Getting out and about!

 Saturday 15 January 2022

    Terribly windy from the time we got up until we went to bed.  Nothing else to do so we took a drive

The Ocean view on 
Lake Rayburn!

halfway around the lake stopping of course for lunch.  The first place had one car in the parking lot at 10 after 12 so we moved on.  We found this restaurant in Zavalla that turned out to be pretty good.  We both had quesadillas, I had shrimp and Diane naturally had chicken and we had enough left for diner. We stopped to take some pictures of the waves where they broke over a sand bar, reminded us of the ocean. The lake is really big and the wind has a long distance to build some really big waves.  It took us half a day just to do the lower half of the lake.  Back to the Moho walked Rudy the poor thing almost blew over when he lifted his leg to pee.

Sunday 16 January 2022

     The wind let up and we had a nice day I raked up debris and started a fire.  Diane and Rudy came

Testing the Texas Beer.

out after lunch to enjoy some sunshine. I worked as hard as I could until 3pm at which time I needed to test one of the beers (Shinner Bock) that I bought yesterday.  It tasted funny so I had another just to test it and so the evening went. Burgers on the grill.

Monday 17 January 2022

  Not much going on today (that I remember) PT and some grocery shopping.

Tuesday 18 January 2022

    A nice day today and we spent it in the truck.  The nearest orthopedic Dr. we found was in Beaumont some 75 miles south.  We left in plenty of time to have lunch before her appointment or so we thought. As it turned out we had 15 minutes to spare but Diane had checked out the menu on the way down and we ordered as soon we sat down.  Diane found a Cajun/Mexican restaurant 'Tia Juanita's Fish Camp', she had blackened fish tacos and I tried the shrimp jumbo. Finished just in time to load her back up get to the Dr's office. I kind of forget about how long it takes to get her in and out of the truck, get the step stool out get her on the stool onto the running board then on her seat, fold up the walker put it in the back then get the step stool folded and put away. Wears me just typing it up.  We were planning on hitting several antique stores on the way home and maybe even hitting a big grocery store, but her appointment lasted over 1 1/2 hours.  We stopped for gas and there was an antique store in the same parking lot, but we headed home.  It was close to 6 by the time we got home.  Poor Rudy dashed out the door to pee, poor thing must of had his legs crossed. Good thing Diane had a roast in the crock pot.

Wednesday 19 January 2022

   Back on shift today with a total of one camper coming in but first was PT for Diane. Cold weather has descended upon us and we don't like it.  The high temp today was just in the low 50's. Kind of a slow day.

Thursday 20 January 2022

   Cold this morning and getting colder tonight.  The rangers came by and turned on the heaters in the bathrooms for the next several days as the low temps are to be in the mid 20's.  Busy workday with 4 campers coming in and one checking out.  We didn't go out much, I made the rounds checked the bathrooms and called it a day.  Diane made baked fish which was great and helped warm up the camper.

Friday 21 January 2022

   

    COLD this morning temp just above freezing.  We took Rudy along into PT.  While Diane worked 

Diane said 'He-- no' after
seeing this picture!

out we drove to a nearby State Park to check out the trails for bike riding.  The trails are mostly dirt but the road through the park is almost 4 miles and will do well for biking. Just as Rudy and I returned to town Diane texted she was done a little early.  We beat feet back to the Moho had lunch, walked Rudy and then headed to Nacogdoches to look at three RVs. After the two plus hour drive we arrived at Motorhomes of Texas and as it always goes, two were worn much more than the pictures depicted.  One Newmar is OK but still has some body damage issues.  We are still talking to the salesman but does look good for us.  Even the salesman said the prices in general are crazy.  All disappointed we returned to the Moho tired and wore out. We walked Rudy, went and picked up the Friday fish fry from the local restaurant and called it a day. 

Saturday 22 January 2022

   A bit colder yet today 28 this morning, good thing I disconnected water and septic last night. No PT today! We had a nice breakfast, cleaned up, did a load of laundry before we headed out.  And I'm glad to say Diane is walking with just a cane (most of the time) and we are doing some more exploring. 

Brad does like his Bar-B-Q.

Today we headed to Lufkin Texas to the H.E.B. grocery store. First of course was lunch at the Famous Lufkin BBQ restaurant. Nothing special but it was very good we both had ribs.   I dropped her off at the grocery store and went downtown to check out a coin store and to scope out the historic district.  My trip went quick, coin store was closed but downtown has several antique stores worthy of another trip.  Back to pick her up and she wasn't done, the place was huge and took a while to find all our stuff.  Diane walked the whole time just holding onto the cart.  By the time we returned home she was wore out but still did the dishes before crashing on the sofa.