Llano Texas

Being on the road again and meeting up with friends leaves little time for keeping up with the blog. As we age the gears turn slower and it takes longer to get things done. In my youth I could clean a 3 story house in one day, God only knows how long that would take me now. I also know I enjoy life more now than I did then.

On the road incidents:

First off we caught a rock in the windshield, tiny little rock-didn't make much of a sound but we could tell it was deep and it spread before the trip was finished.

We had one panic stop. Butch said he put everything he had on the brake. And without the brake buddy we would not have been able to stop. The light turned yellow and the guy in front of us stopped. We would have gone through it without incident if he had not stopped. But safe and sound we are and very grateful for a safe trip. It used to be we would time it to go through cities on Sundays, if possible, because of less traffic. That thought was reinforced on this leg of our trip. Most people in cars have no idea how much space it takes to stop a motorhome or fifth wheel.

We had decided on a different highway to come into Llano, turning west, south of Marble Falls onto 71 instead of going to Burnet and then west. Road construction for a good portion of it with very narrow lanes and a shoulder drop off. Butch described it as uncomfortable. It will be fine when they finish it.

Why do I tell you these things you might ask? Because I do go back and check the blog when we plan another route with the same destination. For instance when we leave here we would normally go north on highway 16 to Interstate 20 east merging into I-30 east and then take I-820 north to I-35 north but last November we nearly missed our turn on the route due to road construction and in talking to our com-padres they tell us there is much road construction on I-35. So we will be changing our route. We will take 281 farther north to miss it if we can.

Llano is a Main Street town as is our hometown of Jefferson. So the community is working hard to make it better. That means there are many things to see and do in Llano. This weekend is a fish fry and barbecue with parade so we will be enjoying some local flavor.

Last night we went to the Burger Bar for supper with Gary and Lou Nelson, Larry and Roxy McGough and Mike and Sharon Bryce. These are great people we met through Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA of the Rockies. Terry and Lisa Linder are coming later. After our tasty meal we sat around on the patio and enjoyed superb weather and conversation.

We got started on our pets. None of us have pets currently. We have all had pets for many years but we have all decided the same thing-no more pets until we are no longer travelling. The stories about all the pets in our lives were fascinating. They have given us many happy memories.

So today I have promised to play golf with the girls. Okay, I know what some of you are thinking. So am I. But we will see how it goes.

Later...