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Friday, August 6, 2010
Its raining.
Before arriving in Abilene, we checked the weather. Clear skies all around. Temperature was to drop to 80 by midnight and 75 by 6am. We got to the KOA and checked in, set up camp,made dinner. Stef made short ribs, sweet potatoes and zucchini. As we ate, we received warning of possible storms. We finished eating as it began to drizzle. We got our stuff put away - except the tent- as it downpoured. While sitting in our car, we watched our tent float away in the river created by the rain. It was stopped by a grill. We saw hail - not in the storm report - which was the size of large marbles. There is thunder and lightening (not cloud to ground though, so that's good), massive winds (55 mph) and a lot of flooding. Tonight we will sleep in the car while the tent stays out and attempts to dry. Dessert is watermelon. :)
(More Photos will be posted.)
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Tonights abode
Tonight we are staying in Abilene Texas. Our camp is setup, food is cooking and we are enjoying a Seagrams Classic Lime Margarita. Its 95 now but should drop to 85 within 3 hours :)
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83 North...
Stef: I got a new job. Want to stay on vacation for an extra few days, maybe a week?
Sarah: Okay. Sounds great.
Stef: Let's do it!
Sarah: Next road you hit, go west!
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Only 4 days left !
If you've not already placed your bet, you still have time. The person who guesses our total trip mileage closest without going over wins special road trip memorabilia! You can place your bet on this or any post by clicking comment and submitting your bet along with your name. Good luck to all!
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On the road again...
Change of plans... We got the itch and we got it BAD. We've rerouted ourselves and are heading to South Dakota. It's our journey to the center of the United States.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
San Antonio
Well, we've been here for a day and a half and are having a BLAST. Yesterday, we hung out with Grandpa and Marge, had dinner and didn't do too much. Today, however, we went to a place called Morgan's Wonderland - and it was AWESOME. It is a fully accessible park - but not like your neighborhood park - this one had a carousel, a train to ride, "off-road" car ride, and many other things. Everything in the park was accessible via wheelchair, which meant we ALL could ride the carousel, the train and so on. The park also had this nifty system which we have not seen before. Like most places, you get a bracelet when you enter. These bracelets had GPS trackers in them so if you became separated from your party, you could scan in at a monitor and it would show you where your party members are in the park. Sarah almost had to use it, but found Stefanie, Marge, Grandpa and Marge's friend's son Angel before she got to try it out.
After the park we came back to the house and went shopping for some food items to make some cakes for Grandpa tomorrow. His favorite is raisin cake, so we are going to make mini loaves of raisin cake and banana bread for him. They freeze pretty well, so he will have them for a long while (they told us they just ate the last raisin cake we made for them last year).
After dinner, we hung out and chatted, watched a little Jay Leno with Grandpa and are now heading to bed but wanted to blog first. We've not blogged for a little while.. Tomorrow we are making the cakes, as well as some eggplant parmesean for dinner. Marge has two friends (Gloria and Kermit) that are coming for dinner so Marge will make spaghetti and meatballs, and Stefanie and Sarah will make eggplant parm. It's a good ol' Italian dinner made by Jews for a German man and whatever Marge's nationality is. :)
After the park we came back to the house and went shopping for some food items to make some cakes for Grandpa tomorrow. His favorite is raisin cake, so we are going to make mini loaves of raisin cake and banana bread for him. They freeze pretty well, so he will have them for a long while (they told us they just ate the last raisin cake we made for them last year).
After dinner, we hung out and chatted, watched a little Jay Leno with Grandpa and are now heading to bed but wanted to blog first. We've not blogged for a little while.. Tomorrow we are making the cakes, as well as some eggplant parmesean for dinner. Marge has two friends (Gloria and Kermit) that are coming for dinner so Marge will make spaghetti and meatballs, and Stefanie and Sarah will make eggplant parm. It's a good ol' Italian dinner made by Jews for a German man and whatever Marge's nationality is. :)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Over the hill and thru the woods...
...to Grandfathers house we go!
Less than an hour from San Antonio! We are replanning the few days we will have between Texas and Illinois. Make sure you've placed your bet below: see post archive on the right for the header "PLACE YOUR BETS" in mid July. Its anybodys game, and prize(s) will be nifty!!
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Biiig
On our tour of Houston we've now seen giant president heads, giant beatles with instruments, a house made our of beer cans and a giant sax made out of car parts! Very cool!!
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The Beatles!
We went to David Adickes sculpture park. He had sculptures of all 43 presidents and the Beatles. All the important people in the world. :)
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