Today is the 12th anniversary of 9-11. We drove into George W. Bush’s Library in
Dallas on the SMU campus. They had some
special exhibits and movies pertaining to 9-11 in their classrooms today. We walked through the library and saw the
replica of the Oval Office during Bush’s term.
In the library there was a section on 9-11 that contained some of the
metal girder from one of the twin towers.
Channel 5 NBC from Dallas was there and interviewed me in the special
artifacts exhibit. They took video of
my presidents t-shirt that I was wearing and my sparkly sequin red, white and
blue cap. They also wanted me to sit
behind the desk in the Oval Office. You can see their video on the link below. I show up towards the end of the video at 1:27. If the link doesn't work, a video we took off our trailer TV is also posted below.
9/11/13 - Dallas, Texas
9/12/13 - Troup, TX
We left camp around 10 am this morning and drove
to Troup near Tyler. Jim’s sister lives
here and we will visit her a few days.
On the way we stopped to visit with Debbie and Larry at their
house. We got to see the shop for their
business, Little House Customs. Larry
modifies Casita trailers, fixes them if something is broken, and sells parts and accessories.
9/13/13 - Troup, TX
I cleaned the Casita and did a few errands.
Then Jim and I went with a realtor to see a house between
Troup and Arp that is for sale. It is
on 10 acres and has a pond. There were
4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, and 2 half baths.
The master had 1 shower, 1 jetted tub, 2 toilets, 2 sink areas and 2
walk in closets. The kitchen had double ovens, granite counter tops, a butler’s pantry, and
a dining area. It had a library, an office
area and a really great room for arts & crafts and sewing.
It had a huge garage barn with 3 bays and a work
area that Jim could use for brewing beer and making bullets. The Casita could have easily fit into the
barn along with the truck and cars with lots of rooms to spare. The barn had a living area on one side with
a kitchenette and bathroom.
Jim and I didn’t like the flooring. It was unsealed limestone like you would use
to side the outside of a house. The 2
fireplaces were made of the same stone.
The house itself was made of logs, which reequire a lot of maintenance. I
didn’t like the gold accents in the bathrooms and the bar area. It looked
really dated. It would need a little
renovation. I really, really liked the
floor plan though. The back porch was
screened in. There was a small fruit
orchard and a place where the owners had a garden. There were trees up the
drive. It had a circle driveway with
roses inside the circle. We would have to buy a small tractor to keep the place
mowed.
9/14/13 - Troup, TX
I took stuff we won’t be using the next couple of days out of the Casita and put it in the Silverado. We will be home in a couple of days and then off again for a Casita rally in a couple of weeks. I finally put the patches from the 50 states we have visited up in the Casita. We found a geocache today also. Jim helped his sister build an arbor for her Banks Yellow Rose to climb on.
9/15/13 - Zavala, TX
We left Judy’s house and drove to Sam Rayburn
Reservoir between Lufkin and Zavalla.
We got a site at Hanks Creek Park Corps of Engineers campground. We don’t have cell service, internet or
over the air TV. We had to drive 8
miles into Zavalla to call mother, my son and my brother. We needed to let someone know where we were
in case of an emergency. While we were
in town we found 2 geocaches. Mom’s
friend passed away at noon today. She
and mom went into the nursing home the same week and were roommates for years. She had cancer. We will go home tomorrow.
Look for a recap of the trip after we get home. We will be home a couple of weeks and then go to
the Pineknot rally near Crocket, Texas.
We watched a movie, “Pirate Radio”, that we bought at a resale shop.
9/16/13 - Dayton, TX
We left camp, drove to Liberty and stopped to see
mother at the nursing home. Then we took the Casita to the
house in Dayton and unloaded. There was
some rain half way to Houston and the traffic through town was awful. We got home and unloaded the Silverado and
went to have a beer at Whole Foods.
Tomorrow we will wash the truck, clean the backyard flowerbeds and I
have about 6 loads of clothes, including mothers. We will go through all the mail my son gave us. And the house needs to be cleaned. We’re
back to normal everyday life.
10,474 -
Miles driven
83
- Days gone
81
- Breweries/brewpubs
visited
24
- National
parks/monuments visited
21 - California missions
visited (all of them)
8
- Diners, Drive-ins
and Dives visited
8,768 - Pictures taken
$1,564.01 - Camping fees paid
(an average of $18.84 per night)
$2,335.59
- Gas cost (an average of $28.14
per day)[End of blog]
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