The End of the Trip

After the Balloon Fest, it was on to Flagstaff.  I have been to Flagstaff before but had never gotten to see the Lowell Observatory or the telescope he used to make his famous sketches of Mars.  We stayed at the time share for a week, giving us a lot of time to explore. 

We visited Sunset Crater National Park,

Wupatki National Monument,

and Mary Helen finaly got to see the Grand Canyon. 

After Flagstaff, it was time to head back to Texas.  We attended a TTofTX Rally and a ToS Rally before getting to Garland.

We're Half-Way Through the Trip

My high school reunion was fun. The organizers did a wonderful job and made a great information booklet they handed out. As a bonus, this year my grade school had a gathering of the class that graduated from TTHS in 1961.

We then headed for the FMCA Rally in Hutchinson Kansas. We were then headed for Flagstaff AZ, but while surfing the web I saw that the Balloon fest was starting in Albuquerque the day we left the Rally. So we made a stop on the way and are here now for two days.

We're Off Again

We returned from Florida and completed several Doctor Visits. Now it's time to travel again. We are headed for Chicago for my 50th high school reunion. then it will be on to Kansas for the FMCA Rally. We have booked a time share in Flagstaff NM for a week. we will then return to Texas for a Safari rally and then a TTofTX rally. We should get back to Garland in mid-November.

Off to Florida

It's time to see NASA from the other side. We went to NASA Houston while we were at the last rally, now we are going to the Kennedy Space Center to see the last shuttle launch.

When we first planned this trip the launch was to be on June 28th, before we left it had moved to July 8th. We couldn't change the time-share week we has in Titusville for the week of the 28th, so we just scouted the area for viewing locations.

The next week we booked (on the week of the 8th) was near Disney World. On the 8th we left early in the morning for the launch. The traffic was incredible, they said there were a million people there. But we got our view of the launch.

We spent the Fourth of July at the Magic Kingdom for the fireworks. The next day we went to Animal Kingdom.

We also have tickets for Universal Theme Park, not my favorite. All the rides there are either used to try to dislocate something or drench you. Maybe I'm just getting old.

We had two time shares here and two RV Weeks in Thousand Trails just to cover anything they did to the launch. We'll be starting to the Texas Heat on the 23rd of July.

Wings Repaired

I can drive again. this week we are at a ToS Rally in Highlands, TX. Today we're going to the Kemah Boardwalk for lunch then a NASA Tour.

Wing Clipped

A visit to the doctor revealed I had Moderate to severe Carpel Tunnel in my right hand. April 25 was set for the surgery. It's amazing how much you do each day requires two hands. all though I'm left handed, not having use of the right hand as left MH to a lot more things around the house.

I couldn't lift anything with my right hand untill May 10th and now I can lift 2 lbs.

Well, that should catch me up on this blog. I'll try to keep it current so it will be fun to read.

2011 So Far

The first of the year started with a TTofTX Rally trip to Lake Conroe. W miss our next TTofTX rally because both MH and I got broncities and spent most of the time coughing. It took me only one trip to the doctor to cure mine but it took two trips for MH.

On March 25th we took a Time Share week to Montgomery, TX for some R&R. Although we spend a lot of tome in that area going to TTofTX rallies, we don't spend much time exploring. So we visited some local sites this time.

On April 5 we went to a ToS Rally at whispering Pines RV park in Tyler, TX.