Back At Timber Ridge

We drove back to Magnolia on Monday in the pouring rain. We left Glen Rose before 8am and drove almost non-stop back to Timber Ridge. We decided with the weather so bad that we would head for the Houston area. We were advised that the ROD park at Lake Whitney becomes a mud bog when it rains, so we canceled our reservations there and headed south. We arrived about 1pm.
It was a miserable drive, but I'm glad that we are so far above the road surface that the mist from the traffic was not as bad as it is for those that are closer to the road surface.

We arrived at the park only to find our spot was still occupied. It seems that the occupants of the site decided a late check-out would be ok as we were not due in until Wednesday. We had called Gwen on Sunday to find out if we could come straight to Timber Ridge, or have to go to Rayford for 1 or 2 days. She said to come here as the people in our site were leaving that day. She had not contacted them to tell them we were coming 2 days early.

As we waited for our site to become available, we went over to Rayford Crossing to visit with Gwen and the girls.
It was nice to see them again and we had a nice visit.
Tommy Hathcock came into the office and invited us over for coffee. It was delicious. Tommy and Susan are such nice people.

We then went over to Jay and Stella's trailer and visited with them for a while. We had a nice visit. The last time we saw them was in June, when they were on their way back to Dickinson to work on the sale of their house, while we, Ted and Donna were headed on our summer adventure.

Tuesday we went to my sisters house for coffee, then we headed out to have some breakfast. We had a nice visit and caught up on a lot of things happening within our family.
Val and I talk almost every Saturday, no matter where we are. It is so nice to chat with her every week.

Tuesday afternoon we went to see Ted and Donna. They had just returned from a 19 day European river cruise on Saturday. They were excited about it and told us about there trip in more detail than in the blog.
This is the first time we had seen them since the 2nd of August. They seemed tired but relaxed.

We worked around here yesterday. Brenda washed clothes. It cost over $20 dollars to wash as we had both sets of sheets, the towels and all of the rugs to wash, as well as a bunch of dirty clothing. She was pooped when she finished.
I washed the rig and the car. After our drives in the snow and rain both were quite dirty. It took about 3 hours to wash both, but they looked great when I was finished.
Of course, it rained last night, but at least the dirt is off of the rig.

Brenda has tests and a doctors appt. today and tomorrow, so we will be quite busy.

We start work on Tuesday and I see a lot to keep me busy for a while here around the park.

Ta ta for now.