Nov. 7, 2009

From Spring Branch, Texas.
I got out of bed this morning at about 8;30 to see a light fog outside. It cleared but there were scattered clouds most of the day. Weather wise the day was good, the temperature comfortable and although cloudy there was no hint of bad weather.
Paul and Ann have a beautiful place and it is obvious they have put in a lot of hard work. The parking place for the RV is well done with 50 amp electrical service and water. Paul installed a light that flies a pennant, TEXAS PROUD.” Looking out the windows of our home we can see their house, and the landscaping which includes numerous oak trees and shrubs. They say they have a constant job of keeping the tree from eating small trees and shrubs. When I step out the door I can see a wedge shaped part of Canyon Lake. The parking pad doesn’t have a sewer dump. Their septic tank cleanout is about 200’ away. They have a circular drive that goes within about 30’ of the cleanout. They use that when they need to dump the tanks of their fifth wheel. For some reason Paul and Ann think our coach is too large to go around the drive. From what they said some delivery trucks have swung around the drive and broken tree branches. I walked the drive and although there are a couple of low branches but I think I could avoid them easily. The only problem I see is that the coach would go over the concrete apron in front of the garage and I don’t know if it would hold the weight or crack. I’ll talk to Paul about it if we need to dump.
The Conners left about 11 AM to go hit golf balls in preparation for a round of golf tomorrow.
At about two we left for a visit and supper with Ken and Sylvia Harwood. They live in San Antonio and we met them Last year at Horseshoe Lakes in Indiana. Sylvia is the one responsible for us seeing the Allegiance at the FMCA Convention in St. Paul. We also spent the second week of this trip with them at Whaler’s Rest near Newport, Oregon. They travel in a 2001 American Eagle and still have the house they have lived in for thirty four years. Supper was salmon that Ken grilled with trimmings prepared by Sylvia. We had a pleasant evening talking of cabbages to kings. Man that came up from the far reaches of my mind. It’s from Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
There is speculation that Mr. Dodgson was on drugs when he wrote pieces like “Alice in Wonderland” and other stories under the nom de plume of Lewis Carroll. Ooops, I wondered off there. But I digress. The drive back to our coach was about an hour and after a little Facebook time by Gerri and WoW time by me we turned in.