Moving on down the road, enjoying a leisurely drive heading to the southwest.

Where are we today ?

Walmart Fort Stockton Texas

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        Up early this morning after a very quiet night, got the coffee and computing taken care of then a walkabout the parking lots and the store just because I could, nice and early. No rush today only going 250 miles too another Walmart. Easy drive drive, hop on I-10 and keep going. Nothing exciting to see just a long road not much traffic so just set the cruise , crank up the Sirius radio 60's on 6 and just boogied right along. As many times as we have made this drive on I-10 the scenery never ceases to amaze me all the same but different. Stopping at all the rest areas to stretch and The Sonora one at 11:30 to make lunch.

Heading out of town 

I-10 a nice quiet drive

speed limit 80 MPH 130 kph
our coach likes to cruise at 66 MPH
on these roads

Sonora rest area for lunch

Love this rest area a nice stop

moving on down the road

     Next rest area love the restrooms here very nice.

inside the restrooms

more of the same quiet roads

looks like pyramid

       Pulled into Fort Stockton and the Flying J to top up our gas in the coach. Wow what a difference from yesterday $2.60 a gallon but diesel $3.69 .
     Then from there  just a couple of miles to the Walmart for the night at 2:30 pm. Last time we parked here was back in 2011. Not a large store but works for us and right where we want to be for the night.
    We whipped into the store to check it out and Suzie even went with me. She is looking for something in clothes. Took her all of 5 minutes to not find what she was looking for.
    Back out to our coach and relax a bit enjoying our reading, some computing and the sunshine, Only 60F but that is fine we don't do like these people across from us set up camp! Jacks done, lawn chairs out even their BBQ, This is not proper Walmart etiquette. They could spoil it for the rest of us.

they set up camp here in the parking lot!
Chairs BBQ not good

we have a quiet spot for the night

     Then time for supper this seafood salad Suzie wanted .

         Then fish and chips we can do in our propane oven for a nice change.

a nice walmart sunset tonight 

this was a very reasonable fish an chip dinner we enjoyed and
enough left for another meal in the freezer

     We had a very nice relaxing day making our way across I-10 no real rush just enjoying the scenery looks different every time we drive it.
     Thanks  for taking a peek and really hope y'all had a great day too.

only 250 miles today

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 Where have we been this Winter?

Back on land again, the cruise was fun and the honeymoon continues.

Where are we today ? 

Willis Texas

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    Our last night at sea and we both had a great sleep, up early as usual just after 5 am still dark out here. Was going to sit on our balcony but heck it's cold out there! only 62F. Ok ,did some computing inside for a bit got dressed and a walkabout the deck for a few laps and a few coffees consumed. We are in Galveston port now and the debarkation supposed to begin at 8:15 am, We found out yesterday at the info meeting there is actually just over 4,900 passengers on board , that is a lot for people to get off 12  levels of this ship and only one gangway. They called out your deck then proceed to 3, We sat on deck 11 in the sunshine reading  and waited. I would read a bit and a few laps. read and walk, actually got 5 miles done here on deck while waiting and reading. We chose not to have breakfast , because neither of us were hungry trying to get our food intake to a manageable level again.

looking out our balcony at 5 am,
too cold to sit outside here
yup we in port !

         The big screen by the beach pools was biding us farewell.

yes it was so much fun!

not many people on deck now getting ready to debark

another cruise ship coming into port as well

from our balcony

that ship docked right behind us

this be the children daycare outside area

 barge being pushed into port right beside us

did catch a sunrise in Galveston port
much nicer at sea

       Then noticed below they are refuelling this ship, pumping out the sewage and bringing in fresh water for the next departure this afternoon.

a freighter just pulling onto port  in front of us

right across spotted this Oil rig in port
must be getting repairs done

         Finally at 11 am we proceeded to debark and on shore then the lineup for US customs, They do not rush even though 10 or more agents, it still takes a while to check almost 5 thousand people.  Cleared customs by 1 pm finally, then the shuttle to our car and on the road back to Willis Texas 102 miles north on I-45 straight through Houston, Pretty good drive and only a couple of slow downs. Back home by 3:10 pm. 

we are in port now.
the sign says so

    Waiting in line chatted with a few people and so many of these people take a family cruise every year, but they live in Texas so is very reasonable. Nice that they can do that makes for a great family vacation.

this be the lines for customs,
a social time, chat with people in line
helps pass the time

now onto I-45 north to Willis

          Unloaded the car and Suzie unpacked our bags while I whipped into the grocery store for some fresh produce to whip up supper.

         Now we can relax outside (Happy Hour) a quick snack as we had not eaten today yet., only 64 F and in the shade here but sure is nice to be back to our home again peace and quiet.

relaxing an reading outside our home

     Whipping up supper, I have missed doing for the last week, a stir fry with chicken breast, fresh veggies etc to go with out regular salad. No point setting up our Weber Q only here for 2 nights then back on the road heading to the southwest.

 this sure hit the spot tonight 

very tasty and some leftovers 

        That was our day offloading from the cruise and making our way back home.
        Now back to our regular program again. Living the life we love full-time in our rv. The Anniversary cruise was excellent, Back home and the honeymoon continues, as we get back on the road again.
     Thanks for joining us this past week and hope you enjoyed this cruise as much was we did so nice that we could do our daily updates.

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 Where have we been this Winter?

Nice travel day with some interesting quirks.Through Dallas and to Oklahoma.

Where are we today ? 

Walmart Checotah Oklahoma

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     Still enjoying the great weather,  cool overnight 38F at 5;30 am but we are cozy inside under our blankets and comforter . As the sun was rising I headed out for a couple of nice walkabouts on our last morning here in Glen Rose Texas as the sun was rising and warming up the day. as you may know my favorite time of the day.

a  nice sunrise to start the day

gonna miss this place but gotta keep moving

           Not in a hurry today our plan is only 288 miles to a Walmart or Flying J in Checotah Oklahoma. So by  9 am we are on the road enjoying what we love to do, moving on down the road. Nice places and new faces.

starting off on some nice back roads

    We have rout right through Dallas avoiding the toll roads and looks pretty easy nice road to travel very little traffic at this time of day.

         We were watching for the turn on for 75 north  to 69 but with the very long line of traffic we missed it. Oops, we thought. No big deal we will take the next exit  follow our streets and trips program on Suzie' s laptop and actually had very nice scenic route for about a 1/2 mile  through a new section of downtown Dallas missing all that traffic. wow that was wonderful !

lots of nice scenery and no major slowdowns 

love the scenic bridges and overpasses 

nice old train bridge

        Soon we crossed into Oklahoma to the welcome centre and only rest area that we had today for a more than 6 hour drive.

a very nice welcome centre
we made a tasty lunch here
a got some info on Oklahoma 

       No rest areas today other that that one, but a few small towns we passed through can always find a spot to pull over , get a stretch and a walkabout , nature calls us and I need to exercise my back anyway.
        We saw a Camping World on our route and thought we would stop in just for fun. Nothing we needed but a nice stop anyway to stretch, Well heck we pulled into their lot and full of new trailers, no where to turn around . Anyway we parked and checked out this very small  store we here anyway. A waste of time but now we need to disconnect our car to turn around, No big deal deal just a pain. , Got that done and a nice fellow came over to chat about our coach he is wanting to buy one just like this and wondered what we think of it. Well it is only 19 years old and is a very well built coach and we love it . We chatted for quite a while and probably could have done that all day but we wanted to get all on the road. The best he can do is what he is doing is research and talking to people and make his own decisions on what he wants to do.

pretty decent roads we have no complaints
just moving right along 

      Spotted this smoke in the distance and as we came much closer found what looks like a house on fire. Firetrucks had just arrived hope no one was injured in this blaze.

fire trucks just got here and more coming

pasted buy Savanah OK, nice slim water tower

old drive in movie screen but the theatre is gone

across the Eufaula river
lots people fishing there

     We fuelled up at the Flying J here in Checotah Oklahoma and decided to spend the night at the Walmart across the road, needed some groceries anyway.  Got the groceries and whipped up a tasty chicken stir fry for supper. We have the food so why not ?  Sure was a tasty meal quick and easy,.

lotsa room here at this Walmart that we like
pretty quiet

not long and ready to cook  only tays a couple
of minutes for  wonderful tasty healthy meal 

tasty and filling some tortillas
 left over from last night

       Now here we are after supper in a Walmart parking lot and enjoying another wonderful sunset, now really does it not get much better than that for a free overnight stop? And no neighbours ?

enjoying this Walmart Sunset 

nice easy track day we enjoyed

        A very nice , interesting travel day, amazing weather, very little traffic and no noticeable winds,  does really not get much better than this for moving on down the road.
        Thanks again for stopping on by and hope y'all had a great day as well.

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