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| Home Sweet Home, for now anyway... |
Well,
we have been in Nacogdoches for almost three weeks. We knew what we were ‘signing up for’ –
that coming back to Texas in late August would be pretty miserable, and we weren’t
wrong. It has been hot and humid and
living 8 miles outside town in a small RV park with no shade in our little
‘Silver,’ has made the heat seem even worse.
It is hard to believe that the RV parks in Nacogdoches in the
middle of the pineywoods, have little to no trees but that seems to be the
case.
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| Maya hangs out in the RV park with her new friend, the roping steer She is a good herding dog keeping that steer right in place |
Okay,
so I’m whining a bit. I admit we are
spoiled rotten when it comes to having things ‘our way.’ We’ve been chasing spring or fall all around
the country for the past 3 ½ years, going ‘where the weather suits our
clothes.’ If we did much more than sleep
in our RV, it was unusual. Mostly we
were out and about hiking or sightseeing.
I knew it was a great life while we were at it and now I appreciate it
even more.
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| Another friend at the RV park |
We
are spending way too much time in our RV now.
It is just too hot to be out hiking. To make matters worse, when the air conditioner is running the breaker
tends to trip frequently causing
power outages, so there is no way we would risk leaving Maya in the RV while we
took in a movie or went out to dinner.
Maya even goes to ‘doggie daycare’ for half a day two days a week while
we are in class.
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| My favorite SFASU bumper sticker SFA has the lumberjack as its mascot |
David’s
two classes, Intro to Forestry and Intro to Wildlife Management, are at almost
the same time as my digital photography class so we are making do with our one
car. David is having fun with his
classes and studying things he has always wanted. I am taking the digital class mainly to have
access to the lab and printers and also to brush up on some new digital editing
programs. Since we have been ‘on the
road’ for several years, I haven’t been doing any printing and only some basic
editing for the blog so I am a bit rusty.
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| East Texas is very beautiful even in the heat |
Oh,
and my yoga class -- I am so grateful for that class. With my dad’s recent health issues, the oppressive heat and all
of the adjustments we have had to make from a carefree life of being on the
road to starting school and preparing to move and settle down,
well, let’s just say I’ve been a bit stressed.
Thankfully my dad is much better and both my parents are doing pretty
well right now.
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| Hibiscus at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center |
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| Agave |
Although
David and I are struggling with the heat and with our living situation, we know
it will just be a few more weeks until the townhome we are renting will be
available. We should be all moved in by
the middle of October. It’s funny, the
RV never felt like a limiting factor when we were traveling but now it is a
small box with a noisy air conditioner running all the time and it feels
confining. Our lives have contracted, at
least temporarily. But in a few weeks we
will have more space and Maya will have a little yard. All good things, but I have to admit it seems
a little weird to be settling down after all the freedom we've experienced. "Cha cha cha changes…"
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| Pineywoods Native Plant Center David, Maya and I have been taking early morning walks at the PNPC |
Soon
the weather should start to cool down at least a little and so I fully expect
to be exploring the area and having much more interesting things to report in the
blogs. After all, Nacogdoches is the
oldest town in Texas with lots of history in the area. Once we are all moved, the exploring will
start in earnest. Silver will still hit
the road with us from time to time checking out new parts of East Texas and Louisiana
and who knows where she will take us to this next summer. Somewhere cool and hopefully with no fires...
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| Maya isn't taking things too seriously |
