Cold Days in Texas...

Maya making up for a lot of lost 'couch time'
as she sleeps off her Thanksgiving turkey...

I haven’t been doing any ‘blogging’ lately as we have been catching up with family, taking care of business, celebrating birthdays and Thanksgiving not to mention trying to stay out of the cold and ice.  Texas is not supposed to have so much cold weather this early!  (David says we could have stayed up north if we had wanted this kind of weather…) But we didn’t want it.

Just before Thanksgiving, West Texas had an ice storm and temperatures into the teens for three days!  Again, not really why we came home.  But we finally thawed out.  Thanksgiving Day warmed up into the 50s and we counted that among our many blessings.  

Since the warranty was almost up on our RV, we made a trip to the Dallas / Ft. Worth area to get the service done and visit with family and friends.  We had planned to stay a week but as this crazy weather would have it - another ice storm was on the way.  We decided to cut our stay short and head south to avoid the ice. Texans do not handle ice well and our method is to try to stay out of it if at all possible.

 

 

Pip is the best cook!

Yummy Swedish meatballs and sausage...

 

 

 

We had a nice invitation from long-time friends, Cindy and John, to camp out on their six acres near San Marcos.  As it turned out we spent a lot of time in their house huddling by the wood stove.  One cold night we were all treated to a ‘Swedish Christmas Dinner’ prepared by our friend Pip who is from Scandinavia.  That got us all in the mood for Christmas!   

The weather warmed a bit and we spent a few days at Guadalupe River State Park north of San Antonio.  We had one last trip to get the electrical connection between the RV and Honda finally fixed.  It seems like we have been having a lot of maintenance work done lately but when you spend so much time on the road, it is really important to be safe. 

 

A visit to the Guenther House is a Christmas tradition

 

The days before Christmas are always so busy and it was good to get to see the few friends we managed to catch this time. We are looking forward to being back in San Antonio and spending a couple of months volunteering at Government Canyon State Natural Area. 

Merry Christmas and see you soon!