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Better This Time . . .
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.
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Name that Park . . .
A few days ago Jan and I were talking about our travels next year, and discussing where we were going to stay. And that led to us to playing ‘Name that Park’
We were going through the almost 5000 photos we took in during our first year on the road in 2008. I would find a photo of us parked somewhere and then Jan and I would try to guess where we were.
Turns out we were pretty accurate, and got most of them right.
Unfortunately I wasn’t blogging during that first year traveling to Alaska, so all we’ve got are a lot of photos and the emails that Jan was sending to friends and families
But in July 2008 we were workcamping in Fairbanks, AK at the Chena Marina RV Park. Chena Marina was on a floatplane base so we got to watch the planes takeoff all the time.
And a few days later, our granddaughter Piper showed up to visit with us for a week.
July 13th 2009
Big Trains, Little Trains, and, uh, More Trains…
In 2009 Jan and I were slowly working our way up the East Coast, with a few zig-zags, on our way to our ultimate destination, Newfoundland.
But on this date, were were staying at Roamer’s Retreat Campground between Gap, PA and Kinzers, PA, about 55 miles west of Philadelphia. What made this place special is that there are a number of train-related things to see in the area, including a full-size train museum, several model train museums, and even a train ride and a caboose motel.
July 13th 2010
Knight and Day…
In 2010 we were staying in Montgomery, AL visiting with our long-time friend’s Fred and Susan Springall. Fred and I worked together at Storer Cable TV there from 1976 to December 1979 when we moved to Houston and I went to work for NASA-JSC on the Space Shuttle.
July 13th 2011
A Little Rain and A Job Delayed . . .
In July 2011 we were in Newport, WA heading east after saying goodbye to Nick and Terry Russell in Bremerton WA. I was trying to repair my transfer switch that had died on our way up from Long Beach WA a couple of weeks before.’
The problem in fixing it was that on our 1999 American Eagle, our transfer switch – inverter – power converter was all in one unit under the bed. So I was trying to kluge a work-around while we were on the road.
July 12th 2012
Hi Ho, Hi Ho . . .
In July 2012 we in our first year of gate guarding, and on our fourth and last gate for that year. At this location, and as at a previous gate, we were literally a stone’s throw from the drill rig, with all the resulting noise. Like parking next to Niagara Falls.
We spent most of this first year following a Marathon drill rig from site to site, moving about once a month.
Thought for the Day:
From our July 13, 2009 blog:
I mean, you’re really got to admire a state where the town of Blue Ball, PA is right down the road from the town of Intercourse, PA, with the town of Paradise, PA close by.
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