’s lasted ever since. When they’re not on the road, they live in Tucson and we always get together when we’re in the area. We’ve also visited them in Cody, WY, and Westport, WA, both places they were workkamping at the time.
We told them we plan to be in Tucson next March for the Escapade, so hopefully we’ll be able to meet up then.
We got to Brandi’s about 1:45 and found that Landon had just woke up from his nap. And he wasn’t happy. Brandi and Lowell had gone to Costco so they weren’t home, so Landon was upset. But he calmed down in a few minutes and we all headed out to Katy Mills Mall, right down the road.
This mall is huge, and has a little bit of everything, especially play areas for the kids. One of the biggest ones is called TILT.
But Landon’s favorite here is bowling. And he’s pretty good at it.
For dinner we walked around the mall to the Rainforest Café, one of Landon’s favorite places. In fact, Landon was just here with his parents for his birthday dinner this past Wednesday.
We’ve eaten at a Rainforest Café several times, but it’s been a good while. The last time was probably 10-15 years ago when we took our granddaughter Piper to the one in Galveston. When she was growing up it was one of her favorite places too. I guess it runs in the family.
Jan and I decided to just have a couple of appetizers, the Lava Nachos,
and the Chicken Fingers, both very good.
After dinner, Landon had one last ride. These are electric and steer like a motorcycle, and are one of Landon’s favorite.
Getting back to Brandi and Lowell’s, we rested up for a while, before heading back to the rig a little after 7.
Tomorrow I’ll get back in touch with Jamie at Gate Guard Services to see about getting a gate with him. Otherwise we’ll talk to the office down in Whitsett to see what they have.
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Thought for the Day:
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” — Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876
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