Post #6

What's really great about being retired and truly mobile is the ability to change my mind about which direction to travel.  In early February I had originally planned on hooking up with a new group (RVing Women) in Casa Grande, AZ but instead decided to head back to Deming, NM to be with my friends at the LoW's Ranch. So glad I did that.  SuperBowl Sunday was also my 60th birthday and I had fun.  Birthday cake, hugs, and well wishes flowed freely.  Got a great massage the next day!

There is a family of roadrunners who live at the Lo-Hi RV Park.  My good friend Judy D. has been hand feeding them raw ground meat for quite a while now.  It's amazing to watch as each one runs in one at a time to grab a snack right out of her hand!  Was afraid to scare them away if I got too close since I had Rocky on a leash.  Wish I had a zoom on my iPhone... Next time I'm in Deming feeding the roadrunners will be high on my priority list!!

After Deming I headed towards Conroe, TX to Action RV Repair because there was something wrong with my heater.  They didn't have the parts to fix it, and knowing I was gonna eventually be back home in a couple of weeks I called ahead to a place in Lafayette and gave them the part number.

 Left Conroe---wow, lot's of memories there.  And headed to Kingwood, TX to pick up my wonderful friend Claudia Foley.  She had been needing a break from stress and was able to take 10 days off work from Continental.  We traveled to Lafayette, stopped and visited with my mother, then headed on to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.  My son Ben joined us on Friday afternoon and we headed to the French Quarter.  Had a wonderful meal, watched a couple of little walking-by (no floats) type parades, caught some beads, watched a magician on the street, popped in and out of little interesting shops and headed back to the bus.  And that was all the "Mardi Grasing" we did!!!  The weather wasn't so great, lots of rain, and we just mostly hung around the Bus cooking fabulous meals, taking naps, and generally loafing around.  Did a LOT of laughing too!!!  It was wonderful having my best friend with me.

On Canal Street waiting for the trolley.

 

 

My son, Ben, the dental student "chaperoned" us gals!!!

Mississippi River Paddlewheeler

Since this was the Friday BEFORE "Fat Tuesday" the crowds were minimal.

Beads and trinkets were thrown from festively decorated apartments throughout the French Quarter.

Ben's wife Shawna and kids came to join us in New Orleans where we all spent a rainy day together in the bus.  Watching movies and of course cooking up a pot of delicious chicken & sausage gumbo!  The kids, Noah and Audrey, spent the night with Claudia and me on the bus giving Ben and Shawna some "quiet" time together on his sailboat. 

Rocky and Audrey, both precious!!

And this is pretty much ALL we did for the next few days in New Orleans!!  Claudia fell in love with Rocky, and he with her!!

  We left New Orleans and headed back to Cajun Palms RV Resort near Lafayette and I drove her to the Lafayette airport for her flight back to Houston.  I REALLY hated to see her go.