tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47055506497515018582024-03-14T02:53:30.637-05:00Cruzin2someThis is the journey of two middle aged women embarking on the RV fulltimers life. Preparing and living as nomads to keep from being committed to the local lunatic asylum by their friends and family. This is their journey from beginning to present day.cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comBlogger528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-54069901059475696272018-10-21T17:24:00.000-05:002019-01-28T17:38:13.979-06:00Colorado Road Trip to RememberWe went on a road trip to celebrate 60th birthdays,
Dawn and our friend Lisa both turn 60 this year. To celebrate four good friends loaded up a rented SUV and hit the road for Colorado.
It was a really GREAT trip and we had a lot of laughs.
Our first stop, Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo Texas
Everyone got in on the action!
Paula had a paint can issue!
We stayed at an awesome cabin cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-47895359764534382992018-01-29T17:43:00.000-06:002019-01-28T17:48:44.781-06:00New Family Addition I would like to introduce the newest addition to our family.
Meet Lucy, our new granddaughter
9 lb. 2 oz and 20.5 "
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We spent our summer working as gate attendants at Lavon Lake.
I know I said we wouldn't do that again but, we did.
It as a busy summer. We made a lot of new friends and spent time with friends we hadn't seen in a while.
Our truck "BOB" (Big Ole Butt) got much needed cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-37365747560256477922017-10-21T18:30:00.000-05:002019-01-28T18:33:38.875-06:00State Park Host GigWe have become Park Host.
That's right, we are now camp host at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park. The park is located in the piney woods area of northeast Texas.
It's a beautiful park with 75 campsites with water and electric, 20 a/c and heat shelters, 20 screened shelters, pavilion, lighted fishing pier and over 3 miles of hiking trails on Lake Bob Sandlin.
The state park host many events cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-40424789589781281922017-05-05T12:48:00.000-05:002017-05-05T12:48:57.339-05:00Breathing Problems Send Us Packing
As I mentioned before, we
looked into getting a park model. The owner of the park had built a new site for a park
model or cabin while we were there and told us we could take it if we bought a
park model.
We
were very excited about the prospect of buying a park model.
In
early January Dawn got a nasty head cold and developed a terrible cough. The
head cold was gone after a week but the cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-76221434426042734792017-04-26T18:34:00.001-05:002017-04-26T18:34:31.779-05:00Our Time in Rockport
North
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Cold & Rainy
I
haven’t posted anything in a while because things got crazy for us.
Dawn
and I spent the last year and half in Rockport, Texas. Rockport is a favorite
place for us. We love the small town vibe and the friendliness of the people.
After
spending many winters in the little town of Rockport, we decided to stay a
summer too and see cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-29008256358727855422016-10-07T14:52:00.000-05:002016-10-11T14:53:29.015-05:00Odis is at Home Recovering
Rockport,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Sunny, 89 degrees
Monday
morning started off terrible. We noticed Odis was not his usual self. He was lethargic
and wasn’t interested in eating. When he isn’t in eating, there’s something
wrong.
We
tried feeding him treats and he wasn’t interested in those either.
We’ve
never used a veterinary here in Rockport. Now we got to find one fast.
We
cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-33456891446800205712016-09-17T10:47:00.000-05:002016-09-17T10:47:03.561-05:00Humming Bird CelebrationHumming Birds everywhere.
It's that time of year here in Rockport, Texas.
The HummerBird Celebration is an annual event held each September. The purpose is to celebrate the spectacular fall migration of the Ruby-throated hummingbird through the area, first documented by Connie Hagar in 1938.
We put out a couple of feeders and our neighbors have feeders out too. We sit on the patio every cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-82936112414108058792016-06-13T16:02:00.000-05:002016-08-29T16:05:46.493-05:00Texas State Aquarium Visit
Dawn Paula and I visited the Texas
State Aquarium in Corpus Christi.
They are currently working on
an expansion. The aquarium is beautiful and has many different exhibits.
We watched the dolphin show.
The dolphins put on a great show and they look so happy.
The eagles featured in this exhibit were rescued and rehabilitated at the Texas State Aquarium. This eagle cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-65078424352751832752016-03-01T11:55:00.000-06:002016-08-29T11:57:28.783-05:00New Site
We haven’t posted in a good while because we’ve been busy.
Back in February we moved to a different site in the same
park (Southern Star RV).
We love our new site. Our new site is more centrally located
within the park. We are now closer to the laundry and have more neighbors.
We’ve made lots of new friends and so have our fur kids.
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Rockport,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Sunny, 78 degrees
We’ve
had more visitors. Yes, Our friends Mike, Lisa and their son Neal drove down from
Dallas for the weekend.
Luckily
the weather was good. We made the rounds and showed them all the great places
we enjoy.
We
spent time at the beach, the Big Tree and the Rockport hot spots.
We
had a great visit.
We spent the cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-17084626962613411302016-02-10T09:50:00.000-06:002016-02-10T09:50:28.824-06:00Cruzin2some's Life in Rockport
Time
sure gets away from you when you’re having FUN!
We’ve
been doing some more exploring around Lamar, Texas and we drive through Goose
Island SP.
We
like to drive over to Lamar and look for the Whooping Cranes. Sometimes we see
them and sometimes we don’t.
We
did see the pelicans gathered at the fish cleaning station at Goose Island SP.
The white pelicans mind their manners while cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-74634480046149672492016-01-15T20:03:00.001-06:002016-01-15T20:03:13.470-06:00Random Pictures from Rockport, Texas
This morning it was foggy when the sun was coming up
Found this guy hanging out in the marsh
Also spotted a few spoonbills
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Rockport,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Sunny, 57 degrees
We
haven’t posted much because the weather here has been cold and rainy.
The
Weather back home (Rockwall-Garland, Texas) has finally claimed down.
Not
only have they been dealing with more flooding again but also recovering from
several tornados.
A
total of 11 people were killed by the December 26th tornado outbreak.
One
of cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-22953421483149635152015-12-29T17:07:00.000-06:002015-12-29T17:07:22.150-06:00Christmas Visitors
Rockport,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Cloudy, 57 degrees
We
sure hope that everyone had a great Christmas. We did.
My
son drove down from Oklahoma with his girl-friend and her teenage daughter.
They
arrived Christmas morning.
Dawn
spent two days cooking a big Christmas meal. She cooked ham, turkey, fruit
salad, candied yams, rolls, cheesy potatoes, shrimp, corn casserole, cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-32100387591411120132015-12-12T12:18:00.001-06:002015-12-12T12:18:56.168-06:00Weekend Visitor
Rockport,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Cloudy, 75 degrees
We
had a visitor. Our very good friend Paula came for a weekend visit.
Paula
had never been to Rockport so we wanted to show her as much as possible in two
days.
She
arrived Friday evening and we were up until midnight talking.
Saturday
morning we had breakfast and then jumped in the car for site seeing.
The
weather cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-80916446076118573802015-11-21T11:29:00.000-06:002015-11-21T11:29:10.651-06:00Southern Bird Watching
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cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-48283647422514914332015-11-15T12:45:00.000-06:002015-11-15T12:50:28.881-06:00Repairs and More Repairs
Rockport,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Clear, 72 degrees
We’ve
been really busy since our arrival here in Rockport, Texas.
We’re
staying in a park we’ve not stayed in before. We have a rock site. We parked
and got all situated be after a few days we were leaning a little to one side.
We
hooked back up to the truck and backed up a few feet and now we’re nice and
level.
We
have slowly cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-37612564745955352062015-11-03T20:39:00.000-06:002015-11-03T20:39:48.448-06:00A couple of Days in La Grange
Southern
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Clear, 78 degrees
We
pulled out of Corsicana a little before 10:00 A.M following Peter and Judy
moving south to our next stop.
We
stopped in LaGrange, Texas for a couple of days.
We
only have about 150 miles to go but the weather channel said it to be stormy
for a couple of days and we decided to park it until the storms pass.
We
stayed at cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-73726832473302062252015-10-30T12:00:00.002-05:002015-10-30T12:00:39.331-05:00Moving South
Southern
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Rainy, 78 degrees
We
landed in Daingerfield at Daingerfield State Park and spent 9 days.
The first 7
days we spent with friends that were also camping at Daingerfield.
We
had a great time visiting with some very close friends.
Dawn and I took a drive to Mena to check out the fall colors. It is always a beautiful drive.
cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-78003063682957461072015-10-23T11:25:00.001-05:002015-10-23T11:25:33.695-05:00Wright Patman Lake, Clear Springs Park and Friends
East
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Rainy, 72 degrees
We
left Purtis Creek SP on Monday and drove to Wright Patman Lake.
There we parked on Site B-19 in the Clear Springs Park.
Clear
Springs is a beautiful park. All the sites are level with large gravel patio
area. Some have sewer but we picked a site near the water and those sites don’t
have sewer.
They
do have a cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-40411281473877061682015-10-22T15:48:00.002-05:002015-10-22T15:48:54.940-05:00We're Finally on the Road Again
Texas / Purtis Creek SP
Weather
Conditions; Sunny, 85 degrees
We
finished up our contract as gate attendants on Wednesday, September 30th.
We packed up the fiver and moved to another site the following morning.
We
ran errands and went out for dinner with our friends Paula and Wendy.
The
site we were in was so bad we couldn’t get the fiver level so we moved again on
Friday morning.
cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-43510186323682394412015-10-10T19:55:00.001-05:002015-10-10T19:55:44.683-05:00In Review Our Experience as COE Gate Attendants
Lavon,
Texas
Weather
Conditions; Sunny, 96 degrees
Our
experience as US Army Corps of Engineers gate attendants has been interesting to say the least. There
are many pros and cons to the gate attendant job here at Lavon Lake.
We’ve
made a lot of new friends and have learned a lot.
Lavon
Lake COE provides their gate attendants with a nice level concrete site with a
metal cover, full cruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705550649751501858.post-37247495738862307742015-09-30T11:11:00.002-05:002015-09-30T11:11:55.353-05:00Our last Day as Gate AttendantsFinally we have reached our last day as COE gate attendants.
There is no way we can express in writing how EXCITED we are to be done with this gig.
We're so happy to be able to get back on the road.
We'll soon have something to post about.
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We’ve
made a lot of new friends and have dealt with our share of rude people. We’ve
also encountered a couple of neighborhood bullies.
That’s
right, adult neighborhood bullies. These people seem to think they own this
park.
One
of these local bullies regularly comes into the park and doesn’t abide by any
of the rules.
We
inform and remind everyone coming into the park about thecruzin2somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826924699303749855noreply@blogger.com