Tuesday-Wednesday, February 26 & 27, 2019 - Spending Time in Katy, TX with Larry & Sandi, Dean's brother & sister-in-law.

Tuesday-Wednesday, February 26 & 27, 2019 - Spending Time in Katy, TX with Larry & Sandi, Dean's brother & sister-in-law.


Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Today is our 25th Wedding Anniversary!  I am so thankful God brought the two of us together.  We've had some incredible times together and the journey continues.  We are blessed with our blended family of six children, wonderful daughter-in-laws, and our amazing thirteen grandchildren.  What a journey it has been so far and we look forward to the next twenty five years together!

We left Port Aransas this morning in the rain - fortunately, it let up as we were hitching  Bentley to the truck.  

We left Mobil Village RV Park at 9:20am heading toward Katy/Houston, TX to see Dean's brother and sister-in-law, Larry & Sandi Peine.  It was a dreary and wet day, that gave us all kinds of weather.  From a light drizzle to full out pouring rain during our drive.  Fortunately, it let up as we neared the Katy/Houston area - and for that we were very thankful.

Crossing a bridge as we leave Rockport.

A long lonely looking highway.

Foggy, dreary looking skies - but it is still beautiful!

I always wonder what else might have been sitting here with this old windmill; now all alone, it's as if something is missing.

Lots of water standing in various areas.

We began to see fields.

We followed this guy for quite awhile before we could finally get around him.

Starting to get dark again.

The rain hit and hard.  We were happy when it finally let up.

Heading to our park for the next two days.

Traffic, traffic and more traffic.

We pulled into Westlake RV Resort in Katy/Houston, TX shortly after 2:00pm.  We were glad to be here.  We set up in a light rain, then called Larry and Sandi, before walking down to their site.  By then the rain had let up even more, so the walk down was not too bad.  We visited for awhile before Dean asked them if they would like to go to dinner with us tonight.  We suggested Longhorn Steakhouse and they agreed.

We all needed to change clothes, so Dean and I walked back to Bentley, changed and then walked back to their site.  Sandi drove us in their van.  It's easier for them to get in and out of their van, rather than trying to climb up into our truck.

Traffic was pretty heavy, and it rained most of the way there, but we made it and had a wonderful dinner.  I had a filet, broccoli and a side salad.  Dean had a rib eye, rice and a side salad.  Sandi and Larry ate much lighter.  Sandi had a grilled chicken salad, and Larry had chili.  The food was great.  We drove home in rain, and the weather is calling for rain almost daily this coming week.  They dropped us at our RV before they headed back home.

We enjoyed an evening of relaxing after the long drive we had today.  


February 27, 2018

We slept in (for us) this morning, then Dean fixed breakfast for us.  Eggs and bacon was just perfect.  

Last time I washed the sheets we had on our bed yesterday I told Dean there were two small tears in the sheet.  I knew that meant it wouldn't be long and we'd need to replace that set.  Sure enough, Dean got his foot caught in that little tear and now it's a great big tear.  I changed the sheets on the bed this morning and suggested we stop by Kohl's and buy a new set.  While I could get by with one set of sheets, I prefer immediately putting clean sheets on when I remove the dirty ones to wash them.  We checked with Larry and Sandi to see if they would like to go along but they declined and we'll get with them later.  We made a quick stop at Walmart to pick up a few things we needed, and then we visited a couple of RV dealerships to see if we could find any globes for our over the island lighting.  We will need three new ones, since it is doubtful we'll find a match to the two we have remaining.  No one had anything close to what we needed. 

We did not find any sheets, or at least any I was willing to pay the price for at Kohl's.  They have sales often so I'll keep looking.  We returned to Westlake RV and then walked back to Larry & Sandi's to visit for awhile.  It was good to catch up with them and hear how all of their kids and grandkids are doing.  

About 1:00 we drove to Denny's for lunch.  Dean and I have not ate at a Denny's in quite awhile.  I can't remember what he had now (he's still asleep, or I'd ask him).  I ordered their cobb salad, with avocado slices (for an additional $.99).  I could have added slices of prime rib steak, chicken or salmon for an additional $4 each but I thought it was too high and besides the salad looked like it would be quite a lot of food; and it was.  However, when they brought mine, prime rib slices were on it.  I told our waitress I didn't order the prime rib, only the avocado.  My salad had avocado on it, but she went and got more.  Then they charged me for the prime rib when they brought our ticket.  I told her I did not order it, specifically because I thought $4 was too much.  The salad was already around $10-12 without anything else added to it.  She took it off at the register.  The picture on the menu showed the salad with prime rib and avocado, and that is exactly what she brought me, but the additional cost was clearly mentioned.  Despite the mix-up with my salad, it was a very good meal.  

After our meal, we drove back to Larry and Sandi's and visited for another 3 hours or so before heading back to our rig.  We did a little prep work to get ready for moving tomorrow, then I settled in to work on the blog - mostly cropping pictures and such.  By the time I had finished, I could hardly keep my eyes open, and I headed to bed. 

You'd think by now, after writing this blog for over five years, I would remember to take pictures of our meals, who we see, etc.  I sure wish I had taken a picture of Larry and Sandi to include here.