Home Sweet Home

The ride home was uneventful, thank goodness! It was a beautiful drive until we approached the city limits of Conroe and Houston---whew, talk about traffic and rain! Needless to say, Jerry kept on driving non-stop in order to get home today! We have been so blessed to have had this wonderful opportunity driving through Texas, New Mexico and arriving in Colorado safely. There are no words to say how appreciative we are! It has been great keeping in touch with our friends and family via RV "WIFI"--when I could get online! We have already started our grocery lists and organization list for our next excursion, looking forward to it in October!
Have a safe and fun Labor Day, we will be thinking of you. Love you all, The Skidmore's

Running Down the Road!!

Well, it was not pretty getting up at 5;30 AM in order to get an early start--I thought being retired meant no clocks! Ha--not with Jerry Skidmore!! Guy and Girlfriend were in a coma when I hauled their rear ends out the door and told them to hurry up and do their "thing!" On the road, with our loyal GPS (we used to call her the Bitch in the Box), but, we have grown to love and depend on her floating around in her satellite telling us when and where to go!
Our first challenge today was facing the sun as Jerry was driving. So, naturally I stand up and pull down
the really neat visors, but Jerry had tightened them so tight (not to rattle)---I had to find an Allen Wrench and try to loosen the nut---now this is while he is driving and I am straddling the dogs, standing up, twisting with all my strength and it would not budge---meanwhile, Jerry is blinded by the sun, I am stressed wanting to help him, and he is worried I am going to break the visor---so, I just sat down , forgot about it--- and he held his hand up to block the sun for about 50 miles!!! We had extensive natural landscaping you could see forever down the road, just a beautiful sun rise, and cotton fields, while Jerry was fighting the West Texas gust of wind and blinding sun. Jerry and I now have a growing enthusiasm for RVing...we love eating sandwiches in the Picnic Area's---I now spot them with my binoculars!!! Seriously, life in the RV is fun and relaxing, if you don't have to drive!!! We arrived in Mansfield, TX to hook up and get the jeep ready to drive to another destination--- into Dallas to have dinner with Keely, Dylan and Jude. Even tho the visit was short, it was better than no hugs and kisses at all! Jerry has fallen asleep watching the Dallas Cowboys, and I am not far behind him! We depart for Lake Jackson in the morning---no early bird start for our final destination!!! Enjoy our perfect Texas Sunset --it was too beautiful not to share with you!

Kinda Boring day!

Well, Jerry got my butt out of bed about 8:00 and we piddled around until 9:00 and hauled out of Santa Fe. It was so cool and beautiful, sure hated to leave such a great setting!! As Jerry wheeled our RV onto Interstate 40 we sailed through New Mexico with the jillion 18 wheelers that zoomed by us at ungodly speeds!!! This has to be the 18 wheeler road for all 18 wheelers---about 350 passed us in about 6 hours!!! We arrived in Amarillo, TX feeling so good and so confident with our travel today---no mountains, no hair pin turns---just a jillion trucks zooming by at astronomical speeds!!! Jerry and I got out our Traeger Grill, slapped on our steaks, got out wine in our acrylic wine glasses...sitting in our lawn chairs with our little, old dashunds sitting by us. What a scene------until a million dollar RV drives up and parks right beside us----pulling 4 brand new 4-wheelers, that are totally loaded for hunting with gun racks, cargo boxes, windshields in tow---along with the fanciest Jeep Wrangler we have ever seen!!! We are going to bed early tonight because tomorrow is a LONG day for Jerry,lots of miles, he told me we will be pulling out of our little spot in Amarillo by 6:00 AM---enroute to southwest of Ft. Worth for our last night on the road. So, I will have another glass of wine, pray for my friends, family and Pat and Johnny (dear friends). and get ready to shut down for the night. I love you all and appreciate you following along on our wonder trip, you are always on on minds and in our hearts. I love you---