1859 Miles Later

And we reach our destination!  Yep, it was 1859 miles door to door, that’s a long way and a lot of driving!  We so enjoyed seeing our friends at Lake Medina but were raring to go this morning.  We were pulling out of the RV park and up the steep hill just after 9am this morning. 

Light traffic in San Antonio and then we were on the south side of San Antonio heading for Corpus Christi.  One really tall bridge and a few miles later we pulled into The Palms, our home for a while.  It is different—not what we are used to—lot’s of concrete, strips of grass, neighbors.  We will be fine, we will be better than fine—we have Rollie and Gina here, Michael will be working and learning at something he enjoys and I will be a quilting away.

Parking was exciting!  Michael got the bright idea to park the longarm containing trailer sideways on the lot.  OK, with neighbors, electric meter boxes, water spigots, palm trees—just exactly how do you do that???  With a whole lot of ingenuity!  Parked in the street, unloaded the jeep, unhooked the trailer from the motorhome, re-hooked up the trailer to the jeep.  Michael maneuvered the trailer as far as he could with the jeep.  He had brought along a big wheel to attach to the hitch of the trailer—Rollie, Michael and another neighbor pushed the trailer sideways as far as they could.  Rollie went back to work—when he came home he brought with him a floor jack.  They put this jack under the rear of the trailer, jacked the trailer up off its tires and then rolled the rear of the trailer sideways.  I was saying my prayers the whole time, let me tell you!  At one time the trailer rolled a little by itself and rolled off the concrete into the gravel making a huge noise—scared me to death!  But all ended well, the trailer is at the rear of our site with the door facing the motorhome.  There is plenty of room for the motorhome and jeep plus a patio area. 

Rollie provided dinner—he grilled steaks and shrimp—we had baked potatoes and were supposed to have broccoli but I forgot the broccoli was in the microwave.  Delicious dinner and so good to see Rollie again!  He and Michael discussed oil rigs before we all called it a night.  Emmi and I ventured out to find the dog park. 

Tomorrow I will take photos of our new surroundings—I should have done so while they were moving the trailer but didn’t.  Laying ugly carpet and setting up the longarm is on the agenda for tomorrow.