Done but not finished with Texas

March 26, 2018- Beaumont, Texas

Woohoo, nearly across Texas it only took 7 days, but it was so interesting, I think I will come back to spend a week...or a year, there is so much to see.

It is kind of sad leaving Texas as I just discovered it again for the first time. I think I left you at Lake Medina. Anyway I left the RV park late, having stuff to do (like blogging)(smile). I wanted to go to Church in Houston on Sunday (this was Saturday). I also wanted to visit my Nephew in San Antonio, didn't know how it would all work but it did! God's such an awesome God! At that point, I had texted my Nephew and had not received an answer. Thought they might be out of the country traveling. (They are the ones I visited on my way West, November 2016, the day after they got back from Hong Kong.)  I called when I got to San Antonio, they were home and I went by to see them and their pictures of their Mexico vacation of Zip-lining over the Amazon jungle.(My kind of folks) Also they had been to London, Paris, Austria, Germany, Greece since I saw them last. He works in IT and travels a lot on the job and gets frequent flyer miles and Hotel credits that give he and his family virtually free vacations, so the four/five of them go once or twice year to some wonderful place. The Children are truly World Citizens.

After finishing our visit and getting caught up on each others lives, it was still daylight,(about 7 PM) so I left San Antonio for Houston. At about 9 PM, I stopped to get a Subway veggieburger sandwich and then I stayed the night at a Shell truck stop.. I was about an hour and 30 minutes out of Houston.

I wasn't sure whether I could make it to Church by 10:30AM. I woke up at about 7 and prepared to hit the road, hooked up the streaming live FTHCM.org , listened on my hands free device, and without rushing, I made it 10 minutes early! I changed my clothes in the parking lot and went to Church.

What a blessing! I had not been to “my”Church since Las Vegas and it was good to get Godly hugs from family I hadn't met yet.

After church, the Pastor's father-in-law was taking a young lady, Member of the church, out for a belated Birthday lunch and asked me to go. Of course, I couldn't refuse, so I left the RV in the parking lot of the Church and drove with her to the restaurant. I went to put my Bible in the RV and noticed I had left the head lights on while I was in Church (because it was foggy that morning). I tried to start the RV and not even a click. OK, first things first, I'll go to lunch, then call AAA when I return.

Lunch was amazing at Pappasitos Cantina, a Tex-Mex place near by. They made (especially for me) a Vegan Fajita (grilled bell peppers, zucchini, mushrooms and onions, sauteed in olive oil with soft corn tortillas, guacamole, chopped onions/tomatoes on the side, with a side order of black beans and a side order of rice pilaf). Is your mouth watering? Wow, it was enough for a whole meal and for the next day. Since I wanted to spread out the taste, I froze it in small baggies and will have it for many days. It was so much fun and great fellowship! I enjoyed it immensely! Of course, I requested to be adopted by two young people at Church. and we will see whether they respond by sending me their information.

The Pastor's Father-in Law brought me back to the RV and when I told him about the battery dying, he had a charger. He tried to hook it up but it wasn't charged, so we called AAA and they were their in about 10 minutes, charged it, now it starts better than ever before.After being escorted, to the route I was taking for my journey, I traveled here to Beaumont and spent the night at Cracker Barrel Restaurant parking lot.

Did your Mama ever give you a “spit bath”? Well, my Mama would, occasionally, when I was little, whenever I needed it, would take out her handkerchief (now replaced by tissues), spit on a corner of it and wipe off whatever residue was on my face from the meal before. It was truly tough love, and misunderstood at the time. It was not gently done, and I can remember being totally appalled and embarrassed by the scene. I now know it to be an act of kindness, that she was protecting me from further embarrassment. by having breakfast (or whatever) on my face for the rest of the day. But It will forever be an awful, disgusting memory. (Even though I have, on occasion, done it to my Children and Grandchildren when water was not available). THIS IS NOT A WARNING GRANDCHILDREN. I KNOW BETTER NOW.(smile) I think germs are different now? Anyway, I brought it up because I need a shower, and since spit baths are not an option and I am running low on water, need to dump the tanks and wash clothes, I think I will try the truck stop for all three.

Oh, I did find out how to wash clothes as I drive. I used two tall kitchen trash bags, put in my essential white clothes, (double bagged it just in case), placed the bagged clothes in an empty Styrofoam cooler on the shower floor. Filled the bag with water, Shaklee biodegradable Basic L, and Nature Bright (bleach replacement), double knotted the bag, and as I drive along, the sloshing with agitate my clothes, I hope.  Anyway, that is my theory and I will let you know how it works/

It is hot here in Texas, and a little humid, I may consider Wintering here. Hum,

In the Houston area, I saw no evidence of the Harvey storm. Maybe I wasn.t in the place to see it or it is all cleaned up from the flood. Spring is truly sprung here.  On to Louisiana.  Eastward Ho!