This post will be m mostly about a mini update since the beginning of the year.
At that time In was still at Samuel P Taylor State Park. There was a lot of rain and I mean A LOT of rain.
Lagunitas Creek was over 10 feet higher than it's usual depth. Only one section of campsites were closed.
I remained there until March 1st.
From there I returned to China Camp State Park. It was the same old boring gig where I started to plan to relocate back to Texas. My granddaughter had gotten a job and moved out into her own van. My son who lives in San Francisco was also thinking about relocating. It started me thinking, I would be quite on my own, far away from family. I hadn't seen them in a long time, why not just relocate near enough so that we could visit back and forth.
I had my motorhome up for sale and I wasn't getting any valid interest. I can understand why. There is nowhere to park one unless you have property. rent in the area is way too expensive. Hopefully I will have better luck where I am now.
As you have where ever you live, life happens.
Yes that's my heel. I messed up and injured myself to the tune of 10 stitches. For something that happens in one second, I had to deal with the healing aspect which took over two months to completely heal.
The only thing that was interesting while at China Camp was that I was able to resume my Watercolor Classes.
Another pet portrait of Angel.
While there I continued my search for another location. I concentrated on East Texas where I had several possibilities, mostly State Parks as camp host. Then I talked to a Ranger with the U S Army Corp of Engineers at Lake Sam Rayburn. They actually had a volunteer position in their project office answering phones. That is where I accepted the position.
May 31st, we pulled out of China Camp, drove to the U Haul in San Rafael to pick up a tow dolly for my car and we were on our way. here we crossed into Arizona. One sate down and two more to go.
It was a long trip, almost 2000 miles. Angel finally settled down after the first day.
This where I parked, next for to the project office where I would be working.
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| Sunset over Sam Rayburn Lake |
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| Morning Coffee |
Almost every night there was a beautiful sunset over the lake. (taken from my door)
One of the things that you can expect when RVing is that you may get visitors, ants, mice, but I certainly didn't expect this fellow.
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| Tree Frog |
I found him in my kitchen sink. He was kind of cute, but I let him out to find somewhere else to visit.
I was at a place that I liked working, the people were great, the job easy, but the things that were hard to get used to were not having a decent internet signal, it was remote, the winds off the lake periodically had my home really rockin' ,but the most important was that the closest family was 5 1/2 hours away. That was Sandi. Heidi was 7 1/2 hours away. That was when I discovered that this position was all over the US. I happen to talk to someone in the Fort Worth District Office who told me about Bardwell Lake having the same position available.
While I was trying to figure out how to get closer to family, I also talked to the Ranger at Eufaula Lake in Oklahoma which is an hour from Heidi. He asked if I could meet with him there. So during the 4th of July weekend I took a road trip up to visit Heidi and meet my new great granddaughter Nora Lynn.
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| Nora Lynn and me |
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| Heidi's and Chris's house in Henryetta OK |
I got there on the 4th and on the way home I went by way of Sandi's in North Richland Hills, just outside of Ft Worth.
While there I got to know Sandi's three pitfalls and Nick's and Jen's two huskies. Into the mix I added in my little terrier, Angel. They had a lot of fun playing. Even though there was a lot going on, they were all well behaved.
Sandi is dog sitting for Nick and Jen while they are in the process of relocating to Henryetta, OK.
While I was there I checked out Lewisville Lake and Grapevine Lake, which were closer to Sandi. These lakes were possibilities, with positions for gate attendants, most likely working weekends.
On the way back to Sam Rayburn, I stopped at Bardwell Lake where I met with the Lake Manager. This position was 4 hours a day M-F answering phones. It was an easy decision and it was only an hour from Sandi.
I said my good byes to all the great people at Sam Rayburn. I also found someone to replace me an d they are loving it. Yea! Win! Win!
I am now at Bardwell Lake , Ennis TX. I drove the MH here on Friday the 19th, Sandi came to pick me up the next morning to drive me back to get my car. She also helped me finish setting up when we got back. Thank you Sandi, I couldn't have done it without your help.
If you look close, that's the lake in the background. I sure am glad that my site is covered. It will certainly help with the extreme weather here in TX. (like hail storms)
Life is good!
Thanks for visiting,
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| My Happy Place |
Susan and Angel
