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Toby and I try to get to the Pedigo Park at least a couple of times a week where he can run free and have a good time. I always take the ball along. This is the only ball he’ll play with, but he loves it.

Time is getting short here at CARE and I have many, many things to get done to my rig before pulling out. I’m getting itchy feet, or as they say here “hitch itch”, and I’ll be more than ready to leave. I’ve really liked it here, but I’ve been through 2 turnovers of volunteers (seems most folks only stay a month) and my dishpan hands need a break, and I’m just eager to get moving.

I’m driving over to Lorena, TX tomorrow to see my friends Jeri and Ralph whom I haven’t seen since the 70’s. It’s about a 2 hour drive and I figured it was easier and cheaper to drive over in my “toad” rather than firing up Monte to drive over. I may also stop there on my way to my cousin Rosalie’s (who lives in San Angelo) when I leave here.

The weather here is mild compared to what you all are going through. I’m wearing sweats one day, shorts the next and lots of rain. I don’t mind the rain, but the constant humidity is not good, at least not for me. I hate always being wet, towels never dry, hair takes forever to dry – and my hair is no more than one and a half inches long, everything feels damp, yuck, yuck, yuck. I don’t like humidity so I’ll be really glad to be heading back West.

Not much new here. Kris

Here’s a couple of pics of Toby and Toby’s best friend, Brandie.

I’m still at CARE and will be here until March 15th. Still loving it here and constantly amazed at the friendliness and helpfulness of the community of RVer’s. I had a severe computer problem (my fault for trying to do something I know nothing about), so I went to the Computer Group that meets every Friday morning and one of the guys there took my computer in hand and worked on it, then told me to bring it to his place the next day to do some more work on it and after a total of 4 hours, my computer runs better than it did new. And at not cost to me! What a guy. I’ve learned that there are all sorts of groups that meet and are open to everyone and are extremely helpful for whatever the problems in that area may be.

Obviously, coming to CARE at the beginning of my travels was a good choice. I have been warned that not all RV Parks are like this one as this one has a special camaraderie due to the nature of the place and the particular volunteers that come here. But I’ve also found the folks in the adjacent Rainbow Park to be just as friendly and helpful.

We’re back to rainy, wet, but warm weather. I’ll be ready to leave all this humidity in another month, but meantime I’m enjoying the mild temps. Hope all you folks in cold country are managing to keep warm.

Kris

Once again, they’ve changed the format on me and I’m having trouble with pictures. I hope these come through since they show the Baygall (not bagel). I also tried to download something this past week and really screwed up my computer. Fortunately, there is a computer club here at the Park and they fixed me right up.

A new friend, Ellie and I went to The Big Thicket National Preserve down the road apiece. It is unique due to its extraordinary complex biological diversity. The preserve encompasses 1)floodplain forest and swamp, 2) Flatlands Palmetto hardwood, 3) Savannah, 4) Upland hardwood/pine forests. The flora is fantastic and there are many trails to explore (we only explored one so far.)The area we went through is the Baygall.

The pictures are of the old cabin with Ellie on the front porch; downed cypress (the roots are extremely shallow and many old cypress are toppled; cypress knees (presumably they help the cypress keep balanced); and the Telupela trees growing out of the water (they look like elephants feet. There are alligators here, fortunately, we didn’t see any, and 4 different carnivorous plants, yech!

Other than our little excursion to the Big Thicket, everything here is going great. I love it, love it, love it, and so does Toby, except when we get a big thunder and lightening storm. We had one a couple of days ago and it shorted out the switch on my little fans and the sensor in my LP gas alarm. That was fun! So one of the guys, my neighbor who is a volunteer doing electrical work for CARE came over and we disconnected the LP alarm and I’ll replace the sensor, and disconnected the battery to the chassis until Jim can find out where it shorted and he’s sure he can fix it for me. What a guy! Everyone here is like that. When I went over to see if someone could help me with my electrical problems, I had all sorts of guys jump up to help. It’s that way with everything! My impression of RV’s just gets better and better.

Well, I’m going to try the pictures, then I’m off to help with lunch.

Kris