Springtime In Texas

Springtime in Texas

Our Backyard

In contrast to last year, we have had several wonderful showers this year in Hillsboro, and the weather has been perfect. Our backyard garden is lush and green. We like the peaceful presence of our new metal yard art, “Cowboy and His Horse at the Foot of the Cross.” We have spent considerable time in Dallas and Fort Worth. Gloria enjoys going back for refresher voice therapy sessions at the Parkinson Voice Project in Richardson. As well, we are new members of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Arboretum. Texas does have its share of cultural exhibits, but they are not to be found in our little town of Hillsboro. We have enjoyed great times with our neighbors at the North Texas Airstream Community (NTAC). Duplicate Bridge is a new addition.

Tom and Anne

Good RVer friends, Tom, from Green Bay, Wisconsin visited us for a couple of days on their way home after spending the winter in Texas. The above photo was taken of them standing on a rainbow bridge at the Dallas Arboretum, where we spent an afternoon with them. Tom is a great professional barber, so he provided stylish haircuts for both of us.  In addition to all of the above, we enjoyed an evening of Bridge.

Lucie & Daughter Stephanie

Oldest Grandson Jack

Daughter Stephanie’s family visited us a couple of times from Wimberley. Grandchildren Jack, Lucie, and Lincoln are active in the home school debate club, and the competitions are often in the Dallas Metroplex. Being located right on I-35, we are a convenient stopover point. The three teenagers are doing a great job in debate and usually finish high among their competitors.

Beautiful Austin, Texas

Christy & Son, Mark, from Kingsport, TN

Ethan

Lincoln in the River

Stephanie's Husband, Steve

In late April, we pulled our trailer out of our attached RV port for the first time this year. The purpose was to travel to Austin, one of Texas's most beautiful cities, to attend the Annual Inscape MindLab Conference.  Our company has been selling Inscape training profiles since 1984, and the conferences are always beneficial. Robin, our eldest daughter, is our business partner in Northern Virginia, so she flew in for the conference. Son, Mark, recently lost his job due to a company merger and downsizing. He is also an Inscape distributor and hopes to develop his own business in Kingsport, TN. He, along with wife, Christy, and son, Ethan, also drove to Austin. They extended their trip in order to spend more time with Stephanie in Wimberley. We spent 10 days in a premier RV park on the San Marcos River, and everyone mentioned above gathered there on a couple of occasions for cookouts and playing in the river. It was there that we celebrated a surprise birthday party for Gloria. Stephanie made sure the decorations included the Airstream. We only wish that daughters Courtney and Andrea with their families could have been present to enjoy the fun.                                                  

Birthday Decorations

Robin, Daughter and Business Partner, with Us

After taking Robin to the airport for her departure back home to Northern Virginia, our GPS routed on a rural venture through  Lockhart. Texas is famous for it's elegant courthouses, and Caldwell County was not to be outdone. We stopped to take some photos and enjoy a terrific brunch at highly recommended Henry's. We continued to enjoy family fellowship and good food at Stephanie's home in nearby Wimberley until it was time to head home and park our rig for the month of May.

Caldwell County Courthouse, Lockhart, Texas