B and C
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We made it back to N. Texas for my mother's funeral. Two hard days drive from the BLM South of Joshua Tree NP....
It will be a few months before my mothers estate is settled. My BIL is handling all the financials (he was a big wig at Collins Radio and then Boeing). He is very meticulous with his book-keeping.
We left the Roadtrek at the S&B and took my DW's Tahoe to make our journey to Big Canoe, GA (N. Georgia Mtns.) where my sister and BIL live. After spending a few days there, all of us went to Florida where our oldest brother and SIL lives. He was unable to attend due to health issues. We went to show support and to let him know we were still there for him if needed and he still matters. None of us keep in regular contact with him because he is hard to talk to and always has been. He doesn't say much and doesn't have any outside interests anymore. We spent one night in Florida.
On the way back to GA., we stopped at the Seaplane base in Tavares, FL. and took a float-plane ride.
My DW has never been in a small plane before so this was a real treat for her. I have never been on a float-plane before. This was a Cessna 185 with floats in place of the wheels, hence float-plane and not seaplane (in my book anyway).
We spent a few more days in Ga. before heading home through the pouring rains and flooding in Louisiana WE were sitting at the intersection of I-75 and wondering if we should take a more Northern route back to S. TX. Going up through TN. would have added a lot more miles to the trip home so I decided (since I was driving) that we would just drive !-10 back home through the squall lines. :dodgy: At the time I-20 was closed in sections but we don't normally drive I-20 anyway. The rain was heavy in two spots but not so bad as to stop traffic (it did slow considerably though). We only went across one bridge where the water was about a foot underneath it. The next week, I-10 was closed at the TX border. We made it out in time...
I have been busy getting tags, wash & wax, oil changed and throwing some stuff out of the RT. Ordered and installed a new replacement radio so we now have navigation and can listen easily to MP3 audio books Installed a new dash cam also. The old Android would get very hot and was too much trouble to mess with (I AM lazy). I bought a VANtrue R2 on my Sheriff neighbors recommendation and reading the reviews. I like it a lot. I put a 64 GB MicroSD card in it so the card should last a few years before wearing out and I can have it set on its' highest resolution.
Enough of my rambling. We will be leaving early this afternoon with the first stop about 250 miles away. We are going to check out the meteor crater in West TX. and the Monohans Sand hills SP near there. After that we will be heading to AZ to see my cousin in Tucson. We will only stay one day there.
This will be the last post for a long time. Now to get a good long shower, finish getting our toiletries moved in and HIT THE ROAD (Yipeee!)
See ya'll on the road and keep your powder dry!
It will be a few months before my mothers estate is settled. My BIL is handling all the financials (he was a big wig at Collins Radio and then Boeing). He is very meticulous with his book-keeping.
We left the Roadtrek at the S&B and took my DW's Tahoe to make our journey to Big Canoe, GA (N. Georgia Mtns.) where my sister and BIL live. After spending a few days there, all of us went to Florida where our oldest brother and SIL lives. He was unable to attend due to health issues. We went to show support and to let him know we were still there for him if needed and he still matters. None of us keep in regular contact with him because he is hard to talk to and always has been. He doesn't say much and doesn't have any outside interests anymore. We spent one night in Florida.
On the way back to GA., we stopped at the Seaplane base in Tavares, FL. and took a float-plane ride.
My DW has never been in a small plane before so this was a real treat for her. I have never been on a float-plane before. This was a Cessna 185 with floats in place of the wheels, hence float-plane and not seaplane (in my book anyway).We spent a few more days in Ga. before heading home through the pouring rains and flooding in Louisiana
WE were sitting at the intersection of I-75 and wondering if we should take a more Northern route back to S. TX. Going up through TN. would have added a lot more miles to the trip home so I decided (since I was driving) that we would just drive !-10 back home through the squall lines. :dodgy: At the time I-20 was closed in sections but we don't normally drive I-20 anyway. The rain was heavy in two spots but not so bad as to stop traffic (it did slow considerably though). We only went across one bridge where the water was about a foot underneath it. The next week, I-10 was closed at the TX border. We made it out in time...I have been busy getting tags, wash & wax, oil changed and throwing some stuff out of the RT. Ordered and installed a new replacement radio so we now have navigation and can listen easily to MP3 audio books
Installed a new dash cam also. The old Android would get very hot and was too much trouble to mess with (I AM lazy). I bought a VANtrue R2 on my Sheriff neighbors recommendation and reading the reviews. I like it a lot. I put a 64 GB MicroSD card in it so the card should last a few years before wearing out and I can have it set on its' highest resolution.Enough of my rambling. We will be leaving early this afternoon with the first stop about 250 miles away. We are going to check out the meteor crater in West TX. and the Monohans Sand hills SP near there. After that we will be heading to AZ to see my cousin in Tucson. We will only stay one day there.
This will be the last post for a long time. Now to get a good long shower, finish getting our toiletries moved in and HIT THE ROAD (Yipeee!)
See ya'll on the road and keep your powder dry!
