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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Break is over.

What a way to end the year! The Aggies took care of the Wolfpack very nicely in the Gator Bowl. And we were rewarded with Spice Cookies, Cheese Stix

and Moravian Sugar Coffee Cake from Dewey’s in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Delicious!

Thank you, Lee!

And no better way to start the New Year than with great friends at Carney’s Book Club. 

College Station version of Tipsy Tuesday

 During the holidays we heard our girls were visiting their Waco relatives, so we wandered up that way to have lunch with them.

In spite of the rain we were able to get some walking in, including a walk over to the new Zachry Engineering Building on the campus of Texas A&M.

Atrium

Sculpture

Captain spent many hours in the old Zachary Building. As one of his former classmates stated, “That building was brand spanking new when we were sophomores, now it is old enough to need a complete rebuild. What does that say about us?”  Captain is quite impressed with the sleek design of the new building including the learning studios (previously known as classrooms.)

We have had our Texas fix including brisket, ribs, Mom’s sweet rolls, hamburgers at Top of the Hill,

many games of pinochle and dominos and a new pair of boots.

Break is over and we are headed west. Next stop, Menard, Texas.

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Journeying into 2019

The 2019 winter adventure is underway; 









first stop: hot-chocolate bar at Arkansas Welcome Center on I-55.

Next an overnight stay at Walmart in North Little Rock.

Fortified with Jean’s Christmas Gorp,

we wander into Texas.

Stopping over at a Walmart in Tyler, we enjoyed a dinner visit with our very good friend, Christine.

We have arrived in College Station where we will take a break from our journey to enjoy the holidays with family and friends.

Our Winter 2019 Journey will resume in mid-January. We will be embracing more of our adventurous spirit with boon-docking (that’s another term for camping off the grid) and not booking everything in advance. (Twenty years ago that would be totally out of Captain’s comfort zone. He has become quite the free-spirit in his retirement.) We will keep you posted as to how the free-spirit thing works out.

Wishing all our friends and family a Merry Christmas as well as happiness and good health in the New Year. Keep your eyes open, The Wanderer could pull up in front of your house at any time.

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