WH - 27May2010

Hello World!  Sorry for the micro-blogging earlier, trying to get some thoughts out there quickly.  I think those come out better with a picture attached, so I will work on that.  We saw Longhorns for the first time, pretty cool...  Also, our travel time did not consider Dallas rush hour, although it could have been much worse.  I have never seen so many interchanges on such a short stretch of road before.  Atlanta names all the interchanges that big (Spaghetti Junction and Cobb Cloverleaf), I wonder if Dallas Metroplex has done the same?

Today was an interesting day.  We started in Meridian, MS and traveled through LA and into the Great State of Texas, ending just East of Fort Worth, TX in Aledo at an RV Park.  Nothing exotic, fairly typical.  I'm not usually a fan of concrete camping, but the pavement is nice because the kids can skate a little bit.  That's nice after such a long ride...about 8 hours.  We made it through a little construction and Dallas rush hour with minimal delays!  This will probably be the best driving day of the whole trip.  It was fairly flat and good roads.  The worst thing was the caravan of vans, wanted to stay together, but could not keep a constant speed, very frustrating.  I wonder if people should have to learn about momentum to pass the driving exam...

The kids were patient in the car.  They watched several movies and read or sewed (never thought I'd write that!).  Bingo drove...the whole way, of course.  Me, I got to work.  The connection was pretty consistent, only a few drops in service.  I never thought I would miss the size of a cubicle, but working from a passenger's seat can be pretty cramped.  Oh well, it's going to be worth the trouble.  The kids are excited that school's out.  We're all excited that the caverns are just ahead.  Then on the AZ and Aunt Merrellene and cousins!  Maybe a trip to Ping (the budding golfers are thrilled - Alex has even 'friended' Ping). 

I excited for some time off work after tomorrow.  Today was a weird day, at work.  I had to give a presentation to transfer my job to another company.  People on the conference call were in Boston, Lansing, Mumbai, and San Antonio.  Oh, yeah...and riding down the road on Our Hwy 20 Ride!  I have to finish my presentation tomorrow.  Fortunately, I think we will stay at the RV park until I am done.

Only 7-8 hours to Carlsbad from here.  We are not due there until Saturday. 

I added some pictures to an album and will get that on the blog somewhere.  Alos will get the kids to write something, Ali has already started, Alex...well that will probably revolve around food...

Thanks to our offiial followers, David, you win the prize for the first!  Dea and Ute, Hep you enjoy!  Feel free to comment, I will feel free to ignore or not ;-)

Until tomorrow!