Our RV Adventures

Well, maybe not a buffet as such, but all you can eat, anyway.

Jan and I were out the door by 11 this morning, on our way  down to pick up our friend Bonnie Horner and take her to lunch.

Getting there about 1pm, Bonnie had a taste for BBQ so we drove just about a mile down the road to Spring Creek BBQ. We’ve met here before, and eaten at other locations a lot over the years, so it was a great choice for us too.

Bonnie had the Stuffed, Chopped Baker,

while Jan and I had the $9.95 Lunch Special.

You get your choice of one of 8 different meats, Brisket, Pulled Pork, Sausage, Cracked Black Pepper Sausage, Chicken, Ham, Turkey, or Ribs, all you can eat, and then all the veggies, sides, and rolls you want.

Now that’s a BBQ buffet.

We sat and talked for a good bit before adjourning back to Bonnie’s for more. Finally saying our goodbyes, we left Bonnie’s a little after 3pm, and headed over to Chris and Linda’s in Friendswood to say ‘Hi’ and pick up our mail. Along the way we stopped at the Buc-ee;s in Pearland to get gas for the truck. Really nice price at $1.85. This is one of the original Buc-ee’s, in the conventional convenience store size, not one of the newer mega-mart ones.

Talking about Buc-ee’s, the new one in Katy is now under construction at I-10 and Cane Island Parkway, and should be open by Memorial Day next Year. Looking forward to it.

Our visit with Chris was kind of a hit and run thing, with a bathroom break, a bag of mail, and a quick hug. By now it was 4 pm and we wanted to get back on the road heading home to hopefully get ahead of the Friday going home traffic. And we did pretty good, getting to Brandi’s about 5:15 with only a few slowdowns and no real problems.

The big news is that Landon has lost another tooth, this one on the bottom, and the first one from natural causes.

Regular readers will remember that last November Landon was rough housing with Miss Kitty, their 120# Black Lab, and hit his head on Kitty’s head, knocking out two upper front teeth, with this result.

Then this past March Landon was running and hit his mouth on his father’s hard knee, knocking out another one, as you can see here.

But this one came out on its own.

On another Landon note, his summer school visited an art museum this morning, and he had a good time. But as they were leaving, Landon looked around and then spoke up, “Where’s the Mona Lisa? I want to see the Mona Lisa too.”

They told him it wasn’t here right now and he seem to be satisfied. And when we asked him this afternoon where he heard about the Mona Lisa, he looked surprised, and said, “Last year in kindergarten, of course.”

Of course.  But I don’t know about you, but I didn’t learn about the Mona Lisa in kindergarten.

Heading back to the rig about 6, we made a stop for a coffee at Starbuck’s before getting back home about 7pm.

Wrapping up for today, I’ve been hoping that we might have a little cool spell so I could get back up on the roof and finish cleaning the bedroom AC evaporator coil. But that idea hasn’t worked out so far, with 99+ degrees as far as the eye can see. And I want to get it done before we leave here for Gulf Shores on the 31st.

So what I’ve decided to do is sometime in the next few days, I’m going to go up on the roof a little before sundown, around 8pm, and prep for the cleaning. I’ll remove all the screws and pull the hose up, all ready to get started. Then early the next morning, around 8am, and before it gets too hot, I’ll go back up and finish the job.

The first part will be to mask off the hole that leads down into the bedroom so the spray cleaner and the water won’t  drip down onto the bed. Then I can spray the coil with cleaner, let it soak, and then flush it clean.

Normally it takes a couple of repeats to get a coil completely clean, but I should be able to get it done before it gets too hot.

Hopefully. We’ll see.

Thought for the Day:

Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you. – Benjamin Franklin.

dsfasdf

About 12:15 Jan and I drove up to Ellinger to have the regular lunch buffet at Peter’s BBQ. This was the first time we’ve done this one, since we usually do the one on Friday night with catfish.

I mentioned on our last visit that I was disappointed with the increase in price and the reduction in offerings. Last year the price was $8.95 and included BBQ as well as the catfish, but not now.

It’s now $10.95 and just catfish. And the drink is extra. And it’s plus tax. I think the total for the two of us is about $28.

But the weekday buffet is a real improvement. Today’s offerings were Hamburger Steak with onion in gravy, Fried Chic ken, and BBQ Brisket, as well as all the usual veggies and desserts. And the Hamburger Steak was really delicious.

Even better, the cost was only $10, and that included a drink and the tax too. So a total of $20.

A much better deal than the Friday night version. Nice.

Coming back to the rig, we stopped off at the park office to sign up for Saturday night’s Potluck. Jan’s going to be doing her delicious Sopapilla Cheesecake.

Since I was caught up on all my web stuff, later in the afternoon a nap sounded like a  good idea. And when I got up we had company.

Lily, of the Tom and Lily Christian’s, had shown up to visit. We first met them when they were parked next to us here at Colorado River back in December 2014.

Turns out they’ve just come off an18 month long gate down in the Cotulla area, and are taking a break for a while before going back to it.

That’s Tom Christian on the left, then the shy one is his wife Lily, next is long-time friend’s Donna Huffer and Bob Parker, Jan, of course, and lastly, our new friends, Judy and Ken Bennett.

Hopefully we’ll be able to get together with them soon.

Tomorrow we’re making a trip down to Pearland to meet up with long-time friend Bonnie Horner and take her to lunch. Her husband Richard died recently, and though we saw her right after, we wanted a chance to get together again.

Thought for the Day:

Hardest Job Ever: Working in a bubble wrap factory. Think of the self control needed.

asdfadf