This morning i woke up to the cement parking lot like campground very clean,,to the sound of a mower.. way to close around 0800...actually i was up earlier.. after coffee and blogging.. e-mail and junk like that.. i went to put the car in order to tow.. make sure the brakes were in order put the van back into nutrel.. re-hook up the signal cord.. .. now so second nature.. i realize i never mentioned all the goes with the driving.. checking everything to make sure its working.. linesr good, nothing drags, which could b a compete disater.. looking for a replacement cord.. oh in the middle of no where.. oh one does not want this.. at alll!!!!!.. so in any event, had a chance to say good morning to the camper nieghbors, in a pretty nice rig.. shamfully at this instant i can not recall their names, but our conversation was extremely interesting.. she was a teacher in alaska.. and as she'd paid into her pension as well as social security.. she was not able to receive her social security because some jack asses n the 80's voted that was double dipping .. according to her. so now she can bearly afford health insurance if not for her husbands social security.. dam is this fucked up? i ask.. now wait there's more i asked them where they were coming from of course and where they were headed..u r not going to friggin believe this.. they were just in the pan handle of texas headed to the pan handle of florida.. no wait wait.. u r not going to believe,, i said oh im just coming from there, figuring they would never in a million years know.. where id really been i said well i'm just coming from dustine.. which was actually true.. she said, oh we're on our way home to ........NICEVILLE can u believe that.. i almost died.. then of course the conversation about the Mullet festival.. which they had sadly missed this year.. i dared give the info on my blog.. i liked them and found our conversation very enlightning.

and that was just this morning!!.. crossed the missisippi via the Wilkinson-Horace bridge .. followed by airline highway.. huh

my goal was san antonio.. but took a little detour to visit a new friend.. sharyn.. we met when andres just wondered off at sweet water camp to make friends with a dog named Charlotte if u recall i do believe i've mentioned this at some point but don't make me look.. as it turns out she's just an hour north so thought with a little planing last Minuit and all .. as she just landed a job here, as of today, it was excellent timing.. now get this.. madeline read the three choices of campgrounds and we decided on this one.. in the heart of Austin.. in the city.. this is a really cool place.. at first i was like i don't know, then.. i was like.. ok.. sharyn was right here on time.. and we had a chance to chat.. then went around the block in the city .. and got the cheapest burgers ever and it was great.. these blue painted picnic tables.. and if i haven't mentioned i really have a thing for the picnic tables.. it was rather charming.. and then sharyn showed us where she was starting tomorrow.. right next store to this campground.. seriously.. do the coincidences ever end..? we'll have a coffee in the am and a nice visit i'm sure before the crew and I, head again west..

and the adventure continues just a little longer..

Andrea and Crew