I start the day with breakfast and then have Mom’s next-door neighbors, Monty and Dave, over for a look at DD. They are so nice and so helpful to Mom and us. I learn that they are going to Florida early next month, so with their permission we may park in their driveway when we return this way toward the end of Diane’s vacation time.
I get out a bucket and a long handled window washer and give DD a face wash. I’ll bet I got a pound of bugs off her windshield and “grill.” Pretty soon I see Mom waving from the front door, so I clean up and go inside. I am surprised at this point to learn that Rick had to work the early shift today, having already left around seven o’clock. Maybe we’ll get to see him on the return trip.
By about noon, Mom and I have a hug, a kiss, and a wave, and I’m off again…like a herd of turtles in a windstorm, as they say.
After a stop for some groceries and gas in nearby Roanoke, I’m really on my way. The driving is easy and by late afternoon I pull into my layover at Lake Colorado City State Park in west
Texas. When I stop, I go to lift my left armrest and it falls off in my hand. Rats. This had happened to the right armrest last year and I didn’t dream it would ever happen again. The pin has come out of the armrest shaft. I inspect the hole in the backrest from whence it came. I can see the missing pin and can feel it by inserting one finger. But there is no way to get a hold on it and it soon recedes into the foam padding and is lost forever. I place the dead armrest in the overhead compartment and vow to look into it later, maybe trying for repairs in Tucson or Phoenix.
I find a good site among many available, disconnect Essie, and back into place. As soon as I get the slides out, I go out for a little walk and take some pictures as the sun is setting. As usual, 
this state park offers good facilities and great value in a pleasant, natural setting.
I get out a bucket and a long handled window washer and give DD a face wash. I’ll bet I got a pound of bugs off her windshield and “grill.” Pretty soon I see Mom waving from the front door, so I clean up and go inside. I am surprised at this point to learn that Rick had to work the early shift today, having already left around seven o’clock. Maybe we’ll get to see him on the return trip.
By about noon, Mom and I have a hug, a kiss, and a wave, and I’m off again…like a herd of turtles in a windstorm, as they say.
After a stop for some groceries and gas in nearby Roanoke, I’m really on my way. The driving is easy and by late afternoon I pull into my layover at Lake Colorado City State Park in west
Texas. When I stop, I go to lift my left armrest and it falls off in my hand. Rats. This had happened to the right armrest last year and I didn’t dream it would ever happen again. The pin has come out of the armrest shaft. I inspect the hole in the backrest from whence it came. I can see the missing pin and can feel it by inserting one finger. But there is no way to get a hold on it and it soon recedes into the foam padding and is lost forever. I place the dead armrest in the overhead compartment and vow to look into it later, maybe trying for repairs in Tucson or Phoenix.
I find a good site among many available, disconnect Essie, and back into place. As soon as I get the slides out, I go out for a little walk and take some pictures as the sun is setting. As usual, 
this state park offers good facilities and great value in a pleasant, natural setting.
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