Texas is in our rear view mirror.

What in the world would take us to Menard, Texas?

You guessed it, friends. Deb, a classmate of Captain’s lives in Menard with her husband, Gary. They graciously provided us a beautiful, quiet spot along the San Saba River to park The Wanderer.

We wanted to share a little wine with our friends. Of course, it had a College Station connection: Bill Gunn at Jodar Vineyards and Winery, and Mike & Valerie Thompson of Thompson 31Fifty Wines were all at A&M Consolidated High School with Captain and Deb.

(You may be familiar with Gary if you have watched the popular hunting show, Carnivore.)

Once again, we made the trek over to Andrews to visit with our good friends, Steve and Wendy. This time our visit included another former co-worker, John and his wife Deborah.

We had a good time catching them up on what (and what not) is happening in our home town as well as sharing the whereabouts of mutual friends and co-workers in the nuclear industry.

While having a bit of downtime we explored Andrews on foot; that didn’t take long. But we did meet a few of the local residents.

After miles and miles of oil fields and a Walmart night in El Paso, we left Texas in the rear view mirror  

and entered New Mexico in a dust storm.

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