Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Home

Well I made it! Spent last night at Palm Springs Thousand Trails and enjoyed the warm weather, pool and jacuzzi. Arrived home at 1 pm after stopping at the self car wash. Cheryl and Harley were excited to see me as I was to see them. Brooke came home from work at about 3 pm and had her friend Aaron over for dinner and some L.A. City Fire talk. Stay tuned and I will try to catch up on some of the events I didn't cover including the Corvette museum and the Nashville Honky Tonks. Give me about a week.

Thanks for following,
David

Tuesday February 23, 2010

Another great day! Woke up to snow on the ground and finished the day with sunny warm day in the pool and jacuzzi. I left Vado, NM @ 8:30 and it was lightly snowing heading west. I took the 191 hwy off the Interstate 10 heading to Tombstone, a short cut I thought. I got to 15 miles from Tombstone and the road turned to dirt (reminded me of my youth traveling through Baja). I arrived in Tombstone around 1 pm and it was a beautiful warm afternoon, boy did I need that. I walked the streets and went to some shops, but the OK Corral show was sold out for the time I was there. I headed about 20 miles north to the Valley Vista Resort in Benson, AZ and was welcomed by a heated swimming pool and jacuzzi and beautiful weather, finally. Home in two more days.

Wednesday February 17 thru Monday February 22, 2010

Well I have not been very good at updating, that means I have been busy having fun!
After taking Mom and Dad to the airport on Wednesday afternoon, I headed back to Biloxi got caught up on wash and turned in the rental the next morning and headed to the swampland just past New Orleans and spent the night at Hide Away Pond. Friday I was off to Galvaston, TX to meet up with Scott, my school buddy who lives in the Dallas area. We spent two days exploring the beaches of South Texas and catching up on old times. We rode our bicycles along the boardwalk, drove to Surfside, where Scott surfs and went out to a couple of local spots on Friday and Saturday nights for dinner. Sunday I headed west past San Antonio and stayed at the Caribbean Cowboy Resort in Tarpley, TX. I was not that impressed due to the long drive out in the country and they were mainly a fitness guru campground (sort of). The weather was great and big sky was an awesome blue. I am pushing to get home to Cheryl by Thursday, because she wants me to go with her to the doctor on Friday and today was a long drive, about 570 miles and 9+ hrs driving, but God willing I will be home on Thursday. I am spending the night @ Western Sky's RV Park in Vado, NM right off the Interstate 10 and across from the dairy farm (pee eu).

Sunday, February 14, 2010 - Valentines Mardi Gras

Living the dream as my girls call it...I am believing them. I left the motor home in Biloxi and headed to New Orleans in the Hyundai. Arrived at "Chateau Bourbon" at about 1 pm, but couldn't check into the room until three. Guess I will have to go check out the area and I didn't have to go very far. There was a parade on the next block and I got my first set of beads (no, I didn't have to do anything spectacular to get them). Around the block from our hotel there was balconies and all the stories you have heard are true. I mean guys doing push ups for beads. Cheryl suggested I don't put those pictures on the blog. Mom, Dad, Jeff and Vivian showed up about 7 pm and I was already pre gamed, so I told them to catch up, but I don't think they ever did, because I never slowed down. I am paying for it now (I think I will have to go to a Bill W meeting with Dad). We went to dinner in our hotel after checking out another parade that Drew Bree's was in on the same block I saw the first parade. After dinner we took a stroll around the block, where I had to share the "balcony scene" with the family. Oh yeah, Cheryl and the girls sent me nice cards and candy for Valentines Day, now that is what I call living the dream!!!

Friday February 12, 2010 - Biloxi

Left Styx River, just east of Mobile, AL got on I-10 westbound and it was snowing(unusual cold weather for the area). Great drive through Mobile over to Biloxi, cause I enjoy seeing the coast even if it is snowing. Drove past the USS Alabama and thought about stopping, but not in the snow. Just before I got to Biloxi it started snowing again and I easily found Martin Lake campground 2 miles off I-10.
Enterprize rent-a-car came to the campground to pick me up and I rented a Hyundia Santa Fe (not my choice). The snow and rain stopped about 4 pm and I drove by the coast of Biloxi and enjoyed the view. I read that the band Montgomery Gentry was playing at one of the largest nicest casinos (Beau Rivage) in Biloxi and decided to get a ticket. I got moved up to the third row and the concert was AWESOME!!! Got back to the motor home about 11 pm just in time to watch the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.

S